- October 31, 2008 | from Aberdeen American News Tim Johnson Right Choice for U.S. Senate The American News endorses Tim Johnson for South Dakota's U.S. Senate seat in Tuesday's election.
- October 29, 2008 | from Mitchell Daily Republic Endorsement: Congressional Incumbents Deserve Re-election U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin are farm-state lawmakers. They’ve proven it during their terms in office, and because of their work in the past for farmers and this state’s agrarian concerns, we feel they both deserve election on Tuesday.
- October 24, 2008 | from Pierre Capital Journal Johnson the Right Choice for South Dakotans For the past 29 years, Tim Johnson has served South Dakotans to the best of his ability, achieving more for the state than those who first elected him to the state House of Representatives in 1979 would have ever imagined. And we believe the incumbent senator will continue to push above and beyond the expectations of the citizens of South Dakota, despite many people's concerns about his health.
- September 11, 2008 | from Black Hills Pioneer Sen. Tim Johnson celebrates second year back at work by trumpeting achievements In the midst of his promising re-election bid, South Dakota's senior senator celebrated his second year back on the job after a life-threatening brain injury with a party and a 151-page report on his work. A bit more than a year ago, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., returned to the U.S. Senate after nine months recovering from an AVM, arteriovenous malformation. The bipartisan fanfare that greeted Johnson seemed as much a reflection of the Senate's well known collegial tradition as of Johnson's recovery from his initial grave condition.
- September 05, 2008 | from Pierre Capital Journal Meeting With Senator Johnson Provides Answers About Condition In the past few weeks, it seems that every newspaper, Web logger and voter in general has formed an opinion about Sen. Tim Johnson's decision not to debate this election year.
- August 27, 2008 | from Black Hills Pioneer Johnson Continues Campaign Sweep in South Dakota STURGIS - Sen. Tim Johnson has been storming the state during his campaign for the 2008 election. Monday afternoon he made stops in Rapid City and Sturgis. The first stop was in Rapid City, where Johnson honored the Canyon Lake All-Stars for being the first South Dakota team to qualify for the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn.
- August 20, 2008 | from Black Hills Pioneer Senator Johnson's aphasia is no handicap in this election Sen. Tim Johnson suffers from aphasia and doesn't do a very good job of orally communicating his thoughts, which are a direct reflection of his intellect, which in turn is unaffected by aphasia. So what's the big deal? For obvious reasons his handicap makes debating his Republican opponent, state Rep. Joel Dykstra, a virtual impossibility, as the quick give-and-take of a spirited debate is beyond the incumbent senator's grasp for the time being. Naturally, that compels more than a few people around the state to question his ability to function as their representative in the United States Senate, and probably with some reason. I suspect that the most vocal complainers about the senator's decision not to debate just happen to be Republican supporters of Dykstra, who are taking this opportunity to turn Johnson's impairment into a political asset that might be of some value to their man Dykstra come November.
- July 12, 2008 | from Argus Leader Editorial: Reviving Pipeline Money - Again Sen. Johnson Restores Project's Prospects
- July 08, 2008 | from AP Bill calls for $30 million for water project A Senate spending bill that passed out of a subcommittee Tuesday would provide $30 million to the Lewis and Clark regional water system, a project designed to pipe Missouri River water to Sioux Falls and other communities, said Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D.
- June 30, 2008 | from The Daily Republic Senator makes quick tour of Mitchell hospital '"The problem is that the expense will outrun the need,'" Johnson said. '"Besides, our president has a priority on fighting wars and too little serving the people who need it."
