Dear South Dakotans,
I was looking forward to asking South Dakotans to allow me to serve them for another term prior to my illness last December. Since then, I have never once lost my desire to continue serving South Dakota, but I needed time to recover and regain my health in order to determine whether I could do the job and best serve our state. After months of rehabilitation and recovery, more than a month on the job in Washington and after my recent trips back to South Dakota it is clear, to my family, my doctors, and me that I am able to do the hard work required of a United States Senator. I have said before that I wanted to take this second chance at life and focus even harder on being the best advocate I can for the people of South Dakota. Today I am asking South Dakotans to give me the chance to give back to them by announcing that I will run for re-election in 2008.
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Thank you for your continued support.
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Sincerely,
Senator Tim Johnson
Taken from one of my all time favorite albums “London Calling – Clash” which ironically stole the image from an Elvis Presley album cover.
“I’m all lost in the supermarket, I can no longer shop happily, I came here for a special offer, satisfaction guaranteed”