Dennis Bush (born c. 1951) is an American politician from Iowa.
Dennis Bush | |
|---|---|
 Bush in 2021 | |
| Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 3rd district | |
| In office January 11, 2021 – January 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Huseman |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Jeneary |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cherokee County, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence(s) | Cherokee, Iowa, U.S. |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Early life and career
editBush is a Cherokee County native who graduated from Meriden-Cleghorn High School in 1969, and was in the United States Marine Corps between 1971 and 1973. He married Deb in 1973 and they had two children, Randy and Nathan.[1]
Political career
editIn 2012, Bush contested the second district seat of the Cherokee County board of supervisors.[2] Bush, a Republican candidate, defeated the Democratic incumbent Larry Prunty.[3] Bush won a second term as county supervisor in 2016.[1] He vacated his seat in 2020 to campaign for the Iowa General Assembly and was succeeded as county supervisor by Bryan Peterson.[4][5]
In January 2020, Bush announced that he would run for the Third District seat in the Iowa House of Representatives.[6] The seat was held by the long time representative Dan Huseman, who stated that he would retire.[7] Bush defeated Lynn Evans and Mark McHugh in a Republican Party primary election held on June 2, 2020.[8] Bush ran unopposed in the 2020 general election.[9] Unofficial results for the 2020 general election showed that Bush won over 12,000 votes, or 99 percent of ballots cast.[10] As a result of redistricting, and a move from Cleghorn to Cherokee, Bush ran for the open House District 5 during the 2022 election cycle.[11] He finished ahead of the paralegal Thomas Kuiper in the 2022 Republican Party primary, but behind the Iowa State Patrol officer Zachary Dieken, who was endorsed by Kim Reynolds.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b Ross, Ken (October 26, 2016). "Dennis Bush seeks the Dist. 2 supervisor seat". Chronicle Times. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ Leckband, Mike (October 15, 2012). "Supervisor candidate forum held". Chronicle Times. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ Leckband, Mike (November 7, 2012). "Strong showing for County Republicans". Chronicle Times. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ Struck, Paul (November 6, 2020). "Petersen wins Supervisor race". Chronicle Times. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ Struck, Paul (May 20, 2020). "Petersen runs for Supervisor". Chronicle Times. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "Dennis Bush announces campaign for District 3 seat in Iowa House". KCAU. January 29, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- Paulson, Randy (February 2, 2020). "Republicans launch bids for House seat". N'West Iowa Review. Retrieved November 4, 2020. - ^ Hayworth, Bret (September 2, 2020). "Huseman exits Iowa House with longest tenure of any current Republican". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ Struck, Paul (June 5, 2020). "3,380 votes cast in Primary". Chronicle Times. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- Hytrek, Nick (June 2, 2020). "Bush wins GOP nomination for Iowa House 3 seat". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved November 4, 2020. - ^ Paulson, Randy (October 30, 2020). "N'West Iowa 2020 general election preview". N'West Iowa Review. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ Paulson, Randy (November 4, 2020). "N'West Iowa general election results". N'West Iowa Review. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ Helton, Elijah (March 26, 2022). "Bush bids for reelection in new district". N'West Iowa Review. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- "Open Iowa House seat has first entrant". N'West Iowa Review. November 23, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2022. - ^ Opsahl, Robin (June 3, 2022). "Iowa Republican legislative primaries reveal party divisions". Ottumwa Courier. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- McNett, Jared (June 8, 2022). "With Kim Reynolds backing, state trooper Zach Dieken defeats Rep. Dennis Bush in GOP House District 5 primary". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved September 17, 2022.