Dennis Bush | |
|---|---|
 Bush in 2021 | |
| Member of the IowaHouseofRepresentatives 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 |
Dennis Bush (born c. 1951) is an American politician from Iowa.
Bush 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]
In 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]
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