Dennis Bush

Dennis Bush (born c. 1951) is an American farmer and politician from Iowa.

Dennis Bush
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 3rd district
Assumed office
January 11, 2021
Preceded byDan Huseman
Personal details
BornCherokee County, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceCleghorn, Iowa
OccupationFarmer

Early life and career

Bush is a Cherokee County native who graduated from Meriden-Cleghorn High School in 1969, and subsequently served in the United States Marine Corps between 1971 and 1973. He married Deb in 1973, with whom he raised two children, Randy and Nathan.[1]

Political career

In 2012, Bush contested the second district seat of the Cherokee County board of supervisors.[2] Bush, a Republican candidate, defeated Democratic incumbent Larry Prunty.[3] Bush won a second term as county supervisor in 2016.[1] Bush 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][7] The seat was held by longtime representative Dan Huseman, who stated that he would retire.[8] Bush defeated Lynn Evans and Mark McHugh in a Republican Party primary election held on 2 June 2020.[9][10] Bush ran unopposed in the 2020 general election.[11] Unofficial results showed that Bush won over 12,000 votes, or 99 percent of ballots cast.[12]

References
  1. Ross, Ken (26 October 2016). "Dennis Bush seeks the Dist. 2 supervisor seat". Chronicle Times. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. Leckband, Mike (15 October 2012). "Supervisor candidate forum held". Chronicle Times. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. Leckband, Mike (7 November 2012). "Strong showing for County Republicans". Chronicle Times. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  4. Struck, Paul (6 November 2020). "Petersen wins Supervisor race". Chronicle Times. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  5. Struck, Paul (20 May 2020). "Petersen runs for Supervisor". Chronicle Times. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  6. "Dennis Bush announces campaign for District 3 seat in Iowa House". KCAU. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  7. Paulson, Randy (2 February 2020). "Republicans launch bids for House seat". N'West Iowa Review. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  8. Hayworth, Bret (September 2, 2020). "Huseman exits Iowa House with longest tenure of any current Republican". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  9. Struck, Paul (5 June 2020). "3,380 votes cast in Primary". Chronicle Times. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  10. Hytrek, Nick (2 June 2020). "Bush wins GOP nomination for Iowa House 3 seat". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  11. Paulson, Randy (30 October 2020). "N'West Iowa 2020 general election preview". N'West Iowa Review. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  12. Paulson, Randy (4 November 2020). "N'West Iowa general election results". N'West Iowa Review. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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