Dennis Bush
American politician
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Dennis Bush (born c. 1951) is an American politician from Iowa.
Dennis Bush | |
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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. |
| Party | Republican |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Early life and career
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]
Political career
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]