Dennis Bush Explained

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

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]

Notes and References

1. News: Ross . Ken . Dennis Bush seeks the Dist. 2 supervisor seat . November 4, 2020 . Chronicle Times . October 26, 2016.
2. News: Leckband . Mike . Supervisor candidate forum held . November 4, 2020 . Chronicle Times . October 15, 2012.
3. News: Leckband . Mike . Strong showing for County Republicans . November 4, 2020 . Chronicle Times . November 7, 2012.
4. News: Struck . Paul . Petersen wins Supervisor race . November 10, 2020 . Chronicle Times . November 6, 2020.
5. News: Struck . Paul . Petersen runs for Supervisor . November 10, 2020 . Chronicle Times . May 20, 2020.
6. News: Dennis Bush announces campaign for District 3 seat in Iowa House . November 4, 2020 . KCAU . January 29, 2020.
   - News: Paulson . Randy . Republicans launch bids for House seat . November 4, 2020 . N'West Iowa Review . February 2, 2020.
7. News: Hayworth . Bret . Huseman exits Iowa House with longest tenure of any current Republican . November 1, 2020 . Sioux City Journal . September 2, 2020.
8. News: Struck . Paul . 3,380 votes cast in Primary . November 4, 2020 . Chronicle Times . June 5, 2020.
   - News: Hytrek . Nick . Bush wins GOP nomination for Iowa House 3 seat . November 4, 2020 . Sioux City Journal . June 2, 2020.
9. News: Paulson . Randy . N'West Iowa 2020 general election preview . November 4, 2020 . N'West Iowa Review . October 30, 2020.
10. News: Paulson . Randy . N'West Iowa general election results . November 4, 2020 . N'West Iowa Review . November 4, 2020.
11. News: Helton . Elijah . Bush bids for reelection in new district . September 17, 2022 . N'West Iowa Review . March 26, 2022.
    - News: Open Iowa House seat has first entrant . September 17, 2022 . N'West Iowa Review . November 23, 2021.
12. News: Opsahl . Robin . Iowa Republican legislative primaries reveal party divisions . September 17, 2022 . Ottumwa Courier . June 3, 2022.
    - News: McNett . Jared . With Kim Reynolds backing, state trooper Zach Dieken defeats Rep. Dennis Bush in GOP House District 5 primary . September 17, 2022 . Sioux City Journal . June 8, 2022.