Bret Richards

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Bret Richards
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Elections and appointments
Last election

June 2, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Iowa

Graduate

Bellevue University

Ph.D

Bellevue University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Bret Richards (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Iowa's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 2, 2020.

Richards completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Richards earned a B.S.E in civil engineering from the University of Iowa in 1995, an M.A. in leadership from Bellevue University in 2008, and a Ph.D. in human capital management from Bellevue University in 2014. His professional experience includes owning a business. He previously served in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer officer, logistics and transportation officer, platoon leader, and assistant operations officer. Richards has served as chairman of the board of directors for the Manning Regional Healthcare Center as well as on their finance committee.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Iowa's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

Iowa's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

Iowa's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Randy Feenstra defeated J.D. Scholten in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Randy Feenstra
Randy Feenstra (R)
 
62.0
 
237,369
Image of J.D. Scholten
J.D. Scholten (D)
 
37.8
 
144,761
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
892

Total votes: 383,022
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4

J.D. Scholten advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of J.D. Scholten
J.D. Scholten
 
99.6
 
46,370
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
166

Total votes: 46,536
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Randy Feenstra defeated incumbent Steve King, Jeremy Taylor, Bret Richards, and Steve Reeder in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Randy Feenstra
Randy Feenstra
 
45.5
 
37,329
Image of Steve King
Steve King
 
35.8
 
29,366
Image of Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor
 
7.8
 
6,418
Image of Bret Richards
Bret Richards Candidate Connection
 
7.5
 
6,140
Image of Steve Reeder
Steve Reeder Candidate Connection
 
3.1
 
2,528
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
176

Total votes: 81,957
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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Bret Richards completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Richards' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on February 6, 2019


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