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Bret Richards
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Randy Feenstra (R) | 62.0 | 237,369 |
 | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Randy Feenstra | 45.5 | 37,329 |
 | Steve King | 35.8 | 29,366 | |
 | Jeremy Taylor | 7.8 | 6,418 | |
 | Bret Richards | 7.5 | 6,140 | |
 | Steve Reeder | 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
See also: Ballotpedia's 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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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on February 6, 2019
