Rich Taylor

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Rich Taylor
Image of Rich Taylor
Prior offices
Iowa State Senate District 42
Successor: Jeffrey Reichman

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Military National Guard

Years of service

1972 - 1979

Contact

Rich Taylor (Democratic Party) was a member of the Iowa State Senate, representing District 42. He assumed office on January 2, 2013. He left office on January 2, 2021.

Taylor (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa State Senate to represent District 44. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Taylor's professional experience includes working as an HVAC technician and maintenance worker for the Iowa State Penitentiary.[1]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Taylor was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Iowa committee assignments, 2017
Agriculture
Judiciary
Labor and Business Relations

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Taylor served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Taylor served on the following committees:

Elections

2022

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 44

Incumbent Adrian Dickey defeated Rich Taylor in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 44 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Adrian Dickey
Adrian Dickey (R)
 
66.5
 
15,318
Image of Rich Taylor
Rich Taylor (D)
 
33.4
 
7,699
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
22

Total votes: 23,039
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 44

Incumbent Adrian Dickey advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 44 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Adrian Dickey
Adrian Dickey
 
99.6
 
5,362
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
20

Total votes: 5,382
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2020

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 42

Jeffrey Reichman defeated incumbent Rich Taylor in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 42 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeffrey Reichman
Jeffrey Reichman (R)
 
59.8
 
16,766
Image of Rich Taylor
Rich Taylor (D)
 
40.1
 
11,228
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
31

Total votes: 28,025
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 42

Incumbent Rich Taylor advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 42 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rich Taylor
Rich Taylor
 
99.5
 
3,991
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
21

Total votes: 4,012
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 42

Jeffrey Reichman defeated Nancy Amos in the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 42 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeffrey Reichman
Jeffrey Reichman
 
73.5
 
3,338
Image of Nancy Amos
Nancy Amos Candidate Connection
 
26.2
 
1,187
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
14

Total votes: 4,539
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2016

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Iowa State Senate were held in 2016. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016.

Incumbent Rich Taylor defeated Danny Graber in the Iowa State Senate District 42 general election.[2][3]

Iowa State Senate, District 42 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rich Taylor Incumbent 50.31% 13,434
     Republican Danny Graber 49.69% 13,266
Total Votes 26,700
Source: Iowa Secretary of State


Incumbent Rich Taylor ran unopposed in the Iowa State Senate District 42 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Iowa State Senate, District 42 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rich Taylor Incumbent (unopposed)


Danny Graber defeated Ralph Holmstrom in the Iowa State Senate District 42 Republican primary.[4][5]

Iowa State Senate, District 42 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Danny Graber 62.98% 832
     Republican Ralph Holmstrom 37.02% 489
Total Votes 1,321

2012

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2012

Taylor ran in the 2012 election for Iowa State Senate District 42. He defeated Donna Amandus and Bob Morawitz in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2012. Taylor defeated Larry W. Kruse (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

Iowa State Senate, District 42, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRich Taylor 50.6% 15,058
     Republican Larry Kruse 44.7% 13,281
     Independent Michael Garmoe 4.7% 1,396
Total Votes 29,735
Iowa State Senate, District 42 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRich Taylor 49.8% 1,446
Donna Amandus 35.6% 1,032
Bob Morawitz 14.6% 423
Total Votes 2,901

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Rich Taylor did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Rich Taylor campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Iowa State Senate District 44Lost general$954 $0
2020Iowa State Senate District 42Lost general$391,931 N/A**
2016Iowa State Senate, District 42Won $232,631 N/A**
Grand total$625,516 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2020

In 2020, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 14. The session was suspended from March 16 through June 3.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
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Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
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2019


2018


2017


2016


2015


2014


2013

Endorsements

Presidential preference

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Taylor endorsed Martin O'Malley for the Democratic primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[10]

See also: Endorsements for Martin O'Malley

Personal

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Rich and his wife, Annette, have two children.[1]

See also


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Shawn Hamerlinck (R)
Iowa State Senate District 42
2013–2021
Succeeded by
Jeffrey Reichman (R)


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