Ronald Richard (Missouri)
Ronald Richard (b. July 4, 1947) is a former Republican member of the Missouri State Senate, representing District 32 from 2011 to 2019. Richard served as state Senate president pro tempore from 2015 to 2019.
Richard was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Missouri State Senate because of term limits.
Richard served as Mayor of the City of Joplin from 1994 to 1997, and on the Joplin City Council from 1990 to 1994.
Biography
Richard earned his B.A. from Missouri Southern State College and M.A. from Southwest Missouri State University. His professional experience included working as a Partner with A&R Development, and for the C&R Development Corporation and the C&N Bowl Corporation.
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Missouri committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Administration, Chair |
| • Gubernatorial Appointments, Chair |
| • Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics, Vice chair |
| • Joint Committee on Capital Security |
| • Joint Committee on the Life Sciences |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Richard served on the following committees:
| Missouri committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Administration, Vice Chair |
| • Gubernatorial Appointments, Vice Chair |
| • Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics, Chair |
| • Joint Committee on the Life Sciences |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Richard served on the following committees:
| Missouri committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Administration, Vice chair |
| • Gubernatorial Appointments, Vice chair |
| • Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics, Chair |
| • Joint Committee on the Life Sciences |
| • Missouri Job Training Joint Legislative Oversight |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Richard served on the following committees:
| Missouri committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • General Laws |
| • Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government, Vice chair |
| • Transportation |
| • Ways and Means |
| • Joint Committee on the Life Sciences |
| • Missouri Job Training Joint Legislative Oversight |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Richard was an ex officio member of all committees of the House.
Issues
Right-to-work
On February 11, 2013, Richard indicated that he wanted the Senate to pass two labor-related bills, one a modification to the state's prevailing wage law and the other a ban of the use of a member's union dues for political purposes with that member's permission, before taking up the proposed right-to-work legislation. He suggested that it would be difficult to pass right-to-work in the Missouri State Senate. Speaker Timothy Jones had recently reversed his previous position, saying he wanted the House to consider the right-to-work legislation even without the passage of the other two bills. Jones identified right-to-work as a priority for the House, though it did not come up in the 2013 session.[1]
Presidential preference
2012
Ronald Richard (Missouri) endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[2]
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2018
- See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2018
Ronald Richard was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.
2014
- See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Missouri State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, followed by a general election on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. Incumbent Ron Richard was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election.[3][4]
2010
- See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2010
On November 2, 2010, Richard won election to the Missouri State Senate. He was unopposed in the general election.
2008
On November 4, 2008, Ronald Richard ran unopposed for District 129 of the Missouri House of Representatives.[5]
Richard raised $483,760 for his campaign.[6]
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 129 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Ronald Richard (R) | 11,983 | 100.0% | ||
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Ronald Richard | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | Missouri |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
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Richard was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Missouri.[7] In Missouri’s presidential primary election on March 15, 2016, Donald Trump won 37 delegates, and Ted Cruz won 15 delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Richard was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Missouri's Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[8]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Missouri to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions on April 30, 2016, and at the state convention on May 20-21, 2016. Missouri delegates were bound on the first ballot at the national convention unless their candidate "releases his or her delegates, dies, withdraws or becomes inactive," according to Missouri GOP bylaws.
Missouri primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Missouri, 2016
| Missouri Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 1,681 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.4% | 3,361 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.9% | 8,233 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
40.8% | 383,631 | 37 | |
| Marco Rubio | 6.1% | 57,244 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 40.6% | 381,666 | 15 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 732 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 615 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 10.1% | 94,857 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 1,777 | 0 | |
| Jim Lynch | 0% | 100 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,148 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.3% | 3,225 | 0 | |
| Totals | 939,270 | 52 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Missouri had 52 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. The state's district-level and at-large delegates were both allocated on a proportional basis. The plurality winner in each congressional district received all three of the district's delegates, as well as two at-large delegates. The remaining nine at-large delegates were allocated to the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's district-level and at-large delegates.[9][10] In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[9][10]
Personal
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During his time in the State Senate, Richard was married with 2 children.[11]
Scorecards
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2020
In 2020, the Missouri State Legislature was in session from January 8 to May 15. A special session was held from July 27 to September 16. A veto session convened on September 16. A second special session convened on November 5.
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2019
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In 2019, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 9 through May 30
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2018
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In 2018, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 3 through May 18.
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2017
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In 2017, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 4 through May 12. The legislature held its first special session from May 22 to May 26. The legislature held its second special session from June 12 to July 25. The legislature held a special session on September 13.
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2016
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In 2016, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 6 through May 13.
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2015
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In 2015, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 7 through May 15.
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2014
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In 2014, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 8 through May 19.
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2013
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In 2013, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 9 through May 30.
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Recent news
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See also
- Missouri State Senate
- Senate Committees
- Joint Committees
- Missouri state legislative districts
- Missouri General Assembly
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Profile from Vote-USA
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008, 2004, 2002, 1998
Footnotes
- ↑ Eli Yokley, Missouri News Horizon, "Missouri Senate not prioritizing right-to-work legislation," February 12, 2013
- ↑ Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Additional Missouri Endorsements," December 1, 2011
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "All Results - State of Missouri - Primary Election - August 5, 2014," accessed August 26, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List - Primary Election," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri General Election - 2008 General Election," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money's report on Richard's 2008 campaign contributions
- ↑ Missouri GOP, "National Convention delegate election results," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Richard
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| Preceded by Gary Nodler |
Missouri State Senate District 32 2011–2019 |
Succeeded by Bill White |
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Missouri State House District 129 2003–2011 |
Succeeded by Bill White |
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