Todd Richardson (Missouri)
Todd Richardson (b. December 26, 1976) is a former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 152 from 2011 to 2018. Richardson resigned effective November 1, 2018, to become the director of the state's Medicaid program.[1]
Richardson served as speaker of the House from 2015 to 2018. He was elected to that position after John Diehl, Jr. (R) resigned on May 14, 2015.[2]
Biography
Richardson earned his B.A. in political communication from the University of Memphis in 2004 and a J.D. from the University of Memphis in 2007.
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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| • Joint Committee on Capital Security |
| • Joint Committee on Government Accountability |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Richardson served on the following committees:
| Missouri committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Ethics, Chair |
| • Joint Committee on Government Accountability |
As Majority Floor Leader, Richardson served on all other House committees ex officio.
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Richardson served on the following committees:
| Missouri committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • General Laws, Vice chair |
| • Government Oversight and Accountability |
| • Judiciary |
| • Utilities |
| • Joint Committee on Administrative Rules |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Richardson served on the following committees:
| Missouri committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Elementary and Secondary Education, Vice chair |
| • Higher Education |
| • Tourism and Natural Resources |
| • Transportation |
| • Joint Committee on Administrative Rules |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2018
Richardson was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Missouri House of Representatives because of term limits.
2016
Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 29, 2016.
Incumbent Todd Richardson ran unopposed in the Missouri House of Representatives District 152 general election.[3]
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 152 General Election, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican |  Todd Richardson Incumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State | ||
Incumbent Todd Richardson ran unopposed in the Missouri House of Representatives District 152 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 152 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Todd Richardson Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. Incumbent Todd Richardson was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election.[6][7][8]
2013
Richardson was a potential candidate in the 2013 special election for the U.S. House, representing Missouri's 8th District. The election was held to replace Jo Ann Emerson. The general election took place on June 4, 2013.[9]
There was no primary election. Instead, each party's nominee was chosen by a committee. Jason T. Smith was selected by the GOP to be their nominee in the general election.[10][11]
2012
Richardson won re-election in the 2012 election for Missouri House of Representatives, District 152. Richardson ran unopposed in the August 7 Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[12][13]
2010
On November 2, 2010, Richardson won election to the Missouri House of Representatives. Richardson's opponents in the August 3 primary were Rick Woolard and Hardy Billington.
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 154 General Election (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Todd Richardson (R)
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6,935 | |||
| Ron Yarbro (D) | 3,011 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Todd Richardson | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | Missouri |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
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Richardson was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Missouri.[14] 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 Richardson 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.[15]
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.[16][17] In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[16][17]
Personal
At the time of his service in the legislature, Richardson and his wife, Amber, had one child.
Scorecards
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2018
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 House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Joint Committees
- Missouri state legislative districts
- Missouri General Assembly
External links
- Campaign website
- Profile from Open States
- Profile from Vote-USA
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2010
- Facebook profile
Footnotes
- ↑ KTTS, "Missouri House Speaker Named State Medicaid Director," October 22, 2018
- ↑ kansascity.com, "John Diehl out, Todd Richardson in as Missouri House speaker following text scandal," accessed May 15, 2015
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List," accessed April 28, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "State of Missouri - Primary 2016 - August 2, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ 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, "All Results-State of Missouri-General-November 4, 2014: Unofficial Results," November 8, 2014
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Missouri Rep. Jo Ann Emerson to resign from House," December 3, 2012
- ↑ Southeast Missourian, "House leader Smith, Lt. Gov. Kinder seek 8th District nomination," January 4, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post, "Republicans nominate Jason Smith for Missouri special election," February 9, 2013
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Nov 6, 2012 General Election - All Results," accessed February 13, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Aug 7, 2012 Primary - All Results," accessed February 13, 2014
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Don Wells (R) |
Missouri House of Representatives District 147 2013–2018 |
Succeeded by Hardy Billington (R) |
| Preceded by Gayle Kingery (R) |
Missouri House of Representatives District 154 2011–2013 |
Succeeded by Shawn Rhoads (R) |
