Bryant Richardson is an American politician who is a

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member of the

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, where he has represented the 21st District since 2015.

Electoral history

* Richardson ran in the 2012 election for Delaware State Senate District 21. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on September 11, 2012, and was defeated by incumbent

Robert Venables Robert Venables (ca. 1613–1687), was an English soldier from Cheshire, who fought for Parliament in the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and captured Jamaica in 1655. When the Anglo-Spanish War began in 1654, he was made joint comm ...

in the general election on November 6, 2012, with 6,889 votes (43.0%). * Richardson ran in the 2014 election for Delaware State Senate District 21. He ran unopposed in the Republican Primary on September 9, 2014, and defeated incumbent Robert Venables in the general election on November 4, 2014, with 5,210 votes (53.0%). * Richardson ran for reelection in the 2018 election for Delaware State Senate District 21. He was unopposed in the primary and defeated Democrat Bob Wheatley in the general election on November 6, 2018, with 8,816 votes (65%). * Richardson ran in the 2020 Republican primary election for

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. He came in third place with 4,262 votes (7.7%) behind

Colin Bonini Colin Rafferty Marie Jude Bonini (born April 14, 1965) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the Delaware Senate, where he represented the 16th District from 1995 to 2022. Bonini received his Bachelor of Arts from Wesley C ...

(34.6%) and the eventual Republican nominee for governor, Julianne Murray (41.2%). Murray ultimately lost the general election to incumbent Governor, John Carney, after garnering 38.62% of the statewide vote.

References

External links

Official page
at the

Delaware General Assembly The Delaware General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Delaware Senate with 21 senators and the Delaware House of Representatives with 41 representatives. It meets at Legisla ...

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