Dennis Bush

Dennis Bush (born c. 1951) is an American farmer and politician from Iowa.
Early life and career.
Bush is a Cherokee County native who graduated from Meriden-Cleghorn High School in 1969, and subsequently served in the United States Marine Corps between 1971 and 1973. He married Deb in 1973, with whom he raised two children, Randy and Nathan.
Political career.
In 2012, Bush contested the second district seat of the Cherokee County board of supervisors. Bush, a Republican candidate, defeated Democratic incumbent Larry Prunty. Bush won a second term as county supervisor in 2016. Bush vacated his seat in 2020 to campaign for the Iowa General Assembly, and was succeeded as county supervisor by Bryan Peterson.
In January 2020, Bush announced that he would run for the Third District seat in the Iowa House of Representatives. The seat was held by longtime representative Dan Huseman, who stated that he would retire. Bush defeated Lynn Evans and Mark McHugh in a Republican Party primary election held on 2 June 2020. Bush ran unopposed in the 2020 general election. Unofficial results showed that Bush won over 12,000 votes, or 99 percent of ballots cast.