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Dennis Michael Richardson (born July 30, 1949) is an American lawyer, business owner, Vietnam War veteran, and politician from Central Point, Oregon, who served six terms in the Oregon House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. Richardson represented House District 4, which includes portions of Jackson and Josephine counties. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon in the 2014 election, losing to incumbent John Kitzhaber. == Biography == The son of a carpenter, Richardson grew up in Southeast Los Angeles but has been an Oregon resident since 1979. He enlisted in the U.S. Army’s Warrant Officer Helicopter Pilot Training Program and during his 1971 deployment, he flew combat missions out of Chu Lai, Vietnam. The South Vietnamese Army awarded him its Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. Two years following his honorable discharge from the Army, Richardson and his wife Cathy were married. They are parents of one son and eight daughters. Richardson earned his Bachelor and Law Degrees at Brigham Young University. After law school, Richardson set up his legal practice in Central Point, Oregon, where he worked for more than 30 years before retiring in 2010. In 1984 Richardson was invited by the Reagan Administration to participate at the White House in a series of briefings by President Ronald Reagan and his Cabinet. Richardson served as Chairman of the Oregon Republican Party’s Second Congressional District from 1996-2000, and Treasurer of the Oregon Republican Party from 1999-2003. In 2000, Richardson was recruited to serve on the Central Point City Council, which helped inspire his decision to run for the Oregon State Legislature. Richardson was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2002, where he served for 12 years (six terms). Richardson ran for Governor of Oregon as the Republican nominee in the 2014 election, but lost by a narrow margin to the incumbent John Kitzhaber. Now retired from both the law and politics, Richardson and his wife are volunteers at southern Oregon’s LDS Employment Office, where they help individual job-seekers find work with local employers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dennis Richardson (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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