Todd Richardson (born December 26, 1976) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Richardson represented the 152nd district in the

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from 2013 to 2019. He is from

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. Richardson previously represented Missouri's 154th House district from 2011 to 2013. He was elected

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in 2015. His father

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served for 12 years as a Republican in the Missouri House of Representatives. Richardson was named a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow. Richardson resigned his seat in the Legislature in October 2018, a few months before his fourth and final term would have ended in January, 2019. Governor Mike Parson appointed him to serve as the director o
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