Mark L. Richardson (born March 19, 1952, in

Poplar Bluff, Missouri Poplar Bluff is a city in Butler County, Missouri, Butler County in southeastern Missouri, United States. It is the county seat of Butler County and is known as "The Gateway to the Ozarks" among other names. The population was 16,225 at the 2020 ...

) was a politician who served as Minority Leader in the

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. He also served as an assistant prosecuting attorney and a circuit judge. His son

Todd Richardson Todd Richardson (born December 26, 1976) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Richardson represented the 152nd district in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He is from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Richar ...

has also served as a Republican in the Missouri House of Representatives, and as

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from 2015 to 2019.

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1952 births Living people Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Missouri state court judges People from Poplar Bluff, Missouri 21st-century members of the Missouri General Assembly {{Missouri-MORepresentative-stub