What is Dennis Richardson?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Dennis Richardson | image = Secretary Richardson and Ashish Puri (34450141971) (cropped).jpg | office = 26th [[Oregon Secretary of State|Secretary of State of Oregon]] | governor = [[Kate Brown]] | term_start = January 2, 2017 | term_end = February 26, 2019 | predecessor = [[Jeanne Atkins]] | successor = [[Beverly Clarno]] | state_house1 = Oregon | district1 = 4th | term_start1 = January 2003 | term_end1 = January 2015 | predecessor1 = Cherryl Walker | successor1 = Duane Stark | birth_name = Dennis Michael Richardson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|7|30}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|2|26|1949|7|30}} | death_place = [[Central Point, Oregon]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Cathy Richardson | children = 9 | education = [[Brigham Young University|Brigham Young University, Utah]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} | signature = Dennis Richardson signature.png | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = {{army|United States}} | battles = [[Vietnam War]] }} '''Dennis Michael Richardson''' (July 30, 1949 &ndash; February 26, 2019) was an American politician. On January 2, 2017, he became the 26th [[Oregon Secretary of State|Secretary of State of Oregon]]. He was the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate for [[Governor of Oregon]] in the [[Oregon gubernatorial election, 2014|2014 Oregon gubernatorial election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/11/oregon_secretary_of_state_race.html|title=Dennis Richardson tops Brad Avakian for Oregon secretary of state, breaking Democrats' hold on statewide office|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|work=OregonLive.com|date=November 8, 2016}}</ref> Richardson was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He studied at [[Brigham Young University]]. He served in the [[Oregon House of Representatives]] from 2003 to 2015. In May 2018, Richardson was diagnosed