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{{Infobox officeholder
| image=
| name=Bradley Leo "Brad" Buckley
| office=[[Texas]] State Representative for<br> District 54<br> (Bell and Lampasas counties)
| term_start= January 2019
| term_end=)
| preceded=[[Scott Cosper]]
| succeeded=
| birth_date=September 14, 1966
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Killeen, [[Texas]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater=
| occupation=[[Veterinarian]]
| spouse=
| children=
}}
'''Bradley Leo Buckley''', known as '''Brad Buckley''' (born September 14, 1966), is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 54 in Killeen, [[Texas]], where he is a [[veterinarian]] and a former school board member.
Buckley won his party nomination in 2018 in a runoff election against the one-term incumbent [[Scott Cosper]]. In the second round of voting, Cosper finished with 3,185 votes (41.7 percent) to Buckley's 4,445 (58.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/may22_326_race3.htm|title=Republican Primary Runoff Election Returns for State House District 54|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref> Buckley attributed his nomination to his personal style, door-to-door campaigning, and the strength of his platform. There was little difference in political views between the two candidates.<ref name=kdh/>
Between January 26 and May 20, 2018, Cosper received $191,400 in contributions from two [[political action committee]]s associated with the retiring [[Moderate Republican]] House Speaker [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]]: the Texas House Leadership Fund and Associated Republicans of Texas. Buckley reported $54,115 in contributions between February 25 and May 20, 2018, the largest having been payment in three installments of $25,000 from the National Cutting Horse Association Texas Events PAC. Cosper spent $77.49 for each vote received; Buckley, $12.17.<ref name=kdh>{{cite web|url=http://kdhnews.com/news/district-runoff-election-postmortem-what-contributed-to-buckley-upset-of/article_3286264c-6161-11e8-b6ed-b35fe933f1b3.html|title=District 54 runoff election postmortem: What contributed to Buckley upset of Cosper?|author=Kyle Blankenship|publisher=''Killeen Daily Herald''|date=May 26, 2018|accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref>
After the runoff, Cosper immediately endorsed Buckley, who called Cosper "very magnanimous to get behind me and support me.”<ref name=kdh/> With Cosper eliminated, Buckley defeated in the November 6 general election the "[[progressive]]" [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Kathy Richerson, 25,924 votes (53.8 percent) to 22,222 (46.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref> Richerson is a retired [[real estate]] agent who raises [[goat]]s in rural Bell County. Coincidentally, Buckley is her veterinarian.<ref name=kdh/>
==References==
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[[Category:Veterinarians]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
| image=
| name=Bradley Leo "Brad" Buckley
| office=[[Texas]] State Representative for<br> District 54<br> (Bell and Lampasas counties)
| term_start= January 2019
| term_end=)
| preceded=[[Scott Cosper]]
| succeeded=
| birth_date=September 14, 1966
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Killeen, [[Texas]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater=
| occupation=[[Veterinarian]]
| spouse=
| children=
}}
'''Bradley Leo Buckley''', known as '''Brad Buckley''' (born September 14, 1966), is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 54 in Killeen, [[Texas]], where he is a [[veterinarian]] and a former school board member.
Buckley won his party nomination in 2018 in a runoff election against the one-term incumbent [[Scott Cosper]]. In the second round of voting, Cosper finished with 3,185 votes (41.7 percent) to Buckley's 4,445 (58.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/may22_326_race3.htm|title=Republican Primary Runoff Election Returns for State House District 54|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref> Buckley attributed his nomination to his personal style, door-to-door campaigning, and the strength of his platform. There was little difference in political views between the two candidates.<ref name=kdh/>
Between January 26 and May 20, 2018, Cosper received $191,400 in contributions from two [[political action committee]]s associated with the retiring [[Moderate Republican]] House Speaker [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]]: the Texas House Leadership Fund and Associated Republicans of Texas. Buckley reported $54,115 in contributions between February 25 and May 20, 2018, the largest having been payment in three installments of $25,000 from the National Cutting Horse Association Texas Events PAC. Cosper spent $77.49 for each vote received; Buckley, $12.17.<ref name=kdh>{{cite web|url=http://kdhnews.com/news/district-runoff-election-postmortem-what-contributed-to-buckley-upset-of/article_3286264c-6161-11e8-b6ed-b35fe933f1b3.html|title=District 54 runoff election postmortem: What contributed to Buckley upset of Cosper?|author=Kyle Blankenship|publisher=''Killeen Daily Herald''|date=May 26, 2018|accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref>
After the runoff, Cosper immediately endorsed Buckley, who called Cosper "very magnanimous to get behind me and support me.”<ref name=kdh/> With Cosper eliminated, Buckley defeated in the November 6 general election the "[[progressive]]" [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Kathy Richerson, 25,924 votes (53.8 percent) to 22,222 (46.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref> Richerson is a retired [[real estate]] agent who raises [[goat]]s in rural Bell County. Coincidentally, Buckley is her veterinarian.<ref name=kdh/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULT:Buckley, Brad}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Veterinarians]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]