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Revision as of 20:05, November 10, 2018

Bradley Leo "Brad" Buckley

Texas State Representative for
District 54
(Bell and Lampasas counties)
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 2019
Preceded by Scott Cosper

Born September 14, 1966
Place of birth missing

Resident of Killeen, Texas

Political party Republican
Alma mater Central Texas College in Killeen

Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine

Occupation Veterinarian

Bradley Leo Buckley, known as Brad Buckley (born September 14, 1966), is the incoming 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).[1] 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.[2]

Between January 26 and May 20, 2018, Cosper received $191,400 in contributions from two political action committees 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.[2]

After the runoff, Cosper quickly endorsed Buckley, who called Cosper "very magnanimous to get behind me and support me.”[2] With Cosper eliminated, Buckley defeated in the November 6 general election the "progressive" Democrat Kathy Richerson, 25,924 votes (53.8 percent) to 22,222 (46.2 percent).[3] Richerson is a retired real estate agent who raises goats in rural Bell County. Coincidentally, Buckley is her veterinarian.[2]

References

  1. Republican Primary Runoff Election Returns for State House District 54. Texas Secretary of State (May 22, 2018). Retrieved on May 23, 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kyle Blankenship (May 26, 2018). District 54 runoff election postmortem: What contributed to Buckley upset of Cosper?. Killeen Daily Herald. Retrieved on May 28, 2018.
  3. Election Returns. Texas Secretary of State (November 6, 2018). Retrieved on November 10, 2018.