Todd Richardson

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Todd Richardson

| office = Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives

| term_start = May 14, 2015

| term_end = October 31, 2018

| predecessor = John Diehl

| successor = Elijah Haahr

| state_house1 = Missouri

| district1 = 152nd

| term_start1 = January 2013

| term_end1 = October 2018

| predecessor1 = Paul Fitzwater

| successor1 = Hardy Billington

| state_house2 = Missouri

| district2 = 154th

| term_start2 = January 2011

| term_end2 = January 2013

| predecessor2 = Gayle Kingery

| successor2 = Shawn Rhoads

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|12|26}}

| birth_place = Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Republican

| education = University of Memphis {{small|(BA, JD)}}

}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kcur.org/post/lawmakers-get-jumpstart-legislative-session|title = Lawmakers Get Jumpstart on Legislative Session|date = 3 December 2012}} Richardson previously represented Missouri's 154th House district from 2011 to 2013. He was elected Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives in 2015.

His father Mark served for 12 years as a Republican in the Missouri House of Representatives.{{cite web |url=http://themissouritimes.com/10690/richardson-run-floor-leader-overwhelming-caucus-support/ |title=Richardson to run for Floor Leader with overwhelming caucus support |publisher= |date=2014-05-06 |accessdate=2014-10-28}} Richardson was named a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow.{{cite web |title=About the Rodel Fellowship Program|url=http://www.aspeninstitute.org/leadership-programs/aspen-institute-rodel-fellowships-public-le-/about-rodel-fellowship-program}}

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 of [https://dss.mo.gov/mhd/ MO HealthNet], Missouri's Medicaid program.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kbia.org/post/missouri-house-speaker-richardson-will-run-state-medicaid-insurance-program|title=Missouri House Speaker Richardson will run state Medicaid insurance program|last=Rosenbaum|first=Ryan Delaney, Jason|website=www.kbia.org|date=22 October 2018|language=en|access-date=2019-11-26}}