Rich Olive

Rich Olive
Member of the Iowa Senate
from the 5th district
In office
January 8, 2007 – January 9, 2011
Preceded byStewart Iverson
Succeeded byRobert Bacon
Personal details
Born
Richard Warren Olive

(1949-12-02)December 2, 1949
Bethesda, Maryland
DiedJune 20, 2016(2016-06-20) (aged 66)
Story City, Iowa
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMarian
Children3
Residence(s)Story City, Iowa
ProfessionReal estate, Insurance, Army National Guard

Richard Warren "Rich" Olive (December 2, 1949 – June 20, 2016) was an American realtor and politician from Iowa. A Democrat, he served the Fifth District in the Iowa Senate from 2007 until 2011.[1]

Olive served on several committees in the Iowa Senate: the Commerce committee; the Agriculture committee, where he was vice chair; the Economic Growth committee, where he was vice chair; and the Government Oversight committee, where he was chair.

Olive was elected in 2006 with 11,224 votes (50%), defeating Republican opponent James Kurtenbach.[2] In his 2010 bid for re-election, he received 10,510 votes (45%), losing to Republican opponent Robert Bacon.[3]

He attended South Dakota State University on scholarship for both football and basketball, but dropped out to serve in the Iowa National Guard. Olive lived and worked in Story City, where he ran Norsemen Realty.[4] He married Marian Tesdall in 1971, with whom he had three daughters.[5] On June 20, 2016, Olive died of cancer at the age of 66.[6]

  1. ^ Iowa General Assembly-Senator Rich Olive
  2. ^ 2006 Iowa Election Archived December 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 2010 Iowa Elections
  4. ^ Crumb, Michael (June 20, 2016). "Former state senator Rich Olive dies". Ames Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  5. ^ "Rich Olive Dec. 2, 1949 — June 20, 2016". Ames Tribune. June 21, 2016. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2016 – via Des Moines Register. Alt URL
  6. ^ Petroski, William (June 20, 2016). "Former Iowa Sen. Rich Olive dead at 66". Des Moines Register. Retrieved June 22, 2016.