was born in West Lafayette, Ind., and moved to Redding in 1988. He likes photography, crowds and going places to meet new people. He is married and has two grown children.
In reply to Dot Van Cleave. Rickert actually won 3/5 of the intermountain region, carrying the Round Mountain, Oak Run, and Fall River precincts but losing Burney and Whitmore. Millville, Palo Cedro, Bella Vista, and the ~7 eastern Redding precincts all went to Harmon.