David Reis (born September 15, 1964) was a
Republican
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member of the
Illinois House of Representatives
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, representing the 108th district from 2005 to 2012 and the 109th District from 2013 to 2019.
Reis grew up and continues to live on his family's fifth-generation family farm near
Ste. Marie, Illinois. After working in
Chicago
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as an executive recruiter, he returned to the farm after his father's death in 1990. He served on the board of directors of the Illinois Pork Producers Association from 1997 to 2004. He has a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the
University of Illinois
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College of Agriculture.
During the
2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
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, Reis worked on behalf of the
presidential campaign
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of former U.S. Senator
Fred Thompson
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as a member of the Illinois statewide steering committee and as a congressional district chair for
Illinois's 19th congressional district
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.
Reis was one of only five Illinois representatives to vote against the
Illinois Right to Vote Amendment on its passage in the Illinois House of Representatives. The bill subsequently was passed unanimously in the
Illinois Senate
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, and was approved as a constitutional amendment by the voters of Illinois.
Reis ran for re-election in 2018, but was defeated by
Darren Bailey
Darren Bailey (born March 17, 1966) is an American far-right politician who was a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for the 55th district. Previously, he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 109th district in So ...
in the Republican primary.
Many attributed his defeat because of his vote in favor of overriding Governor
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Vincent Rauner (; born February 18, 1956) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 42nd governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. Prior to his election, he was the chairman of R8 Capital Partners and chai ...
's veto of a tax increase that had passed the
Illinois General Assembly
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.
References
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Representative David Reis (R) 108th Districtat the Illinois General Assembly
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Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
1964 births
Living people
21st-century American politicians
People from Olney, Illinois