David Reis (born September 15, 1964) was a Republican member of the

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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

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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

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College of Agriculture. During the

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, Reis worked on behalf of the

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of former U.S. Senator

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as a member of the Illinois statewide steering committee and as a congressional district chair for

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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

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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

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in the Republican primary. Many attributed his defeat because of his vote in favor of overriding Governor

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's veto of a tax increase that had passed the

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Representative David Reis (R) 108th District
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reis, David Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives 1964 births Living people 21st-century American politicians People from Olney, Illinois