Donald Rone Jr. (born December 21, 1944) is an American politician from the state of
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
. A lifelong resident of
Portageville, Missouri, he served as
mayor of Portageville, Missouri, for 10 years.
In 2014, he was elected as a
Republican
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Political ideology
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to serve as a member of the
Missouri House of Representatives
The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...
, representing the 149th District, which includes all of
New Madrid County
; french: Comté de New Madrid) is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,434. The largest city and county seat is New Madrid, located on the northern side of the Kentucky Bend ...
as well as portions of
Mississippi County and
Pemiscot County. In 2014, he defeated local
opera
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singer and ''
America's Got Talent'' winner
Neal E. Boyd in the Republican primary and former U.S. Congressman
Bill Burlison in the general election.
Electoral history
References
1944 births
Living people
Military personnel from Missouri
Mayors of places in Missouri
Missouri Republicans
People from Portageville, Missouri
Southeast Missouri State University alumni
21st-century American politicians
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