David Reis

David B. Reis was born September 15, 1964. Reis has an associate degree in agricultural sciences from Lake Land College and a Bachelor of Science in agriculture from the University of Illinois College of Agriculture.{{cite book|editor-last=White|editor-first=Jesse|title=Illinois Blue Book 2005-2006|page=120|access-date=September 29, 2023|publisher=Illinois Secretary of State|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/44091}} After working in Chicago as an executive recruiter, he returned to the farm after his father's death in 1990.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} He served on the board of directors of the Illinois Pork Producers Association from 1997 to 2004.{{cite book|editor-last=White|editor-first=Jesse|title=Illinois Blue Book 2017-2018|page=116|access-date=September 29, 2023|publisher=Illinois Secretary of State|url=http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook/legbios.pdf|archive-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006212622/http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/illinois_bluebook/legbios.pdf|url-status=bot: unknown}} Reis grew up and continues to live on his family's fifth-generation family farm near Ste. Marie, Illinois.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

In the 2002 general election, Reis ran a strong campaign against Democratic incumbent Charles A. Hartke.{{cite news|last=Wills|first=Christopher|title=No Room for Error: The GOP hopes to chip away at Democratic majorities in the legislature|date=October 1, 2004|newspaper=NPR Illinois|url=https://www.nprillinois.org/statehouse/2004-10-01/no-room-for-error-the-gop-hopes-to-chip-away-at-democratic-majorities-in-the-legislature|access-date=September 25, 2023}} In the 2004 general election, Reis was the Republican candidate against Hartke's successor, William J. Grunloh. Reis won 62%-38%.{{cite magazine|url=http://illinoisissues-archive.uis.edu/politics/values.html|last=Wheeler III|first=Charles N.|title=Whose moral values were key to George W. Bush's win?|magazine=Illinois Issues|date=December 2004|accessdate=July 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818004247/http://illinoisissues-archive.uis.edu/politics/values.html|archive-date=August 18, 2010|url-status=dead}}

During the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Reis worked on behalf of the presidential campaign of former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson as a member of the Illinois statewide steering committee and as a congressional district chair for Illinois's 19th congressional district.{{cite web|title=Press Release: Thompson Campaign Announces Illinois Leadership Team|editor-first1=Gerhard|editor-last1=Peters|editor-first2=John T.|editor-last2=Woolley|work=The American Presidency Project|date=November 8, 2007|publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara|access-date=August 20, 2021|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/thompson-campaign-press-release-thompson-campaign-announces-illinois-leadership-team}}

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.{{cite web |title=STATE OF ILLINOIS NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE ROLL CALL HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 52 CON AMEND-VOTER DISCRIMINATION THIRD READING 3/4 VOTE REQUIRED PASSED |url=http://ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/98/house/09800HC0052_04082014_011000A.pdf |publisher=Illinois General Assembly |accessdate=8 April 2014}} The bill subsequently was passed unanimously in the Illinois Senate,{{cite web |title=State of Illinois 98th General Assembly Senate Vote House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment No. 52 THIRD READING |url=http://ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/98/senate/09800HC0052_04102014_004000T.pdf |publisher=Illinois General Assembly |accessdate=27 March 2020 |date=10 April 2014}} and was approved as a constitutional amendment by the voters of Illinois.{{cite web |title=Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed |url=http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/conampro.htm |website=www.ilga.gov |publisher=Illinois General Assembly |accessdate=26 March 2020}}{{cite web |title=Illinois Right to Vote Amendment (2014) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_Right_to_Vote_Amendment_(2014) |website=Ballotpedia |accessdate=27 March 2020 |language=en}}

Reis ran for re-election in 2018, but was defeated by Darren Bailey in the Republican primary.{{cite news|last=Stewart|first=Keith|title=Bailey defeats Reis in 109th District GOP primary|date=March 20, 2018|newspaper=Effingham Daily News|accessdate=November 19, 2018|url=https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/2018_elections/bailey-defeats-reis-in-th-district-gop-primary/article_09da1fe8-2cc1-11e8-908c-7becd47359d1.html}} Many attributed his defeat because of his vote in favor of overriding Governor Bruce Rauner's veto of a tax increase that had passed the Illinois General Assembly.

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• [http://ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=98&MemberID=1919 Representative David Reis (R) 108th District] at the Illinois General Assembly
• By session: [http://ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=100&MemberID=2341 100th], [http://ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=99&MemberID=2136 99th], [http://ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=98&MemberID=1919 98th], [http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=97&MemberID=1706 97th], [http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=96&MemberID=1499 96th], [http://ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=95&MemberID=1301 95th], [http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=94&MemberID=1116 94th]
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