Nathan Reitz

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name= Nathan D. Reitz

|image =

|caption =

| state_house=Illinois

| state=Illinois

| district=116th

| term_start = {{start date|2019|05|9}}

| term_end = January 13, 2021

| preceded=Jerry Costello II

| succeeded=David Friess

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|12|28}}

|party = Democratic

|otherparty =

|residence = Steeleville, Illinois

}}

Nathan D. Reitz is a former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 116th district.

The 116th, located in Southern Illinois, includes all or portions of Monroe, Perry, Randolph, and St. Clair counties.{{cite web|title=Illinois Representative District 116|date=May 11, 2011|accessdate=May 10, 2019|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|location=Springfield, Illinois|url=https://www.elections.il.gov/Downloads/VotingInformation/PDF/2011Districts/2011RepDist116.pdf}} Reitz was appointed to office after Jerry Costello II was appointed by J. B. Pritzker to be director of law enforcement for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.{{Cite web|url=https://capitolfax.com/2019/05/09/nathan-reitz-sworn-in-to-replace-former-rep-jerry-costello/|title=Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » Nathan Reitz sworn in to replace former Rep. Jerry Costello|website=capitolfax.com|access-date=2019-05-10}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article230222284.html|title=Son of former state representative appointed to replace Costello in Illinois House|last=Bustos|first=Joseph|date=May 9, 2019|work=Belleville News-Democrat|access-date=May 9, 2019}}{{Cite news|title=Nathan Reitz tapped to take over for Costello in 116th District|url=https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/nathan-reitz-tapped-to-take-over-for-costello-in-th/article_2136720c-7e04-5f1d-bcd0-1845b7984788.html|last=Smith|first=Isaac|date=May 9, 2019|access-date=October 31, 2019|work=The Southern Illinoisan}} Nathan Reitz, the son of former Representative Dan Reitz, previously served as an alderman in Steeleville, Illinois.{{Cite web|url=https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/nathan-reitz-tapped-to-take-over-for-costello-in-th/article_2136720c-7e04-5f1d-bcd0-1845b7984788.html|title=Nathan Reitz tapped to take over for Costello in 116th District|last=Smith|first=Isaac|website=The Southern|access-date=2019-05-10}}

In the 2020 general election, Reitz lost to Republican candidate David Friess by a large margin.{{cite news|last1=Landis|first1=Kelsey|last2=Mansouri|first2=Kavahn|title=No longer a Democratic stronghold? GOP picks up 2 state House races in southwest Illinois|date=November 5, 2020|newspaper=Belleville News-Democrat|accessdate=November 25, 2020|url=https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/no-longer-a-democratic-stronghold-gop-picks-up-2-state-house-races-in-southwest-illinois/article_fc86a0d7-2ff5-58e3-977b-3caad532f09b.html}}