Donald Rients
Donald Rients (Republican Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 105. He lost in the Republican primary on March 19, 2024.
Biography
Donald Rients was born in Illinois. His career experience includes working for an insurance company in Bloomington, Illinois, as a state law enforcement correctional officer at a maximum-security prison, and as president of the Benson Fire Protection District. Rients has been affiliated with Gideons International.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 105
Incumbent Dennis Tipsword Jr. defeated Morgan Phillips in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 105 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dennis Tipsword Jr. (R) | 69.0 | 38,132 |
 | Morgan Phillips (D)  | 31.0 | 17,158 | |
| Total votes: 55,290 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 105
Morgan Phillips advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 105 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Morgan Phillips | 100.0 | 2,888 |
| Total votes: 2,888 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 105
Incumbent Dennis Tipsword Jr. defeated Donald Rients in the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 105 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dennis Tipsword Jr. | 69.7 | 7,971 |
 | Donald Rients | 30.3 | 3,464 | |
| Total votes: 11,435 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 105
Dennis Tipsword Jr. won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 105 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dennis Tipsword Jr. (R) | 100.0 | 36,731 |
| Total votes: 36,731 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 105
Dennis Tipsword Jr. defeated Kyle Ham, Mike Kirkton, and Donald Rients in the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 105 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dennis Tipsword Jr. | 39.2 | 5,645 |
| Kyle Ham | 23.3 | 3,355 | ||
| Mike Kirkton | 22.5 | 3,242 | ||
| Donald Rients | 15.0 | 2,166 | |
| Total votes: 14,408 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Karen Donnelly (R)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 18
Incumbent Darin LaHood defeated Junius Rodriguez in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 18 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Darin LaHood (R) | 67.2 | 195,927 |
 | Junius Rodriguez (D) | 32.8 | 95,486 | |
| Total votes: 291,413 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 18
Junius Rodriguez defeated Brian Deters and Darrel Miller in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 18 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Junius Rodriguez | 41.7 | 14,990 |
 | Brian Deters | 39.5 | 14,189 | |
 | Darrel Miller | 18.8 | 6,757 | |
| Total votes: 35,936 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 18
Incumbent Darin LaHood defeated Donald Rients in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 18 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Darin LaHood | 78.9 | 61,722 |
| Donald Rients | 21.1 | 16,535 | |
| Total votes: 78,257 | |||
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2015
Darin LaHood (R) defeated Robert Mellon (D) on September 10, 2015, to win the special election for the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 18th Congressional District. In the primary election on July 7, 2015, Mellon defeated Adam Lopez, while LaHood defeated Mike Flynn and Donald Rients.[2][3]
| U.S. House, Illinois District 18 General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Darin LaHood |
68.8% | 33,319 | |
| Democratic | Robert Mellon | 31.2% | 15,127 | |
| Total Votes | 48,446 | |||
| Source: KHQA News with 96% reporting Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available. | ||||
| U.S. House, Illinois District 18 Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Robert Mellon |
60.5% | 4,599 | ||
| Adam Lopez | 39.5% | 2,999 | ||
| Total Votes | 7,598 | |||
| Source: KHQA News | ||||
| U.S. House, Illinois District 18 Republican Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Darin LaHood |
69.5% | 31,361 | ||
| Mike Flynn | 27.8% | 12,560 | ||
| Donald Rients | 2.7% | 1,233 | ||
| Total Votes | 45,154 | |||
| Source: KHQA News | ||||
Campaign finance summary
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Donald Rients completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rients' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Civic Work President of the Benson Fire Protection District 2016 - Present Roanoke Boy Scouts Chairman 2007 – 2012 Gideons International – Livingston County Camp 2008 – Present St. Petri Church: Board Trustee 1995-1996 / S.S. Superintendent 2001-2002
Employment: Family Farm work Pfister Seed Company, El Paso, Illinois – Seasonal – Detasseling 1976-1980 Elms Restaurant El Paso, Illinois 1980-1981 Convenient Food Mart, Pontiac, Illinois 1982-1984 Correctional Officer - Stateville / Pontiac Correctional facilities 1984-1990 Advanced Technology Services (ATS) servicing Caterpillar computers 1990-1991 State Farm Insurance Companies 1991-Present
Education VFW Voice of Democracy Certificate of Merit 1980 Minonk-Dana-Rutland High School 1981 Department of the Army Certificate Reserve Officer Training Corp 1981 Illinois Valley Community College Associate in Science 1984 Illinois Department of Corrections Correctional Officer Academy 1984 Illinois Central College Certificate Electronic Repair 1990 Illinois Central College Associate in Applied Science in Electronic Technology 1991
Illinois Central College Associate in General Education 1996- I am 1. Pro-Life: Life starts at conception. I have the highest rating by the Illinois Right to Life 2. ,Pro-2nd Amendment: Created to protect us from a Tyrannical government, 3. Pro-Agriculture: Raised on a farm, and since 1866 my families have been and continue to be farmers in the district. 4. Fiscal and Social Conservative: I vow to fight corruption and pork projects. Illinois is a State with laws, laws are based on morals. These morals come from God.
- I am not part of the establishment that has compromised legislation that has created a goverment of corruption, waste, and self-indulgence. I hae funded my own campaign and not take money from other politicians and organizations outside (or inside the district)
- I believe in 1. a small efficient government, where the duties are a certain level of protection, and an infrastructure that will help its citizens prosper.2. Anti- Critical Race Theory and Anti sex education for grade school children: This is an effort to sway children to accept immoral practices. It takes the rights away from the parents. It is just plainly a terrible format.
Honesty
Truthfulness
Intelligent
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2015
The following is a sample of issues which were taken from Rients' campaign website:[4]
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I am a Christian Conservative who believes:
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| —Donald Rients' campaign website, http://www.rients.net/my-beliefs.html | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 23, 2022
- ↑ KHQA 7, "Election Results," July 7, 2015
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Darin LaHood wins special election to replace ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock," September 10, 2015
- ↑ Campaign website, "My Beliefs," accessed June 30, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
