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Daniel Romine
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Elections and appointments
Last election

August 4, 2020

Education

Associate

Ozark Technical College, 2010

Bachelor's

Missouri State University, 2010

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Personal
Birthplace
Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Religion
Born Again Christian
Contact

Daniel Romine (Republican Party) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 134. He lost in the Republican primary on August 4, 2020.

Romine completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Romine was a 2016 Libertarian candidate for the same seat.

Biography

Daniel Romine was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 2002. Romine obtained an associate degree from Ozark Technical College and from the Community College of the Air Force in 2010. He also obtained a bachelor's degree from Missouri State University in 2010. Romine's professional experience includes working as an NCOIC U.S. Air Force reserve civil engineer; as a BNSF train conductor; in management for airfield maintenance, heavy construction, restaurant catering, and property; in juvenile detention and treatment facilities, in residential construction, in factory maintenance and as a line worker, and in men's clothing retail. He is a member of the American Legion Hall 639.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 134

Alex Riley defeated Derrick Nowlin in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 134 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Alex Riley
Alex Riley (R)
 
55.8
 
10,469
Image of Derrick Nowlin
Derrick Nowlin (D)
 
44.2
 
8,291

Total votes: 18,760
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 134

Derrick Nowlin advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 134 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Derrick Nowlin
Derrick Nowlin
 
100.0
 
2,918

Total votes: 2,918
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 134

Alex Riley defeated Daniel Romine in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 134 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Alex Riley
Alex Riley
 
70.7
 
2,404
Image of Daniel Romine
Daniel Romine Candidate Connection
 
29.3
 
994

Total votes: 3,398
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2018

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 134

Incumbent Elijah Haahr defeated Derrick Nowlin in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 134 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Elijah Haahr
Elijah Haahr (R)
 
57.0
 
8,703
Image of Derrick Nowlin
Derrick Nowlin (D)
 
43.0
 
6,575

Total votes: 15,278
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 134

Derrick Nowlin advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 134 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Derrick Nowlin
Derrick Nowlin
 
100.0
 
2,626

Total votes: 2,626
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 134

Incumbent Elijah Haahr defeated Daniel Romine in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 134 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Elijah Haahr
Elijah Haahr
 
74.4
 
3,031
Image of Daniel Romine
Daniel Romine
 
25.6
 
1,041

Total votes: 4,072
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2016

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 29, 2016.

Incumbent Elijah Haahr defeated Angela Pryor and Daniel Romine in the Missouri House of Representatives District 134 general election.[2]

Missouri House of Representatives, District 134 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Elijah Haahr Incumbent 58.40% 9,901
     Democratic Angela Pryor 37.23% 6,313
     Libertarian Daniel Romine 4.37% 741
Total Votes 16,955
Source: Missouri Secretary of State


Angela Pryor ran unopposed in the Missouri House of Representatives District 134 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Missouri House of Representatives, District 134 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Angela Pryor  (unopposed)


Incumbent Elijah Haahr ran unopposed in the Missouri House of Representatives District 134 Republican primary.[5][6]

Missouri House of Representatives, District 134 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Elijah Haahr Incumbent (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Daniel Romine completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Romine's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I moved to Springfield in 1982 to what was then the rural south end of Greene County. Although I have lived almost 30 years in our district, I have another 15+ years traveling the state, country and the world. My wife and I bought a house just down the road from my grandparent's old place when I got back from Afghanistan. Shauna and I have three children, Brody (13), Bryndle (10) and Brooks (5), that impress me every day with their brilliance, creativity, and strong character.

My wife and I have been together for almost 15 years having met in Springfield by a friend I met through my mother. We work together building a life focused on God and family. Shauna worked as a Labor and Delivery Nurse for 15 years before finishing her Masters of Nursing Education and teaching for her Alma Mater Cox College. Our children attend Cherokee, Academy of Fine and Performing Arts, and Wanda Gray. We like the Cardinals, boating, hiking, fishing, gardening, and cultural arts. We surround our family in a culture bonded in Christian beliefs. We are members of Southgate Baptist Church, where my wife and kids were baptized and most of our closest friends are in our Sunday School Class. Our youngest attends preschool at Kids of Creation part of the Wesley United Methodist ministry. We are also active in Upward basketball and cheerleading at South Haven Baptist Church.

After 9/11 I joined the Air Force Civil Engineers serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Qatar and other locations around the world.
  • Our representative should be from our community and have the experience and education to serve with authority from day one.
  • I will represent our district with our values at heart and work to build our community with local people, local business, and local infrastructure as a priority.
  • Saying that we are conservative isn't enough; only time and credibility demonstrate service before self, excellence in effort, and integrity at all times. These are core values I swore to 18 years ago in the Air Force Civil Engineers and lived a life trying to uphold.
I want us to build Missouri ... for Missouri. We have a brilliant and dynamic culture that achieves great things. Our district has its own vibrant character that I will represent with our values and goals at heart. I will refocus our mission toward the responsibilities of government and not the waste of political ambition.

I think experience matters when making complex decisions and vision guides the principles of those decisions. We have to get back to a focus on small and large local business. Foreign investors didn't come, and the ones that did took more than they invested. 

I have a business degree in industrial management along with the experience of building a business for myself and for others. We have a strategic location to be a leader in manufacturing, distribution, and profit minded service industries, but business doesn't run on bureaucracy like the politicians operate on. I will challenge our leadership from day one to develop the infrastructure and cut the political tape to do the business we are supposed to do in Jefferson City.

Changes are coming economically and socially. I have worked with Police, Fire and Emergency management for almost 20 years. The connection with economic success is directly related to the success of each neighborhood in our community. I will serve as a promoter of who we are and what we can do. As someone actually from our district, I care about the security and safety of our families, relatives, and neighbors.





I look up to my Dad and Grandfather. They are both men that care deeply about doing the right thing. The value of our life is measured in the way we live it. We pray with respect and we hope to convey every concern or appreciation relevant in the presence of God.

My grandfather is a master craftsman heavy equipment operator. He spent almost 50 years building bridges, highways, skyscrapers, mining operations, levees, Tom Sauk power plant, and so many other projects that I still get to hear new stories of infrastructure we use. He was my first Royal Rangers leader and taught me so much more than wilderness scouting and survival skills. He has volunteered to help the church and so many people of the community he is like his own outreach program. I was lucky to join him many times in my youth because every project turned into lessons of character, philosophy, engineering, and history. He is 84 and still has more projects than most men of any age.

My dad knows how to analyze data to see the intricacies of an organizations operational performance. He doesn't just see what makes the most money or saves the most time, he cares about the character and ethical manner in which the results are produced. He often brings the family together knowing that we are our best friends and relationships we will ever have and God is always at the center of our bonds.
I believe in local relationships in business and community. I was lucky to go to college in the Missouri State City Planning department that focused on the needs of our MSA economically, geologically, socially, and politically. What we have here is unique to us from our sports programs to our barber shops along with our karst topography and worship temples. I have visited and/or worked in states around the world from Europe and Asia to South America and the Pacific Islands; we are our own dynamic culture that I am proud of. If there is a political philosophy that you want to infer look to yourself. We likely share the same values and same principles. Plus, I will always want to hear more from your perspective as the needs of the day change.
Elected officials should understand public service is a subordinate role to the community. We are committing ourselves to a mission based on the people that elected us not the lobbyists who have opinions on what that community needs. I studied community planning that had successes and failures in many other cities including some from Missouri, but what works for others is not the same as what will work for our 134th district. I think the measure of integrity for a state Assemblyman is based on how priority they put in doing the right thing even over their political interests.
I believe in Service before self, Integrity, and Excellence - core values I swore to in the United States Air Force and upheld even before I enlisted. I will always challenge our Assembly to do the work we need to do for the state of Missouri and our district 134.
The 134th Representative is responsible for the people of the 134th. I think it is a key factor in running against a guy from another district that moved in for political gain. It gives a measure of their priorities to the people of the district or of their own personal interests.
Most of us that were kids in this district moved back as adults to this district. We also have a lot of people that moved to our district because they identified with our culture and values.
I want to leave a genuine relationship with the people of the 134th. During my whole time in service they will know they had a direct link to the administration of our government. Our district will know the sincerity of my commitment to them because they will be included in my efforts, my prayers, and my heart while in Jefferson City.
When I was 8 years old I lived on Market str (the middle of our district) and stayed up late to watch Ronald Reagan win his second term. I talked about it most of the next day and for years beyond. I remember after that night I started paying attention to our government, macroeconomics and society. From that early age I wanted to study political science when I got to college,but I was disappointed to find it was more about the bureaucracy of government and how to navigate the layers of the political structure than about the few responsibilities of the government. I was from the Reagan philosophy and believed that bureaucratic government was the problem. I changed majors and earned degrees in Industrial Management, Community and Regional Planning, Construction Technology, Electrical and Mechanical Technology, and an Arts degree.

I believe when someone is running for office it is like applying for a job. The candidate should be one that has experience and credibility leading organizations to success using the values that represent the district they come from.
I not only studied the disciplines that build a community, I worked or supervised in local businesses that are the core of Springfield's entrepreneurial spirit.
I also understand the sacrifice that comes with public service. From working with at risk youth to Air Force missions foreign and domestic the work is hard and emotionally tasking. Not only have I demonstrated I will serve with merit, my family has also answered the call to do their best in a way I am very proud of. (I am very in love with my wife)

President Reagan said "Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth," and I come from that philosophy.
As a kid I worked to bail hay, carpentry, fencing, delivering furniture, door hanger distribution and eventually at 13 I got my first real job cleaning the St. Francois Raceway Race track. Years later after my freshman year of college, I managed the sprint pits concession stand. In many ways the image of Hank Rearden was brought to real life by my parents and grandparents and I followed in those footsteps. I have work two or three jobs almost my whole life earning extra money or helping my neighbor out of a jam. With every job comes a lesson or affirmation of principles that build on each other. I eventually joined the Air Force Civil Engineers after 9/11. As early as a E3 Senior Airman I was put in positions of leadership notably Unit Health and Fitness program, which because of all the accounting paperwork was usually a Senior NCO position. I took the program and our squadron lead the wing on the statistics that my Commander had to be most accountable for. Since the Air Force was paying for my college, I took extra classes that directly effected my skill set in the Civil Engineers like drafting, cartography, project management, infrastructure planning, cost management, electrical and mechanical technology. I was soon the NCOIC of my Power Production Element and half of my 18 years served as an E7 Master Sergeant. I have lead projects around the world building power grids, runways, highways, bridges, water distribution, levees, sewer treatment, clinics, schools, and many more.

Also during college I worked two and three jobs such Greene Co Juvenile Services, house framing, Engineering assistant, restaurant catering manager, mail courier, and multiple positions within two factories.

I know how to make money or build the support system to bring profit on an investment. I can be part of a team, but I am ready and able for each opportunity to lead that team to success.
"Lonesome Dove" was a great adventure of the American Spirit, which I read it while traveling with a metal framing crew building clinics and giant houses. It was also a miniseries that my family and I watched together planning our evenings around the showtime. I would have preferred a book version of the story depicted in the movie "Far and Away" as it is my favorite movie of all time. I love the drive of Joseph Donnelly to make his way in the new world and the romance of a woman who was "such a corker."
Although Charles Ingalls was a real man in Laura Ingalls books, the role played by Michael Landon was inspiring. Little House on the Prairie was my impression of the Ozarks in the late 1800s for my youth. I thought the show was like a history lesson, and he was the kind of man I would have liked to have been if I lived in Walnut Grove and it had actually been in the Ozarks.
In Iraq I worked with a man that had been a lawyer in the past, but with no government and no law he was without work. He was changing oil on my generator in very nice clothes, but drinking dirty yellow water and saving the water bottles he was given for his baby at home. I talked with him often and when he was finished working with us he gave me a plaque with a lion on it to commemorate the story of Daniel in the Lion's den, which happened very close to where we were.
At times when I have stood my ground for the right thing I look at that plaque and pray to God for the same strength as the original Daniel and also the man who changed oil to care for his family. No struggle is too hard when you walk with God.
The House has a more personal relationship with it's constituents. The Senate has a closer relationship with the Governor. Both are vital roles linking the public to the administration of the state.
Experience matters. It matters that much more in a government with term limits. It is not to the benefit of the people to have a green legislator go to Jefferson City and spend the first few years learning about what they are doing. An inexperienced legislator may vote in ways that are beneficial to their future political relationships and not in the best interest of the people. Often they won't even know until it is too late. Lobbyists and Special Interest entities have more authority over the inexperienced as well.

I have seen first hand how politics were the method of Airmen trying to gain rank. In reality, the easier path was to take on easy projects and play the politics of what was accomplished while skilled leaders wanting real progress for the mission were busy working. This can have a negative impact on a mission when critical skills are needed for complex situations.

The candidate should also be from the district in order to know what the values of that district are. When a candidate that was running in another district moves because he saw an easier path to help his political career in our district, he does not have the best interests of our district in mind.
Missouri is almost $950 million behind on highway maintenance and more than $2 billion behind on other facility and infrastructure maintenance. Other states have made investments into their river ports, inter-modal hubs, and railroad access taking away the once fast growing logistics industry in Missouri.

This also effects our biggest industry of agriculture in Missouri. The cost of getting our products to market is diminishing profit for our farmers and the rippling effects of our rural counties.
We have an opportunity with so much work that needs to be done. We can create a more comprehensive plan that refocuses our infrastructure to a locally based economy. By connecting Missouri resources to Missouri manufacturers or Missouri processors and on to Missouri markets we are building a stronger economy and building stronger communities.

Think of how great it is to eat a Missouri grass fed K.C. strip in a local restaurant that was shipped by a local driver.
Cooperation in public service is part of the job description, but representatives are also expected to uphold the beliefs and values of the people they represent. There is a balance with standing ground on a principle that defies a political manipulation and working together on government responsibilities to serve the public. Good public policy will reflect the quality of leadership in both branches.
It depends on the type and intentions of the relationships. When the public service mission is the goal, legislators will naturally build bonds as they work together. If politicians make strategic connections to push political power the relationships will be tethered only by a thin foundation.
I like my district the way it is. I know the people of our district and other than a few years traveling with work, school and the Air Force most of the 30 years I lived in Springfield were on streets in our district: Weaver, McGee, Market, New, Nettleton, Teton and Cantebury.

Segregation is a difficult effort and every method will carry some flaw. The diversity needed to do the best job possible would require a large panel of regional representatives.

Salus Populi Lex Esto (The will of the people should be law) is part of our state seal. The districts would need to be drawn in ways that best represent the people. Any effort with the goal of gaining political power is not part of our state credo.
I want to be on the infrastructure committee. Not only do I have the experience of building power grids, highways, bridges, levees, water distribution, runways, sewer systems and more, I have the education and experience of planning and designing most of the projects as well. The public wants to know they are getting the best return on their investment and need professionals leading the development not politicians following a lobby.

It is important to me to uphold my father's legacy as the Chairman of the education committee. He was a champion fighting to bring back tech programs to our schools that had been cut by an earlier Assembly. He protected our schools from political moves that would have increased waste and depleted needed funding for our education system. He brought back a focus on the teacher and the importance of professional educators.

It should be noted that the two priorities are linked. The Springfield News Leader and St. Louis Post Dispatch both had articles depicting how Missouri was struggling to bring in industries because our state had low resources teaching tech programs and the training costs would be higher here. They both noted tradesman to build our infrastructure were undermanned from the same cuts to our vocational studies.
When I go on a new deployment and the mission is laid out for us by the previous rotation I know the importance of stepping up and taking on the projects i have an intellectual authority on. From that position a leader can also assign tasks or research to other team members to make them more productive as well. It was said by President Reagan and taught in the MSU business college that a leader isn't just good at what they do they make others better at what they do. I know how to challenge my team to do the best work we can do.
As a Freshman legislator I would be taking on that same approach with any opportunities that would serve the people. I would be able to lead with the experience of what works and the reliability to show I can do it with success. I have talked with legislators on the infrastructure committees and not only am I confident I would be a knowledgeable member, I would be able to step in with credible input.
I want to have the reputation my father had. Everyone I have ever spoke to in Jefferson City has first commented on the everyday integrity he lives by. Second they would say how he was able to work long hours day after day pushing those around him to meet his standard. I enjoy responding with the adage of how the mule was a great hybrid: smart, strong and tireless. Well, he was born a Missouri Mule, graduated a Poplar Bluff Mule in high school, and graduated a Central Missouri State Mule in college.
Leadership is a calling that isn't just based on a personal ambition. I passed a promotion opportunity in my squadron because I knew I would have a more effective impact on our mission and the success of my squadron completing the projects i was already invested in.
Post Script: I am pretty good at challenging the leadership at higher levels as well.
I spoke with a conservative resident that was concerned that health care in Missouri was not as affordable as states similar to ours. The previous year she had paid $6,000 in health insurance and then another $5,000 + in health expenses because she never met her $10,000 deductible. And because of the tax hike passed last year she was not able to deduct the extra expenses from her state taxes.

As she is one of the last farms in our now suburban district, I discussed this in a meeting with our Missouri Agribusiness rep who brought up the rapid rise in suicide rate in Missouri farmers and the toll opioid addiction has taken on rural and suburban residents.
I have a direct concern for the suicide rate in Missouri Veterans and my wife created a simulation lab for college students to learn how to treat opiate addicted patients in labor & delivery.

Public health and safety is a responsibility our state is going to address this next legislation session. We will be looking at how to do this in a way that strengthens the healthcare system and puts accountability where it should be. Contact me on my web page, Facebook messenger, email, or invite me to your home and I will discuss my plan for healthcare in a very in-depth way.

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