Jason Plummer (politician)

Jason Plummer is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate from the 54th district. The district, located on the Illinois side of Greater St. Louis, includes all or portions of Bond, Clinton, Effingham, Fayette, Madison, Marion, and St. Clair counties.[3]

Jason Plummer
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 54th district
Assumed office
January 9, 2019 (2019-Jan-09)
Preceded byKyle McCarter
Personal details
Born (1982-06-03) June 3, 1982
Staunton, Illinois
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Shannon Plummer[1]
Children1[1]
ResidenceEdwardsville, Illinois[1]
Alma materUniversity of Illinois (B.A)[2]
ProfessionBusiness owner

Education and military service

Jason Plummer graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in Finance. After college, he served in the U.S. Navy Reserves as an intelligence officer.[4]

Political career

Illinois State Senate

In 2019, Plummer sponsored legislation (HB 2308) that allowed courts to forbid contact between defendants in custody and victims. The legislation passed the legislature and was signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker in July 2019. Both the Illinois Sheriffs Association and Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police backed the bill.[5]

Another bill sponsored by Plummer, HB 3462, allows Illinois schools to include hunting safety classes as part of the curriculum. Plummer cited expanded hunting safety as one of his chief concerns when sponsoring the bill. The legislation was signed into law and became effective immediately.[6]

On the issue of taxes, Plummer supports lowering the state income tax. In early 2019, he cosponsored a proposal (Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 12) which would call for a new amendment to the Illinois state constitution that would require a two-thirds supermajority in both houses of the legislature for any measure that raises taxes or state fees.[7]

Plummer was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 2018. In the primary election, he defeated Greenville University basketball coach George Barber, Clinton County Board member Rafael Him, and Marion County Republican Party Chairman Benjamin Stratemeyer in a four way primary winning 57% of the total vote and defeated Democratic nominee Brian Stout in the general election.[2][8][9]

In April 2020, Plummer called on the federal government to not bail out Illinois, arguing that its fiscal problems came because it "failed to aggressively pay down debt or plan for a rainy day."[10]

Previous elections

Previously, Plummer was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in the 2010 gubernatorial election and the Republican nominee for Illinois's 12th congressional district in the 2012 general election.[2]

Business career

Prior to his election as a state senator, Plummer was vice president of R.P. Lumber, one of the largest family-owned hardware, lumber and building material companies in the U.S. The company was founded by Plummer's parents in 1977 and grew from one retail location to 66 locations across Illinois and Missouri.[11] In 2017, the North American Retail Hardware Association selected Plummer from a pool of candidates nationwide to be named the Young Retailer of the Year.[12]

Plummer is a partner and senior adviser at Cimbria Capital, a commercial investment firm, and also serves as a director at Cimbria Invest, LLC.[4]

Prior to Cimbria Capital, Plummer was on the board of TheBANK of Edwardsville. He also served on the board of directors for several businesses and non-profit organizations.[4] He also served on the board of the Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers Association and was an active member in the Illinois Business Alliance and local chambers of commerce.[13]

References
  1. "Senator Jason Plummer (R)". 101st Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  2. Bustos, Joseph (October 23, 2017). "Former local lieutenant governor nominee joins race for state senate seat". Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  3. "PA 97-0006 Legislative District 56" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  4. "About Cimbria Capital". www.cimbriacapital.com. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  5. "senator plummer's legislation to protect witnesses and victims from the defendant signed in to law". www.senatorjasonplummer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  6. "senator plummer's hunting safety legislation signed into law". www.senatorjasonplummer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  7. "senator plummer committed to curbing taxes via sjrca 12". www.senatorjasonplummer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  8. "Election Results - General Priamry - 3/20/2018". Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Board of Elections. March 20, 2018. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  9. Cortes, Lexi (November 6, 2018). "Election results for metro-east state senate races". Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  10. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/495374-illinois-state-lawmaker-calls-for-us-to-not-bail-out-his-corrupt-state
  11. "R.P. Lumber's Jason Plummer receives Young Retailers of the Year honor". RiverBender.com. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  12. "R.P. Lumber VP Named Young Retailer of the Year". LBM Journal. 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  13. "R.P. Lumber's VP awarded at NRHA conference". The Lake News Online. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
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