Charles E. Meier

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Charles E. Meier
Image of Charles E. Meier
Illinois House of Representatives District 109
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Prior offices
Member Washington County Board

Illinois House of Representatives District 108

Compensation

Base salary

$89,250/year

Per diem

$166/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Profession
Real estate developer
Contact

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Charles E. Meier (Republican Party) is a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing District 109. He assumed office on January 11, 2023. His current term ends on January 8, 2025.

Meier (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 109. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.


Biography

Charles E. Meier's career experience includes working as a farmer and a residential subdivision developer. Meier has served on the Washington County Board and the board of Southwestern Illinois RC&D, Inc.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Meier was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Meier was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Meier was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Illinois committee assignments, 2017
Agriculture & Conservation
Appropriations-Human Services
Elementary & Secondary Education School Curriculum Policies
Environment
Labor & Commerce
Mental Health
Special Needs Services

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Meier served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Meier served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 109

Incumbent Charles E. Meier won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 109 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
Image of Charles E. Meier
Charles E. Meier (R)

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 109

Incumbent Charles E. Meier advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 109 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Charles E. Meier
Charles E. Meier
 
100.0
 
10,051

Total votes: 10,051
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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 109

Incumbent Charles E. Meier won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 109 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Charles E. Meier
Charles E. Meier (R)
 
100.0
 
39,792

Total votes: 39,792
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 109

Incumbent Charles E. Meier advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 109 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Charles E. Meier
Charles E. Meier
 
100.0
 
11,905

Total votes: 11,905
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2020

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 108

Incumbent Charles E. Meier defeated Kacie Weicherding in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 108 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Charles E. Meier
Charles E. Meier (R)
 
73.8
 
45,603
Image of Kacie Weicherding
Kacie Weicherding (D)
 
26.2
 
16,161

Total votes: 61,764
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 108

Kacie Weicherding advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 108 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kacie Weicherding
Kacie Weicherding
 
100.0
 
6,376

Total votes: 6,376
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 108

Incumbent Charles E. Meier advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 108 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Charles E. Meier
Charles E. Meier
 
100.0
 
9,834

Total votes: 9,834
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2018

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 108

Incumbent Charles E. Meier won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 108 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Charles E. Meier
Charles E. Meier (R)
 
100.0
 
38,987

Total votes: 38,987
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 108

Incumbent Charles E. Meier defeated Don Moore in the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 108 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Charles E. Meier
Charles E. Meier
 
71.6
 
9,096
Image of Don Moore
Don Moore
 
28.4
 
3,614

Total votes: 12,710
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2016

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives were held in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was November 30, 2015.[2]

Incumbent Charles E. Meier ran unopposed in the Illinois House of Representatives District 108 general election.[3][4]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 108 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charles E. Meier Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

Incumbent Charles E. Meier ran unopposed in the Illinois House of Representatives District 108 Republican primary.[5][6]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 108 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charles E. Meier Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 18, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 2, 2013. Incumbent Charles E. Meier ran unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[7][8][9]

2012

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2012

Meier won election in the 2012 election for Illinois House of Representatives District 108. Meier defeated Don W. Weber and District 102 incumbent Paul J. Evans in the March 20 Republican primary and defeated Daniel P. Polites (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10][11][12]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 108, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCharles E. Meier 66.7% 33,552
     Democratic Daniel P. Polites 33.3% 16,786
Total Votes 50,338
Illinois House of Representatives, District 108 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngCharles E. Meier 38.3% 4,391
Paul Evans 32.6% 3,735
Don Weber 29.1% 3,332
Total Votes 11,458


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

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2012

Meier's campaign website listed the following issues:[13]

  • Fiscal Responsibility
Excerpt: "When you have a bad year on the farm or in your business, you don't go out and spend more money. You figure out what you need to cut, where you can improve your income and how you are going to balance your budget to make your payments for the next year."
  • No New Taxes
Excerpt: "This is what we need in Springfield, someone who will not raise your taxes, but continue to move forward on improvements."
  • Expand Local Employment
Excerpt: "As a member of the Washington County Board, Charlie worked to bring Prairie State Energy Campus to the Region."
  • Save Illinois Jobs
Excerpt: "This is what we need in Springfield, someone fighting for you and your jobs."
  • Less Government Control
Excerpt: "It seems all government employees have their own interpretation of what the laws mean. Doing business is not easy in Illinois."

Campaign finance summary


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Charles E. Meier campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Illinois House of Representatives District 109Won general$108,222 $110,524
2022Illinois House of Representatives District 109Won general$182,617 $160,100
2020Illinois House of Representatives District 108Won general$194,360 N/A**
2018Illinois House of Representatives District 108Won general$434,774 N/A**
2016Illinois House of Representatives, District 108Won $110,778 N/A**
2014Illinois House of Representatives, District 108Won $152,505 N/A**
2012Illinois State House, District 108Won $155,160 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
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Illinois House of Representatives District 109
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Illinois House of Representatives District 108
2013-2023
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Member Washington County Board
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