{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Don Rone Jr. | image = | image_size = 150px | state_house = Missouri <!--more often used--> | district = 149th | term_start = 2015 | term_end = 2023 | preceded = | succeeded = Donnie Brown | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|12|21}} | birth_place = Cape Girardeau, Missouri | occupation = teacher<br>national guardsman<br>farmer | alma_mater = Southeast Missouri State University | party = Republican | spouse = Myra | children = | website = }} '''Donald Rone Jr.''' (born December 21, 1944) is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A lifelong resident of Portageville, Missouri, he served as mayor of Portageville, Missouri, for 10 years.<ref name="Don Rone political website">{{cite web|url=http://donrone.com/about.html|title=District 149: Don Rone|access-date=2014-11-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107061125/http://donrone.com/about.html|archive-date=2014-11-07}}</ref> In 2014, he was elected as a Republican to serve as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing the 149th District, which includes all of New Madrid County as well as portions of Mississippi County and Pemiscot County. In 2014, he defeated local opera singer and ''America's Got Talent'' winner Neal E. Boyd in the Republican primary and former U.S. Congressman Bill Burlison in the general election.
==Electoral history==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ Missouri's 149th District district results: 2014<ref name="SOS primary results">{{cite web |url=http://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/default.aspx?eid=750002907 |title=State of Missouri Primary Election, August 5, 2014 |access-date=2014-10-06 |publisher=Missouri Secretary of State }}</ref> !|Year ! !|Republican !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Republican !|Votes !|Pct ! |- |Missouri House of Representatives primary election, 2014 | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Don Rone Jr.'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |1,063 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |75.6 | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Neal E. Boyd}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |344 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |24.4% | |- |}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ Missouri's 149th District district results: 2014<ref name="SOS general results">{{cite web |url=http://enr.sos.mo.gov/EnrNet/ |title=State of Missouri General, November 4, 2014, Unofficial Results |access-date=2014-10-06 |publisher=Missouri Secretary of State |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318113410/http://enr.sos.mo.gov/EnrNet/ |archive-date=March 18, 2016 }}</ref> !|Year ! !|Republican !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Democrat !|Votes !|Pct ! |- |Missouri House of Representatives general election, 2014 | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Don Rone Jr.'''}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |3,801 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |57.9% | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Bill Burlison}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |2,768 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |42.1% | |- |}
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