West Central Reporter

Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer attended the Illinois FFA Annual Meeting where he received an honorary state FFA Degree.

“It was great to be with so many amazing people and up-and-coming leaders at this year’s Illinois FFA Annual Meeting,” Davidsmeyer wrote on Facebook.

Davidsmeyer has participated in celebrations with FFA students in the past. In 2018, he joined FFA students to celebrate National Agriculture Day.

Davidsmeyer received his Honorary State FFA Degree (from 2020) during the event, as he said in his Facebook post, but he was not the only individual who took home awards that day. 

WCIA highlighted several of these awards: 

Lizzie Schafer of the Taylorville FFA chapter was named the 2022 Illinois State Star in Agriscience. Two other stars are from the Pleasant Plains chapter: Bryson Stickler was selected as the Discovery Star in Agribusiness and Amelia Krispinsky was selected as the Discovery Star in Agricultural Placement.

McKenna Green from the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond FFA chapter was recognized as Illinois’ American Star Farmer candidate. She will compete with other American FFA Degree recipients throughout the country this fall at the 2022 National FFA Convention in Indianapolis.

Ballotpedia wrote Davidsmeyer took to office in 2012 and is running for re-election to represent the 100th District.

The 2022 Convention was held June 14-16 and each day was packed with events and discussions.

Ballotpedia also wrote his term is expected to end in January 2023.

In April, Davidsmeyer spoke out about both parties working together.

“Many of you know that when I stand up and speak on the House floor, most often I am speaking in opposition to a bill. Some may see it more as a slap in the face because I'm very straightforward in how I talk. I'm here not as a slap in the face but as a pat on the back for the work that you've done on this bill, Rep. LaPointe. It is good to see that when good legislation can be made better, we can pull it from the record, not take an immediate vote, and come back with an even better bill. I hope this will be a lesson to this body on how we can better serve our constituents together. I appreciate your willingness to pull it from a vote in the exec committee and come back with an amendment that would fix the bill and make it stronger for the Ukrainian people.”