Donald Griffin
Republican · IL · Ogle County Board Member, District 5
Donald Griffin is a Republican Ogle County Board member, sworn in for a board term in December 2020, who chairs its long range and strategic planning committee. He has led courthouse projects, including a new roof on the historic courthouse and a planned memorial plaza.
Where Donald Griffin stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (4 records), Public Infrastructure (6 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
Voted for a permit for a 3.5-megawatt community solar facility in Leaf River Township. It passed 11-10.
October 21, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for a permit for a 2-megawatt community solar facility in Mount Morris Township. It failed 4-17.
June 17, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted to approve the Haldane solar project after the developer moved it to lower-rated farmland. It passed 13-11.
December 17, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for a permit for a community solar garden in Forreston Township (USS Montague Solar). It passed 15-7.
August 16, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Presented and moved to pay $692,233.80 in construction bills for the new county jail (Judicial Center Annex). The board approved it with no votes against.
December 15, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for the ordinance authorizing bonds to pay for building the new Ogle County jail. It passed 19-2.
September 19, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 6 support
Voted for a permit for a 3.5-megawatt community solar facility in Leaf River Township. It passed 11-10.
October 21, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for a permit for a 2-megawatt community solar facility in Mount Morris Township. It failed 4-17.
June 17, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted to approve the Haldane solar project after the developer moved it to lower-rated farmland. It passed 13-11.
December 17, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for a permit for a community solar garden in Forreston Township (USS Montague Solar). It passed 15-7.
August 16, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Presented and moved to pay $692,233.80 in construction bills for the new county jail (Judicial Center Annex). The board approved it with no votes against.
December 15, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for the ordinance authorizing bonds to pay for building the new Ogle County jail. It passed 19-2.
September 19, 2017Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Track record — General
General · 19 records
Presented and moved a three-year fixed-rate natural gas contract for county buildings with Mansfield Energy at $0.436 per therm. It passed 16-6.
April 21, 2026
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted to let a solar project use one layer of plant screening instead of two, since fewer than 10 homes were nearby. It failed 10-13.
February 17, 2026
Source: cms7files.revize.com
As chairman of the board's Long Range and Strategic Planning Committee, reported on the repair of the historic courthouse roof, partly paid by insurance.
November 18, 2025
Source: shawlocal.com
Presented the board a plan for a memorial plaza on the site of the old county jail, next to the historic courthouse, and said the county was ready to seek bids.
September 16, 2025
Source: shawlocal.com
Voted to rezone land owned by Constellation Energy near the Byron nuclear plant from farm use to industrial use. It passed 18-4.
August 20, 2024
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for a new county ordinance setting siting and operating rules for commercial solar farms. It passed 19-4.
December 19, 2023
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for a new county ordinance setting siting and operating rules for commercial wind farms. It passed 21-2.
December 19, 2023
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Asked for a roll call and voted for a county resolution calling for repeal of the Illinois SAFE-T Act, the state criminal justice law. It passed 20-1.
October 18, 2022
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted against denying a permit for a rock quarry on 88.75 acres in Buffalo Township. The denial passed 12-9.
July 19, 2022
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted to adopt a rewrite of county zoning rules that added a new expanded-use farm district (AG-2). It failed 6-17.
February 15, 2022
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted against an amendment taking away a county board committee's vote on zoning cases; it passed 12-11. He then voted for the amended zoning procedure ordinance, which passed 15-8.
December 21, 2021
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for an ordinance banning recreational cannabis businesses in unincorporated Ogle County. It passed 18-2.
December 17, 2019
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for a county resolution opposing any further limits on Second Amendment gun rights. It passed 23-1.
February 19, 2019
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted to bar solar farms within 1.5 miles of a city or village unless that town wants them, as part of the county's revised solar rules. It passed 19-4.
January 10, 2019
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for a six-month pause (moratorium) on new solar farm permits while the county wrote solar rules, after voting against tabling it. The pause passed 21-1.
August 21, 2018
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Made the motion to close (vacate) part of Sixth Street in Oregon. The board approved it 20-1.
June 19, 2018
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted against calling a special board meeting on three items: putting the new county jail on the November 2016 ballot, limiting the board chairman's salary, and backing landowners against the Great Lakes Basin Rail Line. The motion failed 7-15.
August 16, 2016
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted to adopt the county board's statement on the proposed Great Lakes Basin Rail Line, built with input from the Farm Bureau and a citizens group against the line. It passed 19-2.
June 21, 2016
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Voted for a special-use permit for an indoor shooting range run by the Byron-Oregon Sportsman & Conservation Club in Rockvale Township. The vote tied 11-11, so the permit failed.
January 19, 2016
Source: cms7files.revize.com
Past race Donald Griffin ran in:
- Ogle County Board Member - District 5 (2-Year Term) · November 3, 2026 · Ogle County, Illinois · incumbent