Dale Righter (born August 23, 1966) is an American politician and former Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 55th district from 2003 to 2021.
The 55th district included Clay, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Wayne and White counties in the southeastern corner of the state.
He attended Mattoon High School and in 1988 graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in accounting.
[3] In 2001, he announced he was running for state senate in the newly redistricted 55th district which included Lawrence, Crawford, Clark, Cumberland, Edgar, Coles, Douglas and Piatt counties as well as parts of Champaign, Effingham, Shelby and Wabash counties.
[6] During the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Righter ran to be a delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention from Illinois's 15th congressional district for the presidential campaign of former Governor Mitt Romney.