Chapin Rose (born December 17, 1973) is a

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member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 51st district since January 2013. The 51st district includes all or parts of

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, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt, Shelby, Moultrie,

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, and Edgar counties in

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. He previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 110th district from 2003 to 2013.

Illinois House of Representatives

After the 2001 deccenial reapportionment the 110th district was drawn without an incumbent legislator. The "new" district was composed of all of Coles,

, and Piatt counties and portions of

and Edgar counties. Rose won the 2002 Republican primary defeating Lynda Fishel, the former Mayor of

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; Ronald Hunt, the Mayor of Villa Grove; and Gerald Smith, a retired

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officer. In the staunchly Republican district, Rose defeated Democratic candidate John Hayden by a two-to-one margin. During the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Rose endorsed the

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of Rudy Giuliani. In 2009, Rose introduced legislative resolutions to overhaul the trustee selection process at the

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and demanded additional audits of IllinoisVENTURES after the state auditor found legal violations in a previous investigation.

Illinois Senate

During the 2011 decennial redistricting process, the 51st district was drawn without an incumbent while Rose was drawn into the same House district as fellow Republican Bill Mitchell. Rose opted to run for the "newly" created 51st Senate district while Mitchell ran for re-election in the House. In the 2012 election, Rose defeated Tom Pliura in the Republican primary and ran unopposed in the general election. Rose currently serves on the following committees: Appropriations (Minority Spokesperson); Labor (Minority Spokesperson); Higher Education; Licensed Activities; Transportation; Insurance; App- Business Regulations and Labor; App-Education (Sub-Minority Spokesperson); App- Higher Education (Sub-Minority Spokesperson); App-Judiciary; Redistricting- E Central & SE IL; Licensed Activities- Special Issues.

Republican Party activism

Rose was an alternate to the

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. Rose served as an Illinois Co-Chair for the

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of Senator

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. In 2018, Rose defeated Robert Winchester in the election for State Central Committeeman from

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for the

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References

External links

Biography, bills and committees
at the 101st Illinois General Assembly ** By session
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State Senator Chapin Rose
constituency website
Chapin Rose for State Senator
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Profile
at the Illinois House Republican Caucus {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Chapin Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives 1973 births Living people University of Illinois alumni 21st-century American politicians University of Illinois College of Law alumni