Charles Box (born February 24, 1951) was elected mayor of Rockford,

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in 1989, the 2nd largest city in the state. A

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, Box was the first

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Mayor elected in Rockford. Box was elected to three terms as mayor before choosing not to run in 2001. In 2006,

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appointed Box as head of the

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