Timothy L. Schmitz was a

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member of the

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, representing the 49th district from 1999 to 2015. He was an Assistant Republican Leader.

Early life and career

Schmitz was born September 26, 1965, in

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. He earned a

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in political science and public administration from

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. From 1989 to 1992, he worked as a policy staffer for House Minority Leader

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. At some point, he entered real estate development becoming the owner of ARS Land Group. Schmitz began serving as a paid, on-call firefighter with the Batavia Fire Department. He and his wife Julianne have two sons. Schmitz was elected to the Batavia City Council in 1995 where he would serve a single term.

Illinois House of Representatives

In 1997, nine-term Republican incumbent Suzanne Deuchler announced her retirement from the Illinois House of Representatives. Schmitz decided to run to succeed her as the state representative from the 42nd district. The 42nd district stretched from Montgomery in the south to St. Charles in the north and included all or parts of

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, and

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. In what local media noted was a competitive race, Schmitz won the Republican primary against Patrick Jaeger, the Geneva Township Supervisor , Jim Pilmer, a trustee for

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, and novice candidate Ravi Singh. Schmitz ran as an anti-abortion candidate. In the 1998 general election, Schmitz defeated Democratic candidate and West Aurora School Board member Juan Thomas. After the 2001 decennial redistricting process, Schmitz's district was shifted northward with its southern end in Batavia stretching northward to include Geneva, St. Charles, South Elgin, Elgin,

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, Carpentersville,

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, Sleepy Hollow, and Pingree Grove and renumbered the 49th district. After the 2011 decennial redistricting process, Schmitz's district remained largely intact, losing Carpentersville and Burlington and was renumbered the 65th district. During his time in the Illinois House, he served as a co-chair of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. During the

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, Schmitz endorsed the

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. On September 13, 2013, Schmitz announced that he would not run for reelection. After the 2014 general election, Schmitz resigned effective January 2, 2015.

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, the winner of the 2014 general election, was appointed by local Republican leaders and sworn into office that same day.

Post-legislative life

After his time in the Illinois House of Representatives, Schmitz took a position with the governmental affairs team at the

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. As of 2021, he is responsible for ICC's presence in Illinois,

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, and

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