Joe Sosnowski (born April 13, 1977) is a member of the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 representativ ...

, first sworn in to represent the 69th district in 2010. The district he represents includes the municipalities of Belvidere,

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, Capron, Cherry Valley, Loves Park, Machesney Park, Roscoe, South Beloit, Timberlane.

Biography

Early life

Joe Sosnowski was born April 13, 1977, in Hanover Park, IL. He grew up in Carol Stream, IL and graduated from West Chicago High School in 1995. In 1999, Sosnowski graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Political Science.

Personal

In addition to his job as State Representative, Sosnowski currently works as the Director of Institutional Advancement at Rockford Christian Schools in Rockford. He presently holds an Illinois Real Estate License, has previously worked in real estate management and leasing and is the former Vice President of Commercial Real Estate for Buckley Real Estate in Rockford. Sosnowski is a regional board member of Children's Home and Aid, and was a 2008 recipient of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce's "40 Under 40" Award, which recognizes young leaders from the Rockford, IL region. Sosnowski married Roxanne Swedlund in 2001 and they have three children.

Political career

Sosnowski served a four-year term as Seventh Ward Alderman on the DeKalb City Council from 1999 - 2003. In 2005, he was elected to the office of First Ward Alderman on the Rockford City Council, and in 2009, he was re-elected to that same office. While on the Rockford City Council, he served as the Chairman of the Planning and Development Committee and was also a member of the Codes and Regulations Committee. In his 2010 race for the 69th State Representative seat, Sosnowski was endorsed by the ''

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''. He won the general election held on November 2, 2010 and was sworn into the

on January 12, 2011. As of July 3, 2022, Representative Joe Sosnowski is a member of the following Illinois House committees: * Child Care Access & Early Childhood Education Committee (HCEC) * Cities & Villages Committee (HCIV) * Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licenses & Charter Committee (HELO) * Income Tax Subcommittee (HREF-INTX) * Operations Subcommittee (HSGA-OPER) * Procurement Subcommittee (HSGA-PROC) * Revenue & Finance Committee (HREF) * State Government Administration Committee (HSGA)

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Representative Joe Sosnowski (R) 69th District
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