Chapin Rose

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Chapin Rose
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 51st district
Assumed office
January 9, 2013
Preceded byKyle McCarter
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the 110th district
In office
2003–2013
Preceded byRon Stephens
Succeeded byBrad Halbrook
Personal details
Born (1973-12-17) December 17, 1973 (age 48)
Jacksonville, Illinois
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Camille
Childrenfour
Alma materUniversity of Illinois (B.S.)
University of Illinois (J.D.)
Professionattorney

Chapin Rose (born December 17, 1973) is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 51st district since January 2013. The 51st district includes all or parts of McLean, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt, Shelby, Moultrie, Douglas, Champaign, Vermillion, and Edgar counties in Central Illinois.[1]

He previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 110th district from 2003 to 2013.[2]

Illinois House of Representatives[]

After the 2001 deccenial reapportionment the 110th district was drawn without an incumbent legislator.[3] The "new" district was composed of all of Coles, Douglas, and Piatt counties and portions of Champaign and Edgar counties.[4] Rose won the 2002 Republican primary defeating Lynda Fishel, the former Mayor of Arcola; Ronald Hunt, the Mayor of Villa Grove; and Gerald Smith, a retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer.[5][6] In the staunchly Republican district, Rose defeated Democratic candidate John Hayden by a two-to-one margin.[7][8]

During the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Rose endorsed the presidential campaign of Rudy Giuliani.[9] In 2009, Rose introduced legislative resolutions to overhaul the trustee selection process at the University of Illinois and demanded additional audits of IllinoisVENTURES after the state auditor found legal violations in a previous investigation.[10]

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.[11] In the 2012 election, Rose defeated Tom Pliura in the Republican primary and ran unopposed in the general election.[12][13]

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.[14]

Republican Party activism[]

Rose was an alternate to the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.[5] Rose served as an Illinois Co-Chair for the 2016 presidential campaign of Senator Ted Cruz.[15] In 2018, Rose defeated Robert Winchester in the election for State Central Committeeman from Illinois's 15th congressional district for the Illinois Republican Party.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Senate District 53" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. May 18, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  2. ^ White, Jesse, ed. (2019). "Legislators' Portraits and Biographies". Illinois Blue Book 2019-2020 (PDF). Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Secretary of State. p. 110. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Lewin, Krista (December 12, 2001). "Fishel files to run in 110th district". Mattoon Journal Gazette – via NewsBank via Chicago Public Library.
  4. ^ "House District 110" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Center of Governmental Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  5. ^ a b Summers, Sara (March 15, 2002). "GOP race brings out 4 contenders". The Pantagraph – via NewsBank via Chicago Public Library.
  6. ^ Stroud, Rob (March 20, 2002). "Rose, former Coles Co. resident, wins 110th District". Mattoon Journal Gazette – via NewsBank via Chicago Public Library.
  7. ^ Clements, Kate (March 24, 2002). "Parties to target local races". The News-Gazette – via NewsBank at Chicago Public Library.
  8. ^ Stroud, Rob (November 6, 2002). "Coles native Rose wins 110th District seat". Mattoon Journal Gazette – via NewsBank at Chicago Public Library.
  9. ^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. (eds.). "Rudy Giuliani Press Release Former IL Congressman Tom Ewing Endorses Giuliani Online by". The American Presidency Project. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  10. ^ Rose seeks overhaul of university trustee selection process, News-Gazette, May 27, 2009
  11. ^ Lowe, Kenneth (May 20, 2011). "Lawmakers plan for future - GOP's Chapin Rose, Bill Mitchell reveal re-election strategy under new map". Herald & Review – via NewsBank from Chicago Public Library.
  12. ^ Erickson, Kurt (March 21, 2012). "Rose wins GOP nod for Senate - Five-term state legislator tops Pliura". Herald & Review – via NewsBank at Chicago Public Library.
  13. ^ Brady-Lunny, Edith (November 7, 2012). "Republicans retain seats with no contest". The Pantagraph – via NewsBank via Chicago Public Library.
  14. ^ "Illinois General Assembly - Senator Biography". www.ilga.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  15. ^ Tyler, Rick; Frazier, Catherine (January 7, 2016). "Cruz For President Announces Illinois Leadership Team" (Press release). Houston, Texas: Cruz for President. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  16. ^ Miller, Rich (October 10, 2019). "Winchester lawsuit finally tossed after a year and a half". Capitol Fax. Retrieved October 22, 2019.

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