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Chapin Rose
Republican Party
Candidate, Illinois State Senate District 51
Illinois State Senate District 51
Tenure
2013 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
13
Prior offices:
Illinois House of Representatives District 110
Years in office: 2003 - 2013
Compensation
Base salary
$93,712/year
Per diem
$178/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
March 17, 2026
Next election
November 3, 2026
Education
High school
Charleston High School
Bachelor's
University of Illinois, 1997
Law
University of Illinois College of Law, 2000
Personal
Religion
Christian: Methodist
Profession
Attorney
Contact
Official website
Official Facebook
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Official Instagram
Personal website
Personal Facebook
Personal LinkedIn

Chapin Rose (Republican Party) is a member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 51. He assumed office in 2013. His current term ends on January 13, 2027.

Rose (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 51. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Republican primary on March 17, 2026.

Biography

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Rose earned a B.A. and J.D. from the University of Illinois. He was a senior assistant state’s attorney for Champaign County.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Rose was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Rose was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Rose was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Rose was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Rose served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Rose served on the following committees:[2]

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Rose served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Rose served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

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General election for Illinois State Senate District 51

Incumbent Chapin Rose (R) is running in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 51 on November 3, 2026.

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Republican primary

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Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 51

Incumbent Chapin Rose (R) advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 51 on March 17, 2026.

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2022

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 51

Incumbent Chapin Rose won election in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 51 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Chapin Rose
Chapin Rose (R)
 
100.0
 
72,990

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Total votes: 72,990
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 51

Incumbent Chapin Rose advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 51 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Chapin Rose
Chapin Rose
 
100.0
 
31,088

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 31,088
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2018

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 51

Incumbent Chapin Rose won election in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 51 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Chapin Rose
Chapin Rose (R)
 
100.0
 
77,252

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Total votes: 77,252
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 51

Incumbent Chapin Rose advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 51 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Chapin Rose
Chapin Rose
 
100.0
 
24,881

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 24,881
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2014

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Illinois State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 18, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 2, 2013. Incumbent Chapin Rose ran unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[3][4][5]

2012

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2012

Rose won election in the 2012 election for Illinois State Senate District 51. He defeated Tom Pliura in the Republican Primary on March 20, 2012 and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7][8][9]

Illinois State Senate, District 51, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngChapin Rose 100% 86,710
Total Votes 86,710
Illinois State Senate, District 51 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngChapin Rose 59.7% 19,343
Tom Pliura 40.3% 13,067
Total Votes 32,410

2010

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2010

Rose won re-election to the 110th District seat against Democrat Dennis Malak. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on February 2nd. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[10]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 110 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Chapin Rose (R) 28,724 82.64%
Dennis Malak (D) 6,035 17.36%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Republican Chapin Rose won re-election to the Illinois House of Representatives District 110. He ran unopposed receiving 43,085 votes.[11]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 110 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Chapin Rose (R) 43,085

2006

On November 7, 2006, Republican Chapin Rose won re-election to the Illinois House of Representatives District 110. He ran unopposed receiving 28,006 votes.[12]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 110 (2006)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Chapin Rose (R) 28,006

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Chapin Rose campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Illinois State Senate District 51Won general$186,436 $187,607
2018Illinois State Senate District 51Won general$275,977 N/A**
2014Illinois State Senate, District 51Won $180,172 N/A**
2012Illinois State Senate, District 51Won $312,200 N/A**
2010Illinois State House, District 110Won $295,614 N/A**
2008Illinois State House, District 110Won $165,989 N/A**
2006Illinois State House, District 110Won $105,109 N/A**
2004Illinois State House, District 110Won $125,284 N/A**
2002Illinois State House, District 110Won $142,329 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Illinois

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2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Rose was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Illinois.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Illinois, 2016 and Republican delegates from Illinois, 2016

District-level delegates from Illinois were elected directly by voters at the state primary election on March 15, 2016. At-large delegates were selected at the state convention in May 2016. District-level delegates to the national convention could run as "uncommitted" delegates or they could declare their support for a specific candidate. 2016 Illinois GOP bylaws considered a vote for a delegate to be an "expression of sentiment" and "only advisory to the Delegate or Alternate Delegate so elected, unless otherwise directed by the Rules of the Republican Party." At-large delegates were bound to support the winner of the statewide vote in Illinois' primary election for an undetermined number of ballots.

Illinois primary results

See also: Presidential election in Illinois, 2016
Illinois Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 38.8% 562,464 54
Ted Cruz 30.2% 438,235 9
John Kasich 19.7% 286,118 6
Marco Rubio 8.7% 126,681 0
Ben Carson 0.8% 11,469 0
Jeb Bush 0.8% 11,188 0
Rand Paul 0.3% 4,718 0
Chris Christie 0.2% 3,428 0
Mike Huckabee 0.2% 2,737 0
Carly Fiorina 0.1% 1,540 0
Rick Santorum 0.1% 1,154 0
JoAnn Breivogel 0% 16 0
Totals 1,449,748 69
Source: The New York Times and Illinois State Board of Elections

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Illinois had 69 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 54 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 18 congressional districts). According to the Republican National Committee, Illinois' district-level delegates were "elected directly on the primary ballot and bound to the candidate for whom they [declared] themselves."[13][14]

Of the remaining 15 delegates, 12 served at large. Illinois' at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[13][14]

Personal

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Chapin and his wife, Camille, live in Mahomet and belong to Faith United Methodist Church. They have four children.[1][2]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Project Vote Smart, "Chapin Rose Biography," accessed February 22, 2014
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapin Rose, "About," accessed February 22, 2014
    3. ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
    4. ↑ Illinois Board of Elections, "General Primary Election Official Canvass," April 18, 2014
    5. ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
    6. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," December 5, 2011
    7. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed February 22, 2014
    8. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "2012 Primary results," accessed February 22, 2014
    9. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, “Official Vote - November 6, 2012 General Election,” accessed December 31, 2012
    10. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Illinois Official 2010 General Election Results," accessed February 22, 2014
    11. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Illinois House of Representatives official election results for 2008," accessed February 22, 2014
    12. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Illinois House of Representatives official election results for 2006," accessed February 22, 2014
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
    14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016

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