Dan Kotowski

Dan Kotowski (born March 24, 1967) was the Illinois State Senator from the 28th district. The 28th district includes all or parts of Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Bloomingdale, Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Park Ridge, Roselle and Schaumburg. He previously represented the 33rd district from 2007 to 2013 before the 2011 redistricting.

Early life and career Dan Kotowski attended Loyola Academy and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, earning a degree in communications in 1989, and DePaul University, earning a master's degree in Fine Arts in 2004. He then served as executive director of the gun violence prevention organization "Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence" and as a vice president at the Uhlich Children's Advantage Network.

Political career Senator Kotowski was first sworn into office in 2007. He served as the Chairperson of Appropriations II, Vice Chairperson of Appropriations I and the Sub-Chairperson on both Property Taxes and CLEAR Compliance. His other committee assignments were Criminal Law, Higher Education, Revenue, and the Subcommittee on Tax Credits. In 2011, his expertise and success on budgeting matters had him made chairman of the bipartisan Budgeting for Results commission.

Electoral history 2012 Senate Election After the 2011 redistricting, Senator Kotowski chose to run in the newly drawn 28th district which includes his home, much of the old 33rd district and added Bartlett, Bloomingdale, Hanover Park, Roselle and Schaumburg. In the election he faced Republican businessman Jim O'Donnell.

2008 Senate Election

2006 Senate Election In 2006, Dan Kotowski ran for the Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Dave Sullivan.

Post-legislative career Kotowski resigned his Senate position in 2015 to become CEO of Chicago-based healthcare advocacy/lobbying organization ChildServ to "take care of [his] family better." In 2018, Gov. J. B. Pritzker appointed Kotowski a member of the gubernatorial transition's Healthy Children and Families Committee.