Joe Picozzi

Joseph S. Picozzi (born April 22, 1995) is an American politician from the Somerton neighborhood of Philadelphia currently serving as a Pennsylvania State Senator from District 5. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to represent District 5 of the Pennsylvania State Senate in the 2024 US elections, defeating Democratic incumbent Jimmy Dillon who was elected in a 2022 special election to replace John Sabatina, who resigned to serve on a Court of Common Pleas. Both candidates ran unopposed in their respective party primaries.

Picozzi's parents are a retired deputy fire chief and the former director of rehabilitation at the now-closed Hahnemann Hospital. He graduated from Holy Ghost Preparatory School. Picozzi studied government at Georgetown University.

In 2017, Picozzi was a finalist for that year's "30 under 30" list produced by Red Alert Politics, due in part to his campaigning in the 2016 US elections.

For the 2025-2026 Session, Picozzi sits on the following committees in the State Senate:

Urban Affairs & Housing (Chair) Law & Justice (Vice Chair) Appropriations Communications & Technology Game & Fisheries Intergovernmental Operations Labor & Industry

Electoral history