Joe Picozzi | |
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Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from the 5th district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Jimmy Dillon |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1995/1996 Somerton,Philadelphia |
Political party | Republlican |
Education | Georgetown University |
Joe Picozzi (born 1995 or 1996) is an American politician from Somerton,Philadelphia currently serving as a Pennsylvania State Senator from District 5. [1] A member of the Republican Party,he was elected to represent District 5 of the Pennsylvania State Senate in the 2024 US elections, [2] [3] [4] 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. [3] [5] Both candidates ran unopposed in their respective party primaries. [6] [7]
Picozzi's parents are a retired deputy fire chief and the former director of rehabilitation at the now-closed Hahnemann Hospital. [8] He graduated from Holy Ghost Preparatory School. [9] Picozzi studied government at Georgetown University. [10] [1] He has worked as a senior advisor in strategic planning at the Manhattan Institute and an assistant to US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. [1] He was an Eagle Scout. [1] Picozzi now lives in Tacony. [11]
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. [8] The Erie Times-News reported early in the campaign that although District 5 is heavily Democratic,Republican strategists saw the seat as a "potential pick-up". [5] By flipping District 5,Picozzi will be the first Republican to represent Philadelphia in the State Senate in over two decades. [2] [12]
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