Person

Cheri Bustos

0 members

What's driving coverage of Cheri Bustos right now?

Comments

Ask Genius by OpenServe:

Free account · your comment posts right after signup

Cheri Bustos

0 members

What's driving coverage of Cheri Bustos right now?

Comments

Ask Genius by OpenServe:

Free account · your comment posts right after signup

Cheri Bustos across IJR

Studio characters

Cheri BustosHeadline energy, small-talk hours.

Ask Genius by OpenServe about Cheri Bustos Create in Studio Build a game Watch videos

Overview

Cheryl Lea Bustos ( ; née Callahan; born October 17, 1961) is an American journalist, healthcare executive, and politician who served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 17th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman elected to Congress from her district in the northwestern part of the state, anchored by the Illinois side of the Quad Cities and partially including Peoria and Rockford. In 2019, Bustos became chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Elected to the East Moline City Council in 2007, Bustos defeated Republican Party incumbent Bobby Schilling in the 2012 election and a 2014 rematch. In 2021, Bustos and Senator Dick Durbin were the only Democrats in Illinois's congressional delegation who are not from the Chicago area. On April 30, 2021, she announced that she would retire at the end of the 117th U.S. Congress. In January 2023, the Washington, DC-based public affairs and lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs announced that Bustos had joined the firm as a consultant. Early life, education, and private sector career Bustos was born in Springfield, Illinois, one of three children of Gene and Ann Callahan. Her grandfather Joseph R. Callahan was a hog farmer and a state legislator. "We had governors over to our house. We had lieutenant governors", Bustos has said.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“I always saw the best reporters as ones you hardly ever saw other than when they were back in the newsroom, writing their stories.”
— Rep. Bustos treads unusual path as a journalist-turned-politician The hill (May 13, 2013).
“I just think, our core values as Democrats, we’re pretty much on the same page. We want to make sure that people have opportunities to do better.”
— Facing down liberal critics, Rep. Cheri Bustos pledges to keep Democrats’ tent big The Washington Post (June 1, 2019).
“I believe in being a team player, and you may have disagreements at practice,” she said. “But when you’re out there playing the game, you better all come together.”
— Facing down liberal critics, Rep. Cheri Bustos pledges to keep Democrats’ tent big The Washington Post (June 1, 2019).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Cheryl Lea Bustos ( ; née Callahan; born October 17, 1961) is an American journalist, healthcare executive, and politician who served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 17th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman elected to Congress from her district in the northwestern part of the state, anchored by the Illinois side of the Quad Cities and partially including Peoria and Rockford. In 2019, Bustos became chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).

Overview

Cheryl Lea Bustos ( ; née Callahan; born October 17, 1961) is an American journalist, healthcare executive, and politician who served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 17th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman elected to Congress from her district in the northwestern part of the state, anchored by the Illinois side of the Quad Cities and partially including Peoria and Rockford. In 2019, Bustos became chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Elected to the East Moline City Council in 2007, Bustos defeated Republican Party incumbent Bobby Schilling in the 2012 election and a 2014 rematch. In 2021, Bustos and Senator Dick Durbin were the only Democrats in Illinois's congressional delegation who are not from the Chicago area. On April 30, 2021, she announced that she would retire at the end of the 117th U.S. Congress. In January 2023, the Washington, DC-based public affairs and lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs announced that Bustos had joined the firm as a consultant. Early life, education, and private sector career Bustos was born in Springfield, Illinois, one of three children of Gene and Ann Callahan. Her grandfather Joseph R. Callahan was a hog farmer and a state legislator. "We had governors over to our house. We had lieutenant governors", Bustos has said.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“I always saw the best reporters as ones you hardly ever saw other than when they were back in the newsroom, writing their stories.”
— Rep. Bustos treads unusual path as a journalist-turned-politician The hill (May 13, 2013).
“I just think, our core values as Democrats, we’re pretty much on the same page. We want to make sure that people have opportunities to do better.”
— Facing down liberal critics, Rep. Cheri Bustos pledges to keep Democrats’ tent big The Washington Post (June 1, 2019).
“I believe in being a team player, and you may have disagreements at practice,” she said. “But when you’re out there playing the game, you better all come together.”
— Facing down liberal critics, Rep. Cheri Bustos pledges to keep Democrats’ tent big The Washington Post (June 1, 2019).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Cheri Bustos across IJR

Studio characters

Cheri BustosHeadline energy, small-talk hours.

Ask Genius by OpenServe about Cheri Bustos Create in Studio Build a game Watch videos