Cheri Bustos
| Cheri Bustos | |||
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| U.S. Representative from Illinois's 17th Congressional District From: January 3, 2013 – present | |||
| Predecessor | Bobby Schilling | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Gerry Bustos | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic[1] | ||
Cheryl Lea “Cheri” Bustos (born October 17, 1961, age 59) is the Democrat representative from Illinois' 17th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. House of Representatives
DCCC incompetence
In 2019, Bustos was elected to chair the DCCC.[2] Under her leadership, the Democrats suffered major defeats in the 2020 U.S. House elections despite expecting otherwise,[3][4][5] with many seats they flipped in the 2018 Midterms flipping back towards the Republican Party, including South Carolina's 1st district,[6] Florida's 26th[7] and 27th[8] districts, New Mexico's 2nd district,[9] and Iowa's 1st district.[10] Bustos in finding a childish excuse blamed the results on Google and Facebook.[11] After a chaotic post-election meeting as was reported by The Hill,[12] she announced that she would not seek chairing the DCCC for a second term.[13]
References
- ↑ Religious affiliation of members of 116th Congress
- ↑ Cheri Bustos Elected DCCC Chair
- ↑ House Democratic campaign leader predicts bigger majority
- ↑ Republican fears grow over rising Democratic tide
- ↑ Cook Report shifts 12 House races, all but one toward Democrats
- ↑ Nancy Mace returns South Carolina congressional district to Republican control
- ↑ Carlos Gimenez defeats Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in Florida's 26th District
- ↑ Maria Elvira Salazar defeats Donna Shalala in Florida's 27th Congressional District
- ↑ GOP's Yvette Herrell unseats Torres Small in New Mexico rematch
- ↑ GOP challenger Ashley Hinson defeats Democratic incumbent Abby Finkenauer in northeast Iowa district
- ↑ DCCC Chair Blames Facebook and Google for Losing Seats in House
- ↑ Democrats' post-election 'family meeting' descends into chaos
- ↑ Multiple references:
