Judy Biggert Explained

Judy Biggert
State:Illinois
Term Start:January 3, 1999
Term End:January 3, 2013
Predecessor:Harris Fawell
Successor:Bill Foster (Redistricting)
State House1:Illinois
District1:81st
Term Start1:January 1993
Term End1:January 1999
Predecessor1:Thomas McCracken
Successor1:Patti Bellock
Birth Name:Judith Gail Borg
Birth Date:15 August 1937
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Party:Republican
Spouse:Rody Biggert (died 2018)
Children:4
Education:Stanford University (BA)
Northwestern University (JD)

Judith Gail Biggert (née Borg; born August 15, 1937) is an American politician and attorney. She is the former U.S. Representative for, serving from 1999 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party.

Biggert was defeated in her 2012 re-election bid by former US Congressman Bill Foster. She was also the last Republican woman elected to Congress from Illinois until the election of Mary Miller of the 15th congressional district in 2020.

Prior to serving in Congress, she served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1993 to 1998. After leaving Congress, she was appointed to serve on the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board.

Early life, education and career

Biggert was born Judith Gail Borg in Chicago on August 15, 1937, the second of four children of Alvin Andrew Borg and Marjorie Virginia (Mailler) Borg. Her father worked for the Chicago-based Walgreen Co., the largest drugstore chain in the United States, for 41 years from 1928 to 1969, and served as its president from 1963 to 1969, succeeding Charles R. Walgreen Jr. and succeeded by Charles R. Walgreen III.[1] Her paternal grandparents immigrated from Finland and her maternal family is of English descent.[2]

She grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, a North Shore Chicago suburb, and graduated from New Trier High School in 1955, then went to Stanford University, where she received a B.A. in international relations in 1959, then worked for a year in a women's apparel store.[3] [4] She then attended Northwestern University School of Law where she was an editor of the Northwestern University Law Review from 1961 to 1963, earned a J.D. in 1963, then clerked for federal judge Luther Merritt Swygert of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1963 to 1964.[5]

Biggert left her federal court law clerkship to have her children, but later did some legal work from her home for family and friends on wills, trusts, and real estate.[4] [6] She served on numerous boards of voluntary and civic organizations.[4] [6]

Early community involvement and political career

Biggert was elected to the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Board of Education in 1978 and was a board member until 1985, serving as president from 1983 to 1985.[5] She served as chairman of the Hinsdale Plan Commission from 1989 to 1993.[5] She also became active in Chicago community organizations, serving as chair of the Visiting Nurses Association and as president of the Junior League.[7]

In 1992, Biggert was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives to serve the redrawn 81st District. She was re-elected in 1994 and 1996 before running for Congress in 1998.

U.S. House of Representatives

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Voting record

Interest group ratings

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1999–60301116–21–31–5996
20005068200060594267056100
2001–56201710–––21–61100
20025384151105058100387359100
2003–60101313––25–59100
200430643513061100187060100
2005–60201306154–225389
2006416430210540100335993
2007–6830421867––556585
20082784352014653571386394
2009–8020132277–297395

Key votes

106th Congress (1999–2000)[8] [9]
107th Congress (2001–2002)[10] [11]
108th Congress (2003–2004)[12] [13]
109th Congress (2005–2006)[14] [15]
110th Congress (2007–2008)[16] [17]
111th Congress, 1st Session (2009)[18]
Vote Bill
Yes Authorize the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products
Yes Rule for floor debate on the fiscal 2010 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill that restricted the number of amendments to the bill that could be offered
Yes Comprehensive food safety bill, after a string of food-borne illnesses shook the public's confidence and left key industry players searching for ways to reassure consumers
Yes Cash for clunkers – replenish a federal fund that offered as much as $4,500 to car owners who traded in fuel-inefficient vehicles for newer, more fuel efficient vehicles
Yes Stupak amendment to health reform legislation to restrict insurance coverage for abortions
No State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) expansion
No Economic stimulus – $787 billion bill to help stimulate the economy through a combination of spending and tax cuts
No Mortgage loan modification – allow bankruptcy judges to write down the principal and interest rates of existing loans to a home's current market value
No Climate change mitigation – create a cap and trade system to limit emissions of greenhouse gases; require electric utilities to produce some of their power from renewable sources
No Student loan overhaul – establish the government as the sole provider of student loans and provide billions of dollars in savings toward various scholarship and education programs
No Health care reform legislation aimed at insuring most Americans and paid for with a controversial combination of reductions in Medicare spending and tax increases
111th Congress, 2nd Session (2010)
Vote Bill
Yes Continuing Extension Act of 2010 – $18 billion unemployment benefits extension to June 2, 2010[19]
Yes Allow repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell" policy 60 days after receipt of Pentagon recommendations due December 1, 2010[20]
No Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010[21]
No Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act[22]
No Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 – $34 billion unemployment benefits extension to November 30, 2010[23]
No Aid to states – $26 billion to fund education jobs and Medicaid[24]
No Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 – $42 billion to provide capital to small banks and tax cuts for small businesses[25]

Political positions

Judy Biggert is a moderate Republican.[26] She was a member of The Republican Main Street Partnership and Republicans for Choice.

Abortion

Biggert supports abortion rights.[27] She supports embryonic stem-cell research.[28] She was given a 50% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America and a 67% rating from Planned Parenthood, which both support legal abortion, a 100% rating from Population Connection, an anti-abortion organization which supports voluntary family planning, and a 50% rating from the anti-abortion National Right to Life Committee which opposes access to legal abortion.[29] [30]

Taxes

Biggert was one of 171 of the 178 Republican U.S. House members in the 111th Congress to have signed Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge:[31]

Biggert supported making all of the Bush tax cuts permanent, regardless of income.[32]

Social security, healthcare, and Medicaid

Biggert supported the partial privatization of Social Security, in which individuals could choose to voluntarily divert 2% of their Social Security tax payments from paying Social Security beneficiaries into individual private accounts which they could invest in the stock market and which they could pass on to their heirs.[33] [34]

Biggert supported the repeal (or defunding to prevent implementation) of the 2010 Democratic health care reform and its replacement with Republican health care reform.[34]

Biggert opposed allowing individuals less than 65 years of age to buy into Medicare.[35]

Illegal immigration

Biggert opposed any comprehensive immigration reform that provides a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and supports efforts against illegal immigration. .[34]

Campaign finance

Biggert opposed public financing of federal election campaigns, and supported the elimination of all limits on campaign contributions with immediate and full disclosure of contributions.[36]

Same-sex marriage and LGBT issues

Biggert voted against the 2006 Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment intended to ban gay marriage.[28] She supported repealing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, but opposed repealing the Defense of Marriage Act which prohibited federal recognition of same-sex marriages.[34] In 2012, she was given a 70% rating from the Human Rights Campaign, a political action committee which supports same-sex marriage and other gay rights, and she was given a 100% rating by PFLAG, or Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.[37]

Political campaigns

1998

In 1998, Biggert narrowly defeated (45%-40%) conservative state Senator Peter Roskam in the Republican primary, the real contest in this ancestrally Republican district. In the general she earned 61% of the vote to win the seat opened up by the retirement of U. S. Representative Harris Fawell. In 2006, Roskam was elected to Congress from another district.

2006

In 2006, Biggert's share of the vote in the general election fell below 60% (58%) for the first time in her Congressional career.

2008

In 2008, Biggert received less than 54% of the vote overall (and less than 50% of the vote in Will County) in winning reelection to her sixth term in Congress. For the first time, she faced a financially competitive Democratic opponent, businessman Scott Harper, the first reasonably well-financed Democrat to run in the district or its predecessors in decades. In 2008, Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin was reelected with 60% of the vote and Democrat Barack Obama won 54% of the vote in the 13th Congressional District,[16] with even Biggert's Republican predecessor, Fawell, supporting Obama.[38]

2010

Biggert won re-election.

2012

In the redistricting following the 2010 census, the Democratic-controlled state legislature significantly altered Illinois's congressional map, splitting Biggert's district. Her district was renumbered as the 11th District, and made significantly more Democratic even though it contains 50 percent of Biggert's former territory. A portion of her former district that included Biggert's home in Hinsdale was combined with the heavily Democratic Chicago North Side-based 5th District. Biggert opted to run in the new 11th against the Democratic nominee, former 14th District Congressman Bill Foster.[39]

Electoral history

Illinois House, 81st Representative District (1992–1996)

U.S. House, Illinois 13th Congressional District (1998–)

Post-congressional career

On April 23, 2015, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner appointed Biggert to the Education Labor Relations Board, which oversees the negotiation of teacher contracts.[59]

Personal life

On September 21, 1963,[60] she married Rody Patterson Biggert, Jr. Rody and Judy Biggert lived in Chicago, then Wilmette,[61] before moving to Hinsdale in 1971, when Rody's mother sold them her home, the extensively remodeled 1864 mansion of Hinsdale's founder, William Robbins, in the Robbins Park Historic District.[62] The Biggerts have four children: Courtney Caverly, Alison Cabot,[63] Rody Biggert,[61] and Adrienne Morrell,[64] [65] and nine grandchildren.[5] Her husband, Rody, died in November 2018 after an 18-month long struggle with leukemia at the age of 82.[66]

Since 2004, Biggert's youngest daughter Adrienne Morrell has been a registered lobbyist for Health Net, the sixth largest publicly traded for-profit managed healthcare company; previously Morrell was a lobbyist with America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the chief health insurance industry lobby, after having served as an aide to former seven-term Illinois 13th District U.S. Rep. Harris Fawell, Biggert's predecessor in Congress.[64] [65]

In 2008, multimillionaire Biggert was the second wealthiest—after U.S. Rep. Bill Foster (D-14)—in Illinois's 21-member Congressional delegation, and the 82nd wealthiest member in the U.S. House.[67]

Biggert was president of the Junior Board of the Chicago Travelers Aid Society in 1969, and president of the Junior League of Chicago from 1976 to 1978, chairman of board of directors of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago in 1978, and president of the Oak School elementary school PTA in Hinsdale from 1976 to 1978. She was a member of the board of directors of the Salt Creek Ballet from 1990 to 1998. She was also a Sunday school teacher at Grace Episcopal Church in Hinsdale from 1974 to 1984, and an American Youth Soccer Organization assistant soccer coach in 1983.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: August 11, 1939 . Walgreen Jr. is new head of drug chain . Chicago Tribune . 25 . October 29, 2010 . July 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724215007/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/461675672.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI . dead .
    News: December 12, 1963 . Shift major executives of Walgreens . Chicago Tribune . G7 . October 29, 2010 . July 25, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120725033947/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/613946642.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI . dead . C. R. Walgreen Jr., president of the drug chain since 1939, was elected to the newly created post of chairman. He continues as chief executive officer. A. A. Borg, former vice president and treasurer, was elected president. A 35-year veteran of the company, he becomes principal administrative officer.
    News: September 5, 1969 . Walgreen III is elected president . Chicago Tribune . C9 . October 29, 2010 . July 25, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120725002710/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/585998012.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI . dead . He will succeed A. A. Borg who will retire Sept. 30.
    News: May 10, 1973 . Former Walgreen chief Borg dies . Chicago Tribune . B12 . October 29, 2010 . July 25, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120725013630/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/639475632.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI . dead .
    News: October 24, 1984 . Marjorie V. Borg . Chicago Tribune . A13 . October 29, 2010 . July 25, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120725013611/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/639041922.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI . dead . died Tuesday in a fire in her Northbrook home. Mrs. Borg was the widow of Alvin A. Borg, president of Walgreen Co. from 1963 to 1969.
  2. Web site: Judy Biggert ancestry . Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com . September 5, 2014.
  3. News: July 9, 1956 . Summer . Chicago Tribune . B7 . October 29, 2010 . July 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724233615/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/509432572.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI . dead . Photo caption: Miss Judy Borg (left) and Miss Nancy Igoe at North Shore Country Club's pool.
    News: Bascom, Jim . August 14, 1957 . Ivy styles climb for college men; many items can add distinction . Chicago Tribune . A1 . October 29, 2010 . July 25, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120725034435/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/565430712.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI . dead . Photo caption: Judy Borg's dress is an imported cotton twill ($19.95), from the College Cupboard of Marshall Field & Co.
  4. News: Page, Eleanor . January 16, 1977 . Biggert leads Junior League in new project . Chicago Tribune . D3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120725034444/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/613606832.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI . dead . July 25, 2012 . October 29, 2010. She became a law clerk to a federal judge, leaving to have her first child. She now practices on her own, handling mostly real estate and estate business for family and friends.
  5. Book: DelliSanti, Patricia. Perruso, Alison . 2009 . Biggert, Judith Borg . Who's Who in America 2010 . 64th . 387 . New Providence, NJ . Marquis Who's Who . 978-0-8379-7023-3.
  6. News: Jouzaitis, Carol . March 26, 1982 . Executives' wives have made coping a full-time job . Chicago Tribune . A23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724214554/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/626350922.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI . dead . July 24, 2012 . October 29, 2010. I worked as a lawyer for a year, and had every intention of continuing, but there was pressure from all sides to have a family. Then I had three children in three years and there was no way I could continue to work. So what I did was to get very involved in organizations even when the children were young. I've been on lots and lots of boards, the Junior League of Chicago and Hinsdale District 86...I do some (legal work on) wills and real estate, but it's been 15 years since I really practiced law...Physically, I couldn't work full time, have a husband and a house to take care of. In the voluntary sector, you can pick the time you want to spend.
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  19. News: Hulse, Carl . April 16, 2010 . President signs bill to extend jobless aid . The New York Times . A18 . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: April 15, 2010 . Roll call 211 – On motion to concur in the Senate amendment . Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: Levin, Sander M. . April 15, 2010 . H.R.4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010 . THOMAS (Library of Congress) . November 1, 2010 . December 7, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101207003848/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR04851: . dead .
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    Web site: May 27, 2010 . Roll call 317 – On agreeing to the amendment . Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: Murphy, Patrick J. . May 27, 2010 . H.AMDT.672 Repeals "Don't Ask Don't Tell" . THOMAS (Library of Congress) . November 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020042859/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HZ00672: . October 20, 2013 . dead .
    Web site: Skelton, Ike . June 28, 2010 . H.R.5136 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 . THOMAS (Library of Congress) . November 1, 2010 . December 12, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101212202950/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR05136: . dead .
  21. News: Pear, Robert . Herszenhorn, David M. . March 22, 2010 . Congress sends White House landmark health overhaul . The New York Times . A1 . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: March 21, 2010 . Roll call 165 – On motion to concur in Senate amendments . Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: Rangle, Charles B. . March 23, 2010 . H.R.3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . THOMAS (Library of Congress) . November 1, 2010 . November 4, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101104100527/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:H.R.3590: . dead .
    Web site: March 21, 2010 . Roll call 167 – On passage . Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: Spratt, John M. Jr. . March 30, 2010 . H.R.4872 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 . THOMAS (Library of Congress) . November 1, 2010 . November 4, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101104164525/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.04872: . dead .
  22. News: Herszenhorn, David M. . July 1, 2010 . Finance overhaul approved by House . The New York Times . B1 . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: June 30, 2010 . Roll call 413 – On agreeing to the conference report . Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: Frank, Barney . July 21, 2010 . H.R.4173 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act . THOMAS (Library of Congress) . November 1, 2010 . November 6, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101106184049/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.04173: . dead .
  23. News: Hulse, Carl . July 22, 2010 . House passes jobless benefit extension . The New York Times . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: July 22, 2010 . Roll call 463 – On motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment . Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: Rangel, Charles B. . July 22, 2010 . H.R.4213 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 . THOMAS (Library of Congress) . November 1, 2010 . November 6, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101106184738/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.04213: . dead .
  24. News: Hulse, Carl . August 11, 2010 . House passes bill to aid states and public schools . The New York Times . A14 . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: August 10, 2010 . Roll call 518 – On motion to concur in Senate amendment to House amendment to Senate amendment . Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: Rangel, Charles B. . August 10, 2010 . H.R.1586 Education jobs and Medicaid funding bill . THOMAS (Library of Congress) . November 1, 2010 . November 6, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101106015227/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:H.R.1586: . dead .
  25. News: Taylor, Andrew (Associated Press) . September 24, 2010 . Obama gets small-business bill . The Washington Post . A13 . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: September 23, 2010 . Roll call 539 – On motion to concur in the Senate amendment . Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . November 1, 2010 .
    Web site: Frank, Barney . September 27, 2010 . H.R.5297 Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 . THOMAS (Library of Congress) . November 1, 2010 . November 5, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101105101425/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR5297: . dead .
  26. Web site: BIGGERT, Judy Borg US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives. history.house.gov. en. August 8, 2018.
  27. News: Abortion Rights On Wish List. tribunedigital-chicagotribune. August 8, 2018. en.
  28. Web site: Judy Biggert on the Issues. OnTheIssues.org. www.ontheissues.org. August 8, 2018.
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  31. Web site: Current Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725024055/http://www.atr.org/current-taxpayer-protection-pledge-signers-th-a2851. dead. July 25, 2011.
  32. News: Lourgos, Angie Leventis . October 22, 2010 . Congressional campaign is a rematch; Harper got 44% against Biggert in '08. Now he's back . Chicago Tribune . 3 (Chicagoland Extra) . November 2, 2010.
  33. News: Doubek, Madeleine . December 9, 1998 . Biggert makes presence felt at meeting on Social Security . Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) . November 2, 2010. Biggert's own belief that citizens should be allowed to set up personal accounts and invest their own Social Security taxes in the stock market got plenty of attention Tuesday from congressional leaders.
  34. News: September 23, 2010 . Candidate Questionnaires – U.S. House, Dist. 13: Judy Biggert . Chicago Sun-Times . November 2, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101022041311/http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/questionnaires/2749582,13CDBiggert.article . October 22, 2010 . dead .
  35. News: Broder, John M. . January 7, 1998 . Clinton proposes opening Medicare to those 55 to 65 . The New York Times . A1 . November 2, 2010 .
    News: Grady, William . June 28, 1998 . Biggert seeking unity with GOP foes; candidacy of Hynes may help her do that . Chicago Tribune . 1 (Metro DuPage) . November 2, 2010 . July 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724231029/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/30733596.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT . dead . She opposes public funding of congressional campaigns, which Hynes favors, and opposes President Clinton's proposal to lower the age of eligibility for Medicare.
    News: October 26, 1998 . 13th District hopefuls discuss tax code . Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) . 1 (Neighbor) . November 2, 2010 . Question: What should Congress do to ensure continued viability of Medicare? Judy Biggert: The first thing we should not do is lower the Medicare eligibility age to 55, as the president has proposed.
  36. News: Grady, William . July 16, 1998 . Money pouring in for Biggert; candidates spar over donations in 13th District . Chicago Tribune . 1 (Metro DuPage) . https://web.archive.org/web/20120725040549/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/32025874.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT . dead . July 25, 2012 . November 2, 2010. Hynes has voiced support for public funding of congressional campaigns, a proposal Biggert opposes. Biggert favors an end to the limits on campaign contributions—now $1,000 for individuals and $5,000 for political action committees—but would require quicker disclosure of all donations.
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  38. News: Winfield, Paige . November 2, 2008 . Will local voters be swayed by love for Obama or dislike for Blagojevich? . Naperville Sun . 5 . November 2, 2010. Harris Fawell, former congressman for the 13th Congressional District, is backing a Democrat for president for the first time in his life. The 79-year-old Republican said there's a good chance that Obama will carry the county. "He's the best I have seen, the most qualified I've ever seen running for president," Fawell said.
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  59. News: Riopell . Mike . Rauner Names Judy Biggert to Teacher-Contracts Post . April 3, 2015 . . April 7, 2015.
  60. News: Middleton, Mary . February 26, 1963 . Lectures will benefit school; Borg-Biggert . Chicago Tribune . A3 . October 29, 2010 . July 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724233058/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/581397082.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI . dead .
    News: Page, Eleanor . September 20, 1963 . The party line . Chicago Tribune . B13 . October 29, 2010 . November 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104094715/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/572652842.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI . dead . Miss Judith Gail Borg and her fiancé, Rody Patterson Biggert Jr., will be feted...
    News: September 22, 1963 . Suburban rites highlighted; Biggert-Borg . Chicago Tribune . D7 . October 29, 2010 . July 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724221356/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/613877142.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI . dead .
  61. News: Page, Eleanor . November 23, 1968 . Bridge leads to romance . Chicago Tribune . N_A11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724211235/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/608800972.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI . dead . July 24, 2012 . October 29, 2010. The Rody P. Biggerts [Judith Borg] of Wilmette welcomed their third child and first son, Rody Jr., Nov. 4.
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    News: Page, Eleanor . September 2, 1972 . Authentic antique . Chicago Tribune . 10 . October 29, 2010 . July 25, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120725010253/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/605057252.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI . dead .
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  63. News: August 25, 1996 . Alison Biggert, Christopher Cabot . The New York Times . 54 . October 29, 2010.
  64. News: Sweet, Lynn . November 17, 1998 . Finding their way around the House . Chicago Sun-Times . 6 . October 29, 2010. Biggert has a sense of urgency in part because she pledged to serve only three terms... Biggert's daughter Adrienne, 24, lives in Washington and worked for Rep. Harris Fawell (R-Ill.), whose retirement opened up the seat Biggert won. "I think she really liked working on the Hill in the House," said Biggert, who felt bad because "she doesn't feel comfortable going back and doing that again."
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    Web site: June 18, 2007 . CREW releases new report detailing House chair, ranking and leadership members' use of campaign funds to benefit family . Washington, D.C. . Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) . October 29, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100407102818/http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/29095 . April 7, 2010 .
    News: Kelley, Matt . June 18, 2007 . Lawmakers used campaign funds to pay relatives; Some would like to tighten rules on family, payrolls . USA Today . 6A . October 29, 2010 .
    News: Coile, Zachary . June 19, 2007 . Watchdog lists 64 in the House paying kin out campaign funds; It's legal, but some wonder whether it's good government . San Francisco Chronicle . A4 . October 29, 2010 .
  66. Web site: Pearson. Rick. Rody Biggert, husband of former U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert, dies at 82. 2021-11-28. chicagotribune.com. November 18, 2018 .
  67. News: Jackson, Cheryl V. . November 16, 2009 . Crunch takes toll on Congress, too; but they're still far better off than the average American, records show . Chicago Sun-Times . 19 . October 29, 2010.
    News: Campana, Dan . November 17, 2009 . State's richest Representatives? Right here; Foster, Biggert report most wealth in Illinois congressional delegation . The Beacon News . 6 . October 29, 2010.

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