District: Illinois - 11th District Political Highlights: U.S. House of Representatives, 2008-11; defeated for re-election to U.S. House, 2010 Born: October 7, 1955; Madison, Wis. Residence: Naperville Religion: Unspecified Family: Wife, Aesook Byon; two children Education: U. of Wisconsin, B.A. 1976; Harvard U., Ph.D. 1983 Elected: 2008 Committee Assignments: Financial Services (Artificial Intelligence - Chairman; Consumer Protection & Financial Institutions; Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship & Capital Markets); Science, Space & Technology (Investigations & Oversight - Chairman; Research and Technology) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 119th ranked House Democrat Twitter: 50,374 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Bill Foster (D) Jim Oberweis (R)
Votes
185,404 135,653
%
57.7% 42.3%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Randy Hultgren (R) Bill Foster (D) Daniel Kairis (GREEN)
Votes
112,369 98,645 7,949
%
51.3% 45.0% 3.6%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Bill Foster (D) Judy Biggert (R) Chris Michel (WRI)
