# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cheri-bustos
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:45:25.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cheri-bustos"
name: "Cheri Bustos"
slug: "cheri-bustos"
description: "Cheryl Lea Bustos is an American lobbyist. Formerly a journalist, healthcare executive, and politician, she served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 17th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she was 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)."
tagline: "American lobbyist, politician, & businessperson (1961-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cheri_Bustos_official_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.13009866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 299
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/RepCheri"
    handle:    "RepCheri"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/cheribustos/"
    handle:    "cheribustos"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "RepCheri"
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    handle:    "cheri-bustos-9825a48"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    handle:    "@repcheri"
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    title: "تشيرى بوستوس"
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    title: "Cheri Bustos"
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    title: "Cheri Bustos"
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    title: "Cheri Bustos"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump