What is Cheri Bustos?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Cheri Bustos |image = Cheri Bustos official photo.jpg |office = Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee |leader = [[Nancy Pelosi]] |term_start = January 3, 2017 |term_end = January 3, 2021 |predecessor = [[Steve Israel]] |successor = [[Sean Patrick Maloney]] |state1 = [[Illinois]] |district1 = {{ushr|IL|17|17th}} |term_start1 = January 3, 2013 |term_end1 = January 3, 2023 |predecessor1 = [[Bobby Schilling]] |successor1 = [[Eric Sorensen (politician)|Eric Sorensen]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|17}} |birth_place = [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Gerry Bustos |children = 3 sons |education = [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland,<br>College Park]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[University of Illinois, Springfield|University of Illinois,<br>Springfield]] {{small|([[Master of Arts|MA]])}} |website = {{url|bustos.house.gov|House website}} }} '''Cheryl Lea Bustos''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|uː|s|t|oʊ|s}} (née '''Callahan'''; born October 17, 1961) is an American journalist, healthcare executive, and politician. Bustos was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[Illinois's 17th congressional district]] from 2013 to 2023. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Bustos was the first woman elected to Congress from her district.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/women-candidates-watch-2014-cheri-bustos|title = ‘30 in 30’: Women Candidates to Watch in 2014 – Cheri Bustos|date = September 12, 2014|access-date = November 6, 2014|website = MSNBC|publisher = MSNBC|last = Brand|first = Anna|archive-date = November 7, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141107013354/http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/women-candidates-watch-2014-cheri-bu