Betsy Dirksen Londrigan
BETSY DIRKSEN LONDRIGAN
CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT 13
D-ILLINOIS
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RACE SUMMARY: Betsy is running against incumbent Rep. Rodney Davis (R-13), who has served since 2012, in a long-running Republican district. Although she lost in the 2018 election, she is working in 2020 to flip this district blue. VOTING RECORD: |
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PARTY: Democrat EDUCATION: University of Illinois (B.A.); (B.S.) OCCUPATION: Development Officer, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum FAMILY: Married, 3 Children
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CAREER:
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ISRAEL
- Supports Israel's right to security
- Supports a two-state solution to peace, with the U.S. playing a strategic role in facilitating a resolution between the two
- Opposes efforts to deligitimize and demonize Israel
- Supports positive relations between Israel and Turkey
- Supports the prevention of a nuclear armed Iran
- Supports Israel’s right to self-defense to protect its citizens against acts of terrorism
- Supports a two-state solution
- Supports increased funding for Iron Dome
CHOICE
- Supports Roe v. Wade
- Supports Planned Parenthood and against its defunding
- Will protect a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions and treat women's reproductive health with individual respect and without additional costs
In Her Own Words
“Women are fully capable of making their own decisions about their own bodies, without government telling them what they should and shouldn't do.” 1
SOURCES: 1 The State Journal Register
Interesting Facts
Co-Founder of Women Rising
Taught Junior High with Teach for America
