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Bill Foster 1Congressman Bill Foster is a scientist and businessman representing the 11th Congressional District of Illinois, a position he’s held since 2013. He also represented the 14th Congressional District of Illinois from 2008 to 2011. He is the only PhD physicist in Congress.

Bill serves on the House Financial Services Committee where he advocates for consumer protections and an economy that works for everyone. In response to the Great Recession, he helped create several important reforms in the financial services and housing markets, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Bill serves as chairman of the Financial Services Committee’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence.

He also serves on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee where he has fought for evidence-based policies and forward-thinking approaches to some of our country’s most pressing issues, including climate change and energy innovation. He is a champion for sustained federal funding for scientific research.

Bill serves as the chairman of the Science Commitee’s Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee, which is empowered to investigative and oversee federal scientific research.

In the wake of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, Bill was named to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus. The Select Subcommittee is charged with examining the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, including the use of taxpayer funds to mitigate the public health and economic consequences of the pandemic.

Bill’s business career began at age 19 when he and his younger brother co-founded Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc., a company that now manufactures over half of the theater lighting equipment in the United States.

Before he became a Member of Congress, Bill worked as a high-energy physicist and particle accelerator designer at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). He was a member of the team that discovered the top quark, the heaviest known form of matter. He also led the teams that designed and built several scientific facilities and detectors still in use today, including the Antiproton Recycler Ring, the latest of Fermilab’s giant particle accelerators.

Bill lives in Naperville with his wife Aesook, who is also a physicist. Bill has two grown children, Billy and Christine. Bill’s father was a civil rights lawyer who wrote much of the enforcement language behind the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Personal

Full Name: Bill Foster

Gender: Male

Family: Divorced: Ann; 2 Children: Billy, Christine; Wife: Aesook

Birth Date: 10/07/1955

Birth Place: Madison, WI

Home City:

Naperville, IL

Unspecified

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Education

PhD, Physics, Harvard University, 1983

BA, Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1976

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 11, 2013-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 11, 2022, 2024

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 14, 2009-2011

Professional Experience

Chief Executive Officer/Founder, Electronic Theatre Controls, Incorporated, 1975-2007

Particle Accelerator Designer/High-Energy Physicist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 1984-2006

Designer/Researcher, IMB Collaboration (Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven), 1979

Offices

Washington DC Office
2366 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC  20515Phone: (202) 225-3515

Aurora District Office
2000 W. Galena Blvd
Suite 303
Aurora, IL  60506Phone: (630) 585-7672

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Election Results

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Finances

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Committees

In the 118th Congress, Congressman Foster serves on the Committee on Financial Services. His subcommittees include:

  • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy (Ranking Member)
  • Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion
  • Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions

Caucuses

  • Inventions Caucus (Co-Chair)
  • Research and Development Caucus (Co-Chair)
  • Blockchain Caucus (Co-Chair)
  • Payer-State Caucus (Co-Chair)
  • National Labs Caucus (Co-Chair)
  • Advanced Nuclear Caucus (Co-Chair)
  • Heartland Caucus

New Legislation

Learn more about legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Congressman Foster.

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District

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From 1865 to 1867, the district included Bureau, LaSalle, Livingston and Woodford counties. From 1901 until 1947 the 11th congressional district included Kane, DuPage, McHenry and Will Counties. Following the Congressional Apportionment Act of 1947, the district covered a portion of Cook County and the far northwest side of Chicago roughly centered on Norwood Park. The district was not changed by 1951’s redistricting. In 1961, the district was widened westward to the Des Plaines River and east into parts of Lincoln Square. The district covered the northwest side of Chicago until the early 1990s when it moved closer to its current area, encompassing most of LaSalle and Grundy Counties, the southern part of Will County, the northern part of Kankakee County and a small portion of southeastern Cook County along the Indiana state line. The Illinois Congressional Reapportionment Act of 2001 (10 ILCS 76) defined its boundaries following the 2000 U.S. census.

Following the 2010 U.S. census the district includes Joliet in Will County, parts of Naperville in southern DuPage County, and Aurora in Kane County. It includes the Argonne National Laboratory. The congressional district covers parts of Cook, Du Page, Kane, Kendall and Will counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Aurora, Bolingbrook, Darien, Joliet, Montgomery, Naperville, Lisle, Downers Grove, New Lenox, Shorewood and Woodridge are included.[8] The representatives for these districts were elected in the 2012 primary and general elections, and the boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.

Wikipedia

This article is about the U.S. representative from Illinois. For the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, see Bill Foster (mayor).

George William Foster (born October 7, 1955) is an American businessman and physicist serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois’s 11th congressional district since 2013.[1] He was the U.S. representative for Illinois’s 14th congressional district from 2008 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life and education

Foster was born in 1955 in Madison, Wisconsin. As a teenager, he attended James Madison Memorial High School. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1976 and his Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University in 1983.[2] The title of his doctoral dissertation is “An experimental limit on proton decay: .”[3]

When Foster was 19, he started a company with his younger brother, Fred. The company, ETC, has become the leading manufacturer of theatrical lighting.[4]

Physics career

After completing his Ph.D., Foster moved to the Fox Valley with his family to pursue a career in high-energy (particle) physics at Fermilab, a Department of Energy National Laboratory. During his 22 years at Fermilab, he participated in several projects, including the design of equipment and data analysis software for the CDF Detector, which were used in the discovery of the top quark, and the management of the design and construction of a 3 km Anti-Proton Recycler Ring for the Main Injector.[5][6]

In 1998, Foster was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society.[7] He was a member of the team that received the 1989 Bruno Rossi Prize for cosmic ray physics for the discovery of the neutrino burst from the supernova SN 1987A. He also received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers‘ Particle Accelerator Technology Prize and was awarded an Energy Conservation award from the United States Department of Energy for his application of permanent magnets for Fermilab‘s accelerators.[8] He and Stephen D. Holmes received the Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators in 2022 for “leadership in developing the modern accelerator complex at Fermilab, enabling the success of the Tevatron program that supports rich programs in neutrino and precision physics.”[9]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2008 special
Main article: 2008 Illinois’s 14th congressional district special election

On November 26, 2007, former House Republican Speaker J. Dennis Hastert resigned as the Representative from Illinois’s 14th congressional district. Foster announced his candidacy to fill the vacancy on May 30, 2007.[10] In the March special election, Foster defeated Republican nominee and Hastert-endorsed candidate Jim Oberweis, 53%–47%.[11][12]

2008 general
Main article: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois § District 14

In November, Oberweis ran against Foster again. Foster won reelection to a full term, 58%–42%.[13]

2010
Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois § District 14

Foster was challenged by Republican nominee State Senator Randy Hultgren and Green Party nominee Daniel Kairis. Despite being endorsed by the Chicago Tribune,[14] the Chicago Sun-Times[15] and The Daily Herald,[16] Foster lost to Hultgren, 51%–45%.[17][18]

2012
Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois § District 11

In May 2011, Foster sold his home in Geneva, moved to Naperville and announced plans to run for Congress in the 11th district, which encompasses Aurora, Joliet, Lisle in addition to Naperville. It also includes roughly a quarter of his former district.[19][20] The district had previously been the 13th, represented by seven-term Republican Judy Biggert. Although Biggert’s home in Hinsdale had been shifted to the Chicago-based 5th district, Biggert opted to seek election in the 11th, which contained half of her old territory.[21]

On November 6, 2012, Foster won the election for the 11th district with 58% of the vote.[22]

2014
Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois § District 11

Foster ran again and was unopposed in the Democratic primary.[23] In the general election, he defeated the Republican nominee, State Representative Darlene Senger, with 53.5% of the vote to her 46.5%.[24]

2016
Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois § District 11

Foster ran again and was unopposed in the Democratic primary.[25] In the general election, he defeated the Republican nominee, Tonia Khouri, with 60.4% of the vote to her 39.6%.[25]

2018
Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois § District 11

Foster again was unopposed in the Democratic primary. In the general election, he defeated the Republican nominee, Nick Stella, with 63.8% of the vote to Stella’s 36.2%.[25]

2020
Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois § District 11

Foster faced a primary challenge from Rachel Ventura and won the nomination with 58.7% of the vote. In the general election, he defeated Republican nominee, Rick Laib, with 63.3% of the vote.[25]

2022

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois § District 11

Foster won the June 28 Democratic primary.[26] In the general election, he defeated Catalina Lauf with 56.45% of the vote.

Tenure

Although it was initially thought that Foster would not be sworn in until April 2008 due to the need to count absentee ballots before his first election was certified, he took the oath of office on March 11, 2008.[27]

Foster joined Vern Ehlers and Rush Holt Jr. as the only research physicists ever elected to Congress.[28] On his first day in office, he cast the deciding vote to keep from tabling an ethics bill that would create an independent outside panel to investigate ethics complaints against House members.[29][30]

Fundraising

According to OpenSecrets, Foster received $637,050 from labor-related political action committees during his runs for Congress. $180,000 of this money came from PACs linked to public sector unions. $110,000 of these donations came from PACs linked to industrial labor unions.

According to the Federal Election Commission, Nancy Pelosi gave $4,000 to Foster’s 2012 campaign committee. PACs under Pelosi’s control donated $10,000 to his 2012 campaign.

Committee assignments

For the 118th Congress:[31]

Caucus memberships

Political positions

Foster voted with President Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.[36]

Taxes

Foster supported allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire. During a debate with his opponent in the 2012 election, Foster said, “The tax cuts were promised to generate job growth, but did not. If you follow the money, when you give a dollar to a very wealthy person, they won’t typically put it back into the local economy.” He said the tax benefits ended up in overseas accounts and spent on luxury purchases.[37]

Foster has opposed efforts to repeal the estate tax. On August 31, 2005, U.S. Newswire reported that Foster said, “The proponents of estate tax repeal are fond of calling it the ‘death tax’. It’s not a death tax, it’s a Rich Kids’ tax.” In 2009, just before the estate tax was scheduled for a one-year repeal, Foster voted to permanently extend the then current estate tax rate of 45%.

Card check

According to the official Thomas website, Foster co-sponsored the Employee Free Choice Act of 2009, which would enable unionization of small businesses of less than 50 employees. On February 25, 2012, the Daily Herald reported, “Foster pointed to his support for the Employee Free Choice Act while serving at the congressman in the 14th District as proof of his union support.”

Stimulus spending

Foster voted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009[38]

Health care reform

Foster voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).[39] On June 29, 2012, the Chicago Tribune reported that Foster said of his vote for Obamacare, “I’m proud of my vote, and I would be proud to do it again.”

Dodd-Frank

He also voted for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, with all ten of the amendments he proposed being added to the final bill.[40]

Environment

He voted against the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which would create a Cap and trade system.[41]

Second Amendment

Asked if the Second Amendment should be up for reinterpretation, Foster said, “It always has been up for reinterpretation. The technology changes, and the weapons thought to be too dangerous to be in private hands change. A Civil War cannon is frankly much less dangerous than weapons we are allowed to carry on the streets in many of the states and cities in our country today. This is something where technology changes and public attitude changes and both are important in each of the generations.”[42]

Israel

Foster voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.[43][44]

Electoral history

Illinois 14th Congressional District Special Democratic Primary, 2008[45]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster 32,982 49.60
DemocraticJohn Laesch28,43342.76
DemocraticJotham Stein5,0827.64
Total votes66,497 100.0
Illinois 14th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2008[46]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster 32,410 42.47
DemocraticJohn Laesch32,01241.94
DemocraticJoe Serra6,0337.90
DemocraticJotham Stein5,8657.68
Total votes76,320 100.0
Illinois 14th Congressional District Special Election, 2008[47]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster 52,205 52.53
RepublicanJim Oberweis47,18047.47
Total votes99,385 100.0
Illinois 14th Congressional District General Election, 2008[48]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster (incumbent) 185,404 57.75
RepublicanJim Oberweis135,65342.25
Total votes321,057 100.0
Illinois 14th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2010[49]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster (incumbent) 25,446 100.0
DemocraticBobby G. Rose10.00
Total votes25,447 100.0
Illinois 14th Congressional District General Election, 2010[50]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanRandall M. “Randy” Hultgren 112,369 51.31
DemocraticBill Foster (incumbent)98,64545.04
GreenDaniel J Kairis7,9493.63
Write-in votesDoug Marks500.02
Total votes219,013 100.0
Illinois 11th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012[51]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster 12,126 58.48
DemocraticJuan Thomas5,21225.13
DemocraticJim Hickey3,39916.39
Total votes20,737 100.0
Illinois 11th Congressional District General Election, 2012[52]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster 148,928 58.57
RepublicanJudy Biggert (incumbent)105,34841.43
Write-in votesChris Michel190.01
Total votes254,295 100.0
Illinois 11th Congressional District General Election, 2014[53]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster (incumbent) 93,436 53.46
RepublicanDarlene Senger81,33546.54
Write-in votesConstant “Connor” Vlakancic10.00
Total votes174,772 100.0
Illinois 11th Congressional District General Election, 2016[54]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster (incumbent) 166,578 60.45
RepublicanTonia Khouri108,99539.55
Total votes275,573 100.0
Illinois 11th Congressional District General Election, 2018[55]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster (incumbent) 145,407 63.84
RepublicanNick Stella82,35836.16
Total votes227,765 100.0
Illinois 11th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2020[56]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster (incumbent) 46,116 58.72
DemocraticRachel Ventura32,42241.28
Total votes78,538 100.0
Illinois 11th Congressional District General Election, 2020[57]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticBill Foster (incumbent) 194,557 63.30
RepublicanRick Laib112,80736.70
Write-in votesJon Harlson13< 0.01
Total votes307,377 100.0

Personal life

Foster and his wife, Aesook Byon, live in Naperville, Illinois.[58][59] He has two adult children from his first marriage to Ann Foster.[20] When Bill and Ann Foster divorced in the mid-nineties, they remained on good terms and agreed to live within blocks of each other. Their children lived at both of their houses. Foster is a grandparent.[60]

Foster is among the few U.S. representatives not to identify with any religion.[61]

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 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois’s 14th congressional district
2008–2011		Succeeded by

Preceded by

 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois’s 11th congressional district
2013–present		Incumbent
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