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Tammy Duckworth

Ladda Tammy Duckworth[2] (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.

Tammy Duckworth
Official portrait, 2017
United States Senator
from Illinois
Assumed office
January 3, 2017
Serving with Dick Durbin
Preceded byMark Kirk
Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Assumed office
January 21, 2021
ChairJaime Harrison
Preceded byGrace Meng
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 8th district
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byJoe Walsh
Succeeded byRaja Krishnamoorthi
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs
for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
In office
April 24, 2009 – June 30, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byLisette M. Mondello
Succeeded byMichael Galloucis
Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
In office
November 21, 2006 – February 8, 2009
GovernorRod Blagojevich
Pat Quinn
Preceded byRoy Dolgos
Succeeded byDaniel Grant
Personal details
Born
Ladda Tammy Duckworth

(1968-03-12) March 12, 1968 (age 55)
Bangkok, Thailand
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Bryan Bowlsbey
(m. 1993)
Children2
EducationUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa (BA)
George Washington University (MIA)
Northern Illinois University (attended)
Capella University (PhD)
Signature
WebsiteSenate website
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1992–2014
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
UnitIllinois Army National Guard
106th Aviation Regiment, 28th Infantry Division
Battles/warsIraq War (WIA)
AwardsPurple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Combat Action Badge
Senior Army Aviator Badge
Dame Grand Cross (First Class) of the Order of the Crown of Thailand[1]

Born in Bangkok, Thailand and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Duckworth was educated at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. A combat veteran of the Iraq War, she served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. In 2004, when her Black Hawk helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents, she lost both legs and some mobility in her right arm. She was the first female double amputee from the war.[3] Despite her injuries, she was awarded a medical waiver to continue serving in the Illinois Army National Guard for another ten years until she retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2014.

Duckworth ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2006, then served as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs from 2006 to 2009 and as assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs from 2009 to 2011. In 2012, Duckworth was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she served two terms. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016, defeating Republican incumbent Mark Kirk.[4]

Duckworth is the first Thai American woman elected to Congress, the first person born in Thailand elected to Congress, the first woman with a disability elected to Congress, the first female double amputee in the Senate, and the first senator to give birth while in office. She is the second Asian American woman to serve in the Senate, after Mazie Hirono.[5]

Early life and education

Duckworth was born in Bangkok, Thailand, the daughter of an American living there at the time, Franklin Duckworth, and his wife, Lamai Sompornpairin.[6] Her father, who died in 2005,[7] was a veteran of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps[8] who traced his family's roots to the American Revolution.[9] Duckworth is also descended from Henry Coe, her 6th-great grandfather, who owned four slaves mentioned in freedom clauses of his 1827 will; according to Duckworth, although "gut wrenching" . . . "it's a disservice to our nation and our history to walk away from this [fact]. If I am going to claim—and be proud that—I am a Daughter of the American Revolution, then I have to acknowledge that I am also a daughter of people who enslaved other people".[10] Her mother is Thai Chinese[11] and originally from Chiang Mai.[12] Her father was a Baptist,[13] who after his military service worked with the United Nations and international companies in refugee, housing, and development programs.[14] As the family moved around Southeast Asia for her father's work, Duckworth became fluent in Thai and Indonesian, in addition to English.[15]

Duckworth attended American curriculum based schools: Singapore American School, the International School Bangkok, and the Jakarta International School.[16][17] The family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, when Duckworth was 16, and she attended Honolulu's McKinley High School, where she participated in track and field and graduated in 1985.[18] Because of a difference in the grade levels between the school systems she attended, Duckworth skipped half of her ninth grade year and half of her tenth.[19] She was a Girl Scout, and earned her First Class, now called the Gold Award.[20] Her father was unemployed for a time, and the family relied on public assistance.[14] She graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. In 1992, she received a Master of Arts in international affairs from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.[21][22]

Later, Duckworth began a PhD program at Northern Illinois University, with interests in public health and the politics of southeast Asia, which was interrupted by her war service.[23] She completed a PhD in human services at Capella University School of Public Service Leadership in March 2015.[24][25] Her dissertation was titled Exploring Illinois physicians' experience using electronic medical records (EMR) via the UTAUT model.[25]

Military service

 
Captain Duckworth in 2000

Following in the footsteps of her father, who served in World War II and the Vietnam War,[8] and ancestors who served in every major conflict since the Revolutionary War,[9] Duckworth joined the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps[26] in 1990 as a graduate student at George Washington University.[27][28] She became a commissioned officer in the United States Army Reserve in 1992 and chose to fly helicopters[26] because it was one of the few combat jobs open to women at that time.[29] As a member of the Army Reserve, she went to flight school, later transferring to the Army National Guard and in 1996 entering the Illinois Army National Guard.[26] Duckworth also worked as a staff supervisor at Rotary International headquarters in Evanston, Illinois,[30][31] and was the coordinator of the Center for Nursing Research at Northern Illinois University.[32]

Duckworth was working toward a Ph.D. in political science at Northern Illinois University, with research interests in the political economy and public health of southeast Asia, when she was deployed to Iraq in 2004.[30] She lost her right leg near the hip and her left leg below the knee[33] from injuries sustained on November 12, 2004, when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter she was co-piloting was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents.[34] She was the first American female double amputee from the Iraq War.[3] The explosion severely broke her right arm and tore tissue from it, necessitating major surgery to repair it. Duckworth received a Purple Heart[34] on December 3 and was promoted to the rank of major on December 21 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center,[35] where she was presented with an Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal.[34] She retired from the Illinois Army National Guard in October 2014 as a lieutenant colonel.[36]

 
Duckworth with Senators Barack Obama and Daniel Akaka in 2005 at a Veterans Affairs hearing

In 2011 the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a statue with Duckworth's likeness and that of Molly Pitcher in Mount Vernon, Illinois. The statue is dedicated to female veterans.[37]

In 2019, Duckworth participated in the National Air and Space Museum's "The Military Women Aviators Oral History Initiative (MWAOHI)" project alongside fourteen other veteran women aviators, including Olga Custodio, Sarah Deal, Stayce Harris, Jeannie Leavitt, Nicole Malachowski, Sally Murply, Tammie Shults, Jacqueline Van Ovost, Lucy Young, and Kim "K. C." Campbell.[38]

Government service

 
Duckworth being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, by Judge John J. Farley with her husband Bryan Bowlsbey beside her

On November 21, 2006, several weeks after losing her first congressional campaign, Duckworth was appointed director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs by Governor Rod Blagojevich.[39][40] She served in that position until February 8, 2009. While director, she was credited with starting a program to help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and veterans with brain injuries.[41]

On September 17, 2008, Duckworth attended a campaign event for Dan Seals, the Democratic candidate for Illinois's 10th congressional district. She used vacation time, but violated Illinois law by going to the event in a state-owned van that was equipped for a person with physical disabilities. She acknowledged the mistake and repaid the state for the use of the van.[42]

In 2009, two Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs employees at the Anna Veterans' Home in Union County filed a lawsuit against Duckworth.[43] The lawsuit alleged that she wrongfully terminated one employee and threatened and intimidated another for bringing reports of abuse and misconduct of veterans when she was head of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.[44] Duckworth was represented in the suit by the Illinois Attorney General's office.[45] The case was dismissed twice but refilings were allowed.[46][47] The case settled in June 2016 for $26,000 with no admission of wrongdoing.[46] The plaintiffs later indicated they no longer wanted to settle, but the judge gave them 21 days to sign the settlement and canceled the trial.[48][49]

On February 3, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Duckworth to be the Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).[50] and the United States Senate confirmed her for the position on April 22.[51] As Assistant Secretary, she coordinated a joint initiative with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help end Veteran homelessness, worked to address the unique challenges faced by female as well as Native American Veterans, and created the Office of Online Communications to improve the VA's accessibility, especially among young Veterans.[52] Duckworth resigned her position in June 2011 in order to launch her campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois's 8th congressional district.[53]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2006

After longtime incumbent Republican Henry Hyde announced his retirement from Congress, several candidates began campaigning for the open seat. Duckworth won the Democratic primary with a plurality of 44%, defeating 2004 nominee Christine Cegelis with 40%, and Wheaton College professor Lindy Scott with 16%. State Senator Peter Roskam was unopposed in the Republican primary. For the general election, Duckworth was endorsed by EMILY's List, a political action committee that supports female Democratic candidates who back abortion rights.[54] She was also endorsed by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Fraternal Order of Police.[55][56] While she raised $4.5 million to Roskam's $3.44 million, Duckworth lost by 4,810 votes, receiving 49% to Roskam's 51%.[57]

2012

 
Duckworth as a U.S. representative during the 113th congress

In July 2011, Duckworth launched her campaign to run in 2012 for Illinois's 8th congressional district. She defeated former Deputy Treasurer of Illinois Raja Krishnamoorthi for the Democratic nomination on March 20, 2012, then faced incumbent Republican Joe Walsh in the general election.[58] Duckworth received the endorsement of both the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Herald.[59][60] Walsh generated controversy when in July 2012, at a campaign event, he accused Duckworth of politicizing her military service and injuries, saying "my God, that's all she talks about. Our true heroes, the men and women who served us, it's the last thing in the world they talk about." Walsh called the controversy over his comments "a political ploy to distort my words and distract voters" and said that "Of course Tammy Duckworth is a hero ... I have called her a hero hundreds of times."[61]

On November 6, 2012, Duckworth defeated Walsh 55%–45%,[62] making her the first Asian-American from Illinois in Congress,[63] the first woman with a disability elected to Congress,[64] and the first member of Congress born in Thailand.[65]

2014

In the 2014 general election, Duckworth faced Republican nominee Larry Kaifesh, a United States Marine Corps officer who had recently left active duty as a colonel.[66] She defeated him with 56% of the vote.[67]

Tenure

Duckworth was sworn into office on January 3, 2013.[68]

On April 3, 2013, Duckworth publicly returned 8.4% ($1,218) of her congressional salary for that month to the United States Department of Treasury in solidarity with furloughed government workers.[69]

On June 26, 2013, during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Duckworth received national media attention after questioning Strong Castle CEO Braulio Castillo on a $500 million government contract the company had been awarded based on Castillo's disabled veteran status.[70][71] Castillo had injured his ankle at the US Military Academy's prep school, USMAPS, in 1984.[72]

Committee assignments

U.S. Senate

Elections

2016

On March 30, 2015, Duckworth announced that she would challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mark Kirk in the 2016 Senate election in Illinois.[73] She defeated Andrea Zopp and Napoleon Harris in the March 15, 2016, Democratic primary.[74]

During a televised debate on October 27, 2016, Duckworth talked about her ancestors' past service in the U.S. military. Kirk responded, "I'd forgotten that your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington." This led the Human Rights Campaign to rescind its endorsement of Kirk and switch it to Duckworth, calling Kirk's comment "deeply offensive and racist."[75][76]

Duckworth was endorsed by Barack Obama, who actively campaigned for her.[77]

On November 8, Duckworth defeated Kirk, 55% to 40%.[78] She and Kamala Harris, who was also elected in 2016, are the second and third female Asian American senators, after Mazie Hirono, who was elected in 2012.[4]

2022

In March 2021, Duckworth announced her candidacy for reelection in 2022.[79] On November 8, 2022, she was reelected, defeating Republican nominee Kathy Salvi.[80] The win made Duckworth the first woman reelected to the Senate from Illinois.[81]

Tenure

 
Senate Diversity Initiative in support of diversity in the Senate and its staff, June 21, 2017

First term (2017–2023)

According to The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), a joint partnership between the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and Vanderbilt University,[82] Duckworth's "Legislative Effectiveness Score" (LES) is "Exceeds Expectations" as a freshman senator in the 115th Congress (2017–18), the 11th highest out of 48 Democratic senators.[83]

GovTrack's Report Card on Duckworth for the 115th Congress found that among Senate freshmen, she ranked first in favorably reporting bills out of committee and "Got influential cosponsors the most often compared to Senate freshmen."[84] GovTrack also found that in the first session of the 116th Congress, Duckworth ranked first in favorably reporting bills out of committee and "Got influential cosponsors the most often compared to Senate sophomores."[85]

During the 115th Congress, Duckworth was credited with saving the Americans with Disabilities Act.[86] Specifically, she led public opposition to a controversial bill, H.R. 620,[87] and led 42 senators in pledging to oppose any effort to pass H.R. 620 through the Senate.[88] The Veterans Service Organization and Paralyzed Veterans of America recognized Duckworth's leadership in defending the Americans with Disabilities Act.[89]

In January 2018, when the federal government shut down after the Senate could not agree on a funding bill, Duckworth responded to President Trump's accusations that the Democrats were putting "unlawful immigrants" ahead of the military:

I spent my entire adult life looking out for the well-being, the training, the equipping of the troops for whom I was responsible. Sadly, this is something that the current occupant of the Oval Office does not seem to care to do—and I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft dodger. And I have a message for Cadet Bone Spurs: If you cared about our military, you'd stop baiting Kim Jong Un into a war that could put 85,000 American troops, and millions of innocent civilians, in danger.[90]

 
Stop Kavanaugh press conference on September 6, 2018

In 2018, Duckworth became the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office.[91] Shortly afterward, the Senate passed Senate Resolution 463, which she introduced on April 12, 2018,[92] by unanimous consent. The resolution changed Senate rules so that a senator may bring a child under one year old to the Senate floor during votes.[93] The day after the rules were changed, Duckworth's daughter became the first baby on the Senate floor.[92][94]

On April 15, 2020, the Trump administration invited Duckworth to join a bipartisan task force on the reopening of the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[95]

Duckworth was publicly critical of Trump's decision to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in September 2020. A devout Catholic, Barrett is a member of a group that considers in vitro fertilization immoral. Duckworth said that Barrett's membership in such an organization was "disqualifying and, frankly, insulting to every parent". Both of Duckworth's children were conceived by IVF.[96]

The Center for Effective Lawmaking, a joint initiative of the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University, ranked Duckworth the fifth-most effective Democratic senator in the 116th Congress and the most effective Democratic senator on transportation policy.[97] Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman, co-directors of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, said, "While still in her first term, Senator Tammy Duckworth has risen to the top five among effective Democratic lawmakers in the Senate. She sponsored 77 bills in the 116th Congress, with four of them passing the Republican-controlled Senate and two becoming law."[98]

On January 3, 2021, Duckworth received a vote for Speaker of the House of Representatives from Jared Golden despite not being a member of that legislative body and therefore not a serious candidate.[99]

Duckworth was participating in the certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. In the wake of the attack, she called Trump "a threat to our nation" and called for his immediate removal from office through the invocation of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution or impeachment.[100] Two days later, on January 8, she also called for the resignation of Representative Mary Miller, who had quoted Adolf Hitler during a speech on January 5.[101]

In June 2022, President Biden sent Duckworth to Taiwan, where she held a press conference with Tsai Ing-wen to announce the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade in the wake of fears of angering China by the other partners to the May 2022 Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.[102][103] Her mission was planned in conjunction with the Office of the United States Trade Representative, which leads the Initiative for Washington.[103]

Duckworth is the sponsor of S. 3635, the Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022, which would provide line of duty death designation to law enforcement and other public safety officers who die as a result of traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and other "silent" injuries.[104] The bill is based on the death of Washington, D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Smith died of post-concussive syndrome after suffering repeated attacks at the Capitol.[105][106]

Second term (2023–present)

In February 2023, Duckworth was named chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.[107] She and Deb Fischer sponsored a bill to improve reporting on complaints from disabled airline passengers.[108] In June 2023, Duckworth criticized Senator Kyrsten Sinema for proposing legislation to limit the amount of time an airplane pilot needs to train for certification.[109]

Committee assignments

Current

Previous

Caucus memberships

National politics

Duckworth spoke at the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Democratic National Conventions.[112][113][114] She was the permanent co-chair of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[115] At the 2020 convention, she called Trump "coward-in-chief" for not supporting the American military.[116][117]

Duckworth was vetted as a possible running mate during Joe Biden's vice presidential candidate selection.[118] Kamala Harris was selected instead. Biden nominated Duckworth as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, along with Gretchen Whitmer, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Filemon Vela Jr.[119]

Political positions

Environment

In April 2019, Duckworth was one of 12 senators to sign a bipartisan letter to top senators on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development advocating that the Energy Department be granted maximum funding for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), arguing that American job growth could be stimulated by investment in viable options to capture carbon emissions and expressing disagreement with Trump's 2020 budget request to combine the two federal programs that include carbon capture research.[120]

Foreign policy

 
Duckworth narrates the Salute to Fallen Asian Pacific Islander Heroes in Arlington, Virginia, June 2, 2005.

During her unsuccessful 2006 congressional campaign, Duckworth called on Congress to audit the estimated $437 billion spent on overseas military and foreign aid since September 11, 2001.[121]

On September 30, 2006, Duckworth gave the Democratic Party's response to President George W. Bush's weekly radio address. In it, she criticized Bush's Iraq War strategy.[122]

In October 2006, The Sunday Times reported that Duckworth agreed with General Sir Richard Dannatt, the British Army chief, that the presence of coalition troops was exacerbating the conflict in Iraq.[123]

Duckworth supports continued U.S. military aid to Israel and opposes the movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. She opposes Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.[124]

In May 2019, Duckworth was a cosponsor of the South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act,[125] a bipartisan bill reintroduced by Marco Rubio and Ben Cardin that was intended to disrupt China's consolidation or expansion of its claims of jurisdiction over both the sea and air space in disputed zones in the South China Sea.[126]

On June 6, 2021, Duckworth and Senators Dan Sullivan and Christopher Coons visited Taipei in an U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport to meet President Tsai Ing-wen and Minister Joseph Wu during the pandemic outbreak of Taiwan to announce President Biden's donation plan of 750,000 COVID-19 vaccines included in the global COVAX program.[127][128]

Gun control

Duckworth was rated by the National Rifle Association of America as having a pro-gun control congressional voting record.[129] A gun owner herself, she cites violence in Chicago as a major influence for her support of gun control. She supports universal background checks, the halting of state-to-state gun trafficking,[130] and a national assault weapons ban.[131]

Duckworth participated in the 2016 Chris Murphy gun control filibuster. During the 2016 United States House of Representatives sit-in, she hid her mobile phone in her prosthetic leg to prevent it being taken away from her since taking pictures and recording on the House floor is against policy.[130]

In a 2016 interview with GQ magazine, Duckworth said that gaining control of the Senate and "closing the gap" in the House would be necessary to pass firearm restrictions. She also said she believed that moderate Republicans, who support gun control, would have more power if they were not "pushed aside by those folks who are absolutely beholden to the NRA. And so we never get the vote."[130]

Health policy

Duckworth supports abortion rights.[132][133] After Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, she said she was "outraged and horrified" and called the decision a "nightmare" that robbed women of their right to make health care decisions.[134]

Duckworth supported the Affordable Care Act.[135]

Immigration

Duckworth supports comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for those in the country illegally. She would admit 100,000 Syrian refugees into the United States.[135]

In August 2018, Duckworth was one of 17 senators to sign a letter spearheaded by Kamala Harris to United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen demanding that the Trump administration take immediate action in attempting to reunite 539 migrant children with their families, citing each passing day of inaction as intensifying "trauma that this administration has needlessly caused for children and their families seeking humanitarian protection."[136]

Awards and accolades

In May 2010, Northern Illinois University awarded Duckworth the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.[137][138] In 2011, Chicago's Access Living honored her for her work on behalf of veterans with disabilities, giving her the Gordon H. Mansfield Congressional Leadership Award.[139]

Duckworth is heavily decorated for her service in Iraq, with over 10 distinct military honors, most notably the Purple Heart, an award her Marine father had also received.[34] In 2010, she was inducted into the Army Women's hall of fame.[140]

Former Republican presidential candidate and U.S. senator Bob Dole dedicated his autobiography One Soldier's Story in part to Duckworth.[141] Duckworth credits Dole for inspiring her to pursue public service, while she recuperated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.[142]

Personal life

Duckworth has been married to Bryan Bowlsbey since 1993.[143] They met during Duckworth's participation in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and served together in the Illinois Army National Guard.[143] A Signal Corps officer, Bowlsbey is also a veteran of the Iraq War.[143][144] Both have since retired from the armed forces.[145]

Duckworth and Bowlsbey have two daughters: Abigail, born in 2014,[146] and Maile, born in 2018.[147] Maile's birth made Duckworth the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office.[147][148] Former Senator Daniel Akaka helped the couple name both girls; Akaka died on April 6, 2018, three days before Maile was born.[149] Shortly after Maile's birth, a Senate rule change permitted senators to bring children under one year old on the Senate floor to breastfeed.[92] This was a symbolic moment for Duckworth, as she had previously introduced the bipartisan Friendly Airports for Mothers (FAM) Act to ensure new mothers access to safe, clean and accessible lactation rooms in airports.[52] The day after the rule change, Duckworth brought Maile with her during the casting of a Senate vote, making Duckworth the first senator to cast a vote while holding a baby.[92][94]

Duckworth helped establish the Intrepid Foundation to help injured veterans.[150]

Electoral history

Illinois 6th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2006[151]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic L. Tammy Duckworth 14,283 43.85
Democratic Christine Cegelis 13,159 40.40
Democratic Lindy Scott 5,133 15.76
Total votes 32,575 100.0
Illinois 6th Congressional District General Election, 2006[152]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter J. Roskam 91,382 51.35
Democratic L. Tammy Duckworth 86,572 48.65
Write-in votes Patricia Elaine Beard 3 0.00
Total votes 177,957 100.0
Illinois 8th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012[153]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tammy Duckworth 17,097 66.18
Democratic Raja Krishnamoorthi 8,736 33.82
Total votes 25,833 100.0
Illinois 8th Congressional District General Election, 2012[154]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tammy Duckworth 123,206 54.74
Republican Joe Walsh (incumbent) 101,860 45.26
Total votes 225,066 100.0
Illinois 8th Congressional District General Election, 2014[155]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tammy Duckworth (incumbent) 84,178 55.73
Republican Larry Kaifesh 66,878 44.27
Total votes 151,056 100.0
Illinois U.S. Senator (Class III) Democratic Primary, 2016[156]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tammy Duckworth 1,220,128 64.38
Democratic Andrea Zopp 455,729 24.05
Democratic Napoleon Harris 219,286 11.57
Democratic Patricia Elaine Beard 1 0.00
Total votes 1,895,144 100.0
Illinois U.S. Senator (Class III) General Election, 2016[157]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tammy Duckworth 3,012,940 54.86
Republican Mark Steven Kirk (incumbent) 2,184,692 39.78
Libertarian Kenton McMillen 175,988 3.20
Green Scott Summers 117,619 2.14
Write-in votes Chad Koppie 408 0.01
Write-in votes Jim Brown 106 0.00
Write-in votes Christopher Aguayo 77 0.00
Write-in votes Susana Sandoval 42 0.00
Write-in votes Eric Kufi James Stewart 5 0.00
Write-in votes Patricia Beard 1 0.00
Total votes 5,491,878 100.0
Illinois U.S. Senator (Class III) General Election, 2022[158]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tammy Duckworth (incumbent) 2,329,136 56.82
Republican Kathy Salvi 1,701,055 41.50
Libertarian Bill Redpath 68,671 1.68
Write-in votes Lowell Martin Seida 23 0.00
Write-in votes Connor Vlakancic 11 0.00
Total votes 4,098,896 100.0

Bibliography

External videos
  After Words interview with Duckworth on Every Day Is a Gift, April 10, 2021, C-SPAN
  • Every Day is a Gift: A Memoir, Little, Brown & Company, 2021.

See also

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External links

  • Senator Tammy Duckworth official U.S. Senate website
  • Tammy Duckworth for Senate campaign website
  • Tammy Duckworth at Curlie
  • Appearances on C-SPAN
Political offices
Preceded by
Roy Dolgos
Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
2006–2009
Succeeded by
Daniel Grant
Preceded by Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
2009–2011
Succeeded by
Michael Galloucis
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 8th congressional district

2013–2017
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Illinois
(Class 3)

2016, 2022
Most recent
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Illinois
2017–present
Served alongside: Dick Durbin
Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas United States Senator from Indiana Order of precedence of the United States
as United States Senator from Illinois

since January 3, 2017
Succeeded byas United States Senator from Nevada
United States senators by seniority
68th
Succeeded by

tammy, duckworth, ladda, born, march, 1968, american, politician, retired, army, national, guard, lieutenant, colonel, serving, junior, united, states, senator, from, illinois, since, 2017, member, democratic, party, represented, illinois, congressional, distr. Ladda Tammy Duckworth 2 born March 12 1968 is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017 A member of the Democratic Party she represented Illinois s 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017 Tammy DuckworthOfficial portrait 2017United States Senatorfrom IllinoisIncumbentAssumed office January 3 2017Serving with Dick DurbinPreceded byMark KirkVice Chair of the Democratic National CommitteeIncumbentAssumed office January 21 2021Serving with Ken Martin Gretchen Whitmer and Henry R Munoz IIIChairJaime HarrisonPreceded byGrace MengMember of the U S House of Representatives from Illinois s 8th districtIn office January 3 2013 January 3 2017Preceded byJoe WalshSucceeded byRaja KrishnamoorthiAssistant Secretary of Veterans Affairsfor Public and Intergovernmental AffairsIn office April 24 2009 June 30 2011PresidentBarack ObamaPreceded byLisette M MondelloSucceeded byMichael GalloucisDirector of the Illinois Department of Veterans AffairsIn office November 21 2006 February 8 2009GovernorRod BlagojevichPat QuinnPreceded byRoy DolgosSucceeded byDaniel GrantPersonal detailsBornLadda Tammy Duckworth 1968 03 12 March 12 1968 age 55 Bangkok ThailandPolitical partyDemocraticSpouseBryan Bowlsbey m 1993 wbr Children2EducationUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa BA George Washington University MIA Northern Illinois University attended Capella University PhD SignatureWebsiteSenate websiteMilitary serviceAllegiance United StatesBranch service United States ArmyYears of service1992 2014RankLieutenant ColonelUnitIllinois Army National Guard106th Aviation Regiment 28th Infantry DivisionBattles warsIraq War WIA AwardsPurple HeartMeritorious Service MedalAir MedalArmy Commendation MedalCombat Action BadgeSenior Army Aviator BadgeDame Grand Cross First Class of the Order of the Crown of Thailand 1 Tammy Duckworth s voice source source Tammy Duckworth speaks on food insecurity among military familiesRecorded September 14 2022Born in Bangkok Thailand and raised in Honolulu Hawaii Duckworth was educated at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and George Washington University in Washington D C A combat veteran of the Iraq War she served as a U S Army helicopter pilot In 2004 when her Black Hawk helicopter was hit by a rocket propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents she lost both legs and some mobility in her right arm She was the first female double amputee from the war 3 Despite her injuries she was awarded a medical waiver to continue serving in the Illinois Army National Guard for another ten years until she retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2014 Duckworth ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2006 then served as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs from 2006 to 2009 and as assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs from 2009 to 2011 In 2012 Duckworth was elected to the U S House of Representatives where she served two terms She was elected to the U S Senate in 2016 defeating Republican incumbent Mark Kirk 4 Duckworth is the first Thai American woman elected to Congress the first person born in Thailand elected to Congress the first woman with a disability elected to Congress the first female double amputee in the Senate and the first senator to give birth while in office She is the second Asian American woman to serve in the Senate after Mazie Hirono 5 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Military service 3 Government service 4 U S House of Representatives 4 1 Elections 4 1 1 2006 4 1 2 2012 4 1 3 2014 4 2 Tenure 4 3 Committee assignments 5 U S Senate 5 1 Elections 5 1 1 2016 5 1 2 2022 5 2 Tenure 5 2 1 First term 2017 2023 5 2 2 Second term 2023 present 5 3 Committee assignments 5 3 1 Current 5 3 2 Previous 5 4 Caucus memberships 6 National politics 7 Political positions 7 1 Environment 7 2 Foreign policy 7 3 Gun control 7 4 Health policy 7 5 Immigration 8 Awards and accolades 9 Personal life 10 Electoral history 11 Bibliography 12 See also 13 References 14 External linksEarly life and educationDuckworth was born in Bangkok Thailand the daughter of an American living there at the time Franklin Duckworth and his wife Lamai Sompornpairin 6 Her father who died in 2005 7 was a veteran of the U S Army and U S Marine Corps 8 who traced his family s roots to the American Revolution 9 Duckworth is also descended from Henry Coe her 6th great grandfather who owned four slaves mentioned in freedom clauses of his 1827 will according to Duckworth although gut wrenching it s a disservice to our nation and our history to walk away from this fact If I am going to claim and be proud that I am a Daughter of the American Revolution then I have to acknowledge that I am also a daughter of people who enslaved other people 10 Her mother is Thai Chinese 11 and originally from Chiang Mai 12 Her father was a Baptist 13 who after his military service worked with the United Nations and international companies in refugee housing and development programs 14 As the family moved around Southeast Asia for her father s work Duckworth became fluent in Thai and Indonesian in addition to English 15 Duckworth attended American curriculum based schools Singapore American School the International School Bangkok and the Jakarta International School 16 17 The family moved to Honolulu Hawaii when Duckworth was 16 and she attended Honolulu s McKinley High School where she participated in track and field and graduated in 1985 18 Because of a difference in the grade levels between the school systems she attended Duckworth skipped half of her ninth grade year and half of her tenth 19 She was a Girl Scout and earned her First Class now called the Gold Award 20 Her father was unemployed for a time and the family relied on public assistance 14 She graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science In 1992 she received a Master of Arts in international affairs from George Washington University s Elliott School of International Affairs 21 22 Later Duckworth began a PhD program at Northern Illinois University with interests in public health and the politics of southeast Asia which was interrupted by her war service 23 She completed a PhD in human services at Capella University School of Public Service Leadership in March 2015 24 25 Her dissertation was titled Exploring Illinois physicians experience using electronic medical records EMR via the UTAUT model 25 Military service nbsp Captain Duckworth in 2000Following in the footsteps of her father who served in World War II and the Vietnam War 8 and ancestors who served in every major conflict since the Revolutionary War 9 Duckworth joined the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps 26 in 1990 as a graduate student at George Washington University 27 28 She became a commissioned officer in the United States Army Reserve in 1992 and chose to fly helicopters 26 because it was one of the few combat jobs open to women at that time 29 As a member of the Army Reserve she went to flight school later transferring to the Army National Guard and in 1996 entering the Illinois Army National Guard 26 Duckworth also worked as a staff supervisor at Rotary International headquarters in Evanston Illinois 30 31 and was the coordinator of the Center for Nursing Research at Northern Illinois University 32 Duckworth was working toward a Ph D in political science at Northern Illinois University with research interests in the political economy and public health of southeast Asia when she was deployed to Iraq in 2004 30 She lost her right leg near the hip and her left leg below the knee 33 from injuries sustained on November 12 2004 when the UH 60 Black Hawk helicopter she was co piloting was hit by a rocket propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents 34 She was the first American female double amputee from the Iraq War 3 The explosion severely broke her right arm and tore tissue from it necessitating major surgery to repair it Duckworth received a Purple Heart 34 on December 3 and was promoted to the rank of major on December 21 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center 35 where she was presented with an Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal 34 She retired from the Illinois Army National Guard in October 2014 as a lieutenant colonel 36 nbsp Duckworth with Senators Barack Obama and Daniel Akaka in 2005 at a Veterans Affairs hearingIn 2011 the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a statue with Duckworth s likeness and that of Molly Pitcher in Mount Vernon Illinois The statue is dedicated to female veterans 37 In 2019 Duckworth participated in the National Air and Space Museum s The Military Women Aviators Oral History Initiative MWAOHI project alongside fourteen other veteran women aviators including Olga Custodio Sarah Deal Stayce Harris Jeannie Leavitt Nicole Malachowski Sally Murply Tammie Shults Jacqueline Van Ovost Lucy Young and Kim K C Campbell 38 Government service nbsp Duckworth being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs by Judge John J Farley with her husband Bryan Bowlsbey beside herOn November 21 2006 several weeks after losing her first congressional campaign Duckworth was appointed director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs by Governor Rod Blagojevich 39 40 She served in that position until February 8 2009 While director she was credited with starting a program to help veterans with post traumatic stress disorder PTSD and veterans with brain injuries 41 On September 17 2008 Duckworth attended a campaign event for Dan Seals the Democratic candidate for Illinois s 10th congressional district She used vacation time but violated Illinois law by going to the event in a state owned van that was equipped for a person with physical disabilities She acknowledged the mistake and repaid the state for the use of the van 42 In 2009 two Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs employees at the Anna Veterans Home in Union County filed a lawsuit against Duckworth 43 The lawsuit alleged that she wrongfully terminated one employee and threatened and intimidated another for bringing reports of abuse and misconduct of veterans when she was head of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs 44 Duckworth was represented in the suit by the Illinois Attorney General s office 45 The case was dismissed twice but refilings were allowed 46 47 The case settled in June 2016 for 26 000 with no admission of wrongdoing 46 The plaintiffs later indicated they no longer wanted to settle but the judge gave them 21 days to sign the settlement and canceled the trial 48 49 On February 3 2009 President Barack Obama nominated Duckworth to be the Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs VA 50 and the United States Senate confirmed her for the position on April 22 51 As Assistant Secretary she coordinated a joint initiative with the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development to help end Veteran homelessness worked to address the unique challenges faced by female as well as Native American Veterans and created the Office of Online Communications to improve the VA s accessibility especially among young Veterans 52 Duckworth resigned her position in June 2011 in order to launch her campaign for the U S House of Representatives in Illinois s 8th congressional district 53 U S House of RepresentativesElections 2006 Main article 2006 Illinois s 6th congressional district election After longtime incumbent Republican Henry Hyde announced his retirement from Congress several candidates began campaigning for the open seat Duckworth won the Democratic primary with a plurality of 44 defeating 2004 nominee Christine Cegelis with 40 and Wheaton College professor Lindy Scott with 16 State Senator Peter Roskam was unopposed in the Republican primary For the general election Duckworth was endorsed by EMILY s List a political action committee that supports female Democratic candidates who back abortion rights 54 She was also endorsed by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Fraternal Order of Police 55 56 While she raised 4 5 million to Roskam s 3 44 million Duckworth lost by 4 810 votes receiving 49 to Roskam s 51 57 2012 See also 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois District 8 nbsp Duckworth as a U S representative during the 113th congressIn July 2011 Duckworth launched her campaign to run in 2012 for Illinois s 8th congressional district She defeated former Deputy Treasurer of Illinois Raja Krishnamoorthi for the Democratic nomination on March 20 2012 then faced incumbent Republican Joe Walsh in the general election 58 Duckworth received the endorsement of both the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Herald 59 60 Walsh generated controversy when in July 2012 at a campaign event he accused Duckworth of politicizing her military service and injuries saying my God that s all she talks about Our true heroes the men and women who served us it s the last thing in the world they talk about Walsh called the controversy over his comments a political ploy to distort my words and distract voters and said that Of course Tammy Duckworth is a hero I have called her a hero hundreds of times 61 On November 6 2012 Duckworth defeated Walsh 55 45 62 making her the first Asian American from Illinois in Congress 63 the first woman with a disability elected to Congress 64 and the first member of Congress born in Thailand 65 2014 See also 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois District 8 In the 2014 general election Duckworth faced Republican nominee Larry Kaifesh a United States Marine Corps officer who had recently left active duty as a colonel 66 She defeated him with 56 of the vote 67 Tenure Duckworth was sworn into office on January 3 2013 68 On April 3 2013 Duckworth publicly returned 8 4 1 218 of her congressional salary for that month to the United States Department of Treasury in solidarity with furloughed government workers 69 On June 26 2013 during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Duckworth received national media attention after questioning Strong Castle CEO Braulio Castillo on a 500 million government contract the company had been awarded based on Castillo s disabled veteran status 70 71 Castillo had injured his ankle at the US Military Academy s prep school USMAPS in 1984 72 Committee assignments Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces 2013 2017 Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 2013 2015 Subcommittee on Readiness 2015 2017 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy Health Care and Entitlements 2013 2015 Subcommittee on Economic Growth Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs 2013 2015 Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets Ranking Member 2015 2017 Subcommittee on Information Technology 2015 2017 United States House Select Committee on Benghazi May 2014 July 2016 U S SenateElections 2016 Main article 2016 United States Senate election in Illinois On March 30 2015 Duckworth announced that she would challenge incumbent Republican U S Senator Mark Kirk in the 2016 Senate election in Illinois 73 She defeated Andrea Zopp and Napoleon Harris in the March 15 2016 Democratic primary 74 During a televised debate on October 27 2016 Duckworth talked about her ancestors past service in the U S military Kirk responded I d forgotten that your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington This led the Human Rights Campaign to rescind its endorsement of Kirk and switch it to Duckworth calling Kirk s comment deeply offensive and racist 75 76 Duckworth was endorsed by Barack Obama who actively campaigned for her 77 On November 8 Duckworth defeated Kirk 55 to 40 78 She and Kamala Harris who was also elected in 2016 are the second and third female Asian American senators after Mazie Hirono who was elected in 2012 4 2022 Main article 2022 United States Senate election in Illinois In March 2021 Duckworth announced her candidacy for reelection in 2022 79 On November 8 2022 she was reelected defeating Republican nominee Kathy Salvi 80 The win made Duckworth the first woman reelected to the Senate from Illinois 81 Tenure nbsp Senate Diversity Initiative in support of diversity in the Senate and its staff June 21 2017First term 2017 2023 According to The Center for Effective Lawmaking CEL a joint partnership between the University of Virginia s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and Vanderbilt University 82 Duckworth s Legislative Effectiveness Score LES is Exceeds Expectations as a freshman senator in the 115th Congress 2017 18 the 11th highest out of 48 Democratic senators 83 GovTrack s Report Card on Duckworth for the 115th Congress found that among Senate freshmen she ranked first in favorably reporting bills out of committee and Got influential cosponsors the most often compared to Senate freshmen 84 GovTrack also found that in the first session of the 116th Congress Duckworth ranked first in favorably reporting bills out of committee and Got influential cosponsors the most often compared to Senate sophomores 85 During the 115th Congress Duckworth was credited with saving the Americans with Disabilities Act 86 Specifically she led public opposition to a controversial bill H R 620 87 and led 42 senators in pledging to oppose any effort to pass H R 620 through the Senate 88 The Veterans Service Organization and Paralyzed Veterans of America recognized Duckworth s leadership in defending the Americans with Disabilities Act 89 In January 2018 when the federal government shut down after the Senate could not agree on a funding bill Duckworth responded to President Trump s accusations that the Democrats were putting unlawful immigrants ahead of the military I spent my entire adult life looking out for the well being the training the equipping of the troops for whom I was responsible Sadly this is something that the current occupant of the Oval Office does not seem to care to do and I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five deferment draft dodger And I have a message for Cadet Bone Spurs If you cared about our military you d stop baiting Kim Jong Un into a war that could put 85 000 American troops and millions of innocent civilians in danger 90 nbsp Stop Kavanaugh press conference on September 6 2018In 2018 Duckworth became the first U S senator to give birth while in office 91 Shortly afterward the Senate passed Senate Resolution 463 which she introduced on April 12 2018 92 by unanimous consent The resolution changed Senate rules so that a senator may bring a child under one year old to the Senate floor during votes 93 The day after the rules were changed Duckworth s daughter became the first baby on the Senate floor 92 94 On April 15 2020 the Trump administration invited Duckworth to join a bipartisan task force on the reopening of the economy amid the COVID 19 pandemic 95 Duckworth was publicly critical of Trump s decision to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in September 2020 A devout Catholic Barrett is a member of a group that considers in vitro fertilization immoral Duckworth said that Barrett s membership in such an organization was disqualifying and frankly insulting to every parent Both of Duckworth s children were conceived by IVF 96 The Center for Effective Lawmaking a joint initiative of the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University ranked Duckworth the fifth most effective Democratic senator in the 116th Congress and the most effective Democratic senator on transportation policy 97 Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman co directors of the Center for Effective Lawmaking said While still in her first term Senator Tammy Duckworth has risen to the top five among effective Democratic lawmakers in the Senate She sponsored 77 bills in the 116th Congress with four of them passing the Republican controlled Senate and two becoming law 98 On January 3 2021 Duckworth received a vote for Speaker of the House of Representatives from Jared Golden despite not being a member of that legislative body and therefore not a serious candidate 99 Duckworth was participating in the certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count when Trump supporters stormed the U S Capitol In the wake of the attack she called Trump a threat to our nation and called for his immediate removal from office through the invocation of the Twenty fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution or impeachment 100 Two days later on January 8 she also called for the resignation of Representative Mary Miller who had quoted Adolf Hitler during a speech on January 5 101 In June 2022 President Biden sent Duckworth to Taiwan where she held a press conference with Tsai Ing wen to announce the U S Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade in the wake of fears of angering China by the other partners to the May 2022 Indo Pacific Economic Framework 102 103 Her mission was planned in conjunction with the Office of the United States Trade Representative which leads the Initiative for Washington 103 Duckworth is the sponsor of S 3635 the Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022 which would provide line of duty death designation to law enforcement and other public safety officers who die as a result of traumatic brain injury PTSD and other silent injuries 104 The bill is based on the death of Washington D C police officer Jeffrey Smith in the aftermath of the January 6 2021 Capitol attack Smith died of post concussive syndrome after suffering repeated attacks at the Capitol 105 106 Second term 2023 present In February 2023 Duckworth was named chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Safety Operations and Innovation of the Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation 107 She and Deb Fischer sponsored a bill to improve reporting on complaints from disabled airline passengers 108 In June 2023 Duckworth criticized Senator Kyrsten Sinema for proposing legislation to limit the amount of time an airplane pilot needs to train for certification 109 Committee assignments Current Committee on Armed Services 2019 present Subcommittee on Airland Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Operations Safety and Security chair Subcommittee on Communications Technology Innovation and the Internet Subcommittee on Consumer Protection Product Safety Insurance and Data Security Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure Safety and Security Committee on Foreign Relations 2023 present Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development Multilateral Institutions and International Economic Energy and Environmental Policy chair Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee on East Asia The Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipPrevious Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 2017 2019 Committee on Environment and Public Works 2017 2023 Caucus memberships Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus 110 Expand Social Security Caucus Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus 111 National politicsDuckworth spoke at the 2008 2012 2016 and 2020 Democratic National Conventions 112 113 114 She was the permanent co chair of the 2020 Democratic National Convention 115 At the 2020 convention she called Trump coward in chief for not supporting the American military 116 117 Duckworth was vetted as a possible running mate during Joe Biden s vice presidential candidate selection 118 Kamala Harris was selected instead Biden nominated Duckworth as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee along with Gretchen Whitmer Keisha Lance Bottoms and Filemon Vela Jr 119 Political positionsEnvironment In April 2019 Duckworth was one of 12 senators to sign a bipartisan letter to top senators on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development advocating that the Energy Department be granted maximum funding for carbon capture utilization and storage CCUS arguing that American job growth could be stimulated by investment in viable options to capture carbon emissions and expressing disagreement with Trump s 2020 budget request to combine the two federal programs that include carbon capture research 120 Foreign policy nbsp Duckworth narrates the Salute to Fallen Asian Pacific Islander Heroes in Arlington Virginia June 2 2005 During her unsuccessful 2006 congressional campaign Duckworth called on Congress to audit the estimated 437 billion spent on overseas military and foreign aid since September 11 2001 121 On September 30 2006 Duckworth gave the Democratic Party s response to President George W Bush s weekly radio address In it she criticized Bush s Iraq War strategy 122 In October 2006 The Sunday Times reported that Duckworth agreed with General Sir Richard Dannatt the British Army chief that the presence of coalition troops was exacerbating the conflict in Iraq 123 Duckworth supports continued U S military aid to Israel and opposes the movement for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions BDS against Israel She opposes Israel s plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank 124 In May 2019 Duckworth was a cosponsor of the South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act 125 a bipartisan bill reintroduced by Marco Rubio and Ben Cardin that was intended to disrupt China s consolidation or expansion of its claims of jurisdiction over both the sea and air space in disputed zones in the South China Sea 126 On June 6 2021 Duckworth and Senators Dan Sullivan and Christopher Coons visited Taipei in an U S Air Force C 17 Globemaster III transport to meet President Tsai Ing wen and Minister Joseph Wu during the pandemic outbreak of Taiwan to announce President Biden s donation plan of 750 000 COVID 19 vaccines included in the global COVAX program 127 128 Gun control Duckworth was rated by the National Rifle Association of America as having a pro gun control congressional voting record 129 A gun owner herself she cites violence in Chicago as a major influence for her support of gun control She supports universal background checks the halting of state to state gun trafficking 130 and a national assault weapons ban 131 Duckworth participated in the 2016 Chris Murphy gun control filibuster During the 2016 United States House of Representatives sit in she hid her mobile phone in her prosthetic leg to prevent it being taken away from her since taking pictures and recording on the House floor is against policy 130 In a 2016 interview with GQ magazine Duckworth said that gaining control of the Senate and closing the gap in the House would be necessary to pass firearm restrictions She also said she believed that moderate Republicans who support gun control would have more power if they were not pushed aside by those folks who are absolutely beholden to the NRA And so we never get the vote 130 Health policy Duckworth supports abortion rights 132 133 After Roe v Wade was overturned in 2022 she said she was outraged and horrified and called the decision a nightmare that robbed women of their right to make health care decisions 134 Duckworth supported the Affordable Care Act 135 Immigration Duckworth supports comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for those in the country illegally She would admit 100 000 Syrian refugees into the United States 135 In August 2018 Duckworth was one of 17 senators to sign a letter spearheaded by Kamala Harris to United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen demanding that the Trump administration take immediate action in attempting to reunite 539 migrant children with their families citing each passing day of inaction as intensifying trauma that this administration has needlessly caused for children and their families seeking humanitarian protection 136 Awards and accoladesIn May 2010 Northern Illinois University awarded Duckworth the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters 137 138 In 2011 Chicago s Access Living honored her for her work on behalf of veterans with disabilities giving her the Gordon H Mansfield Congressional Leadership Award 139 Duckworth is heavily decorated for her service in Iraq with over 10 distinct military honors most notably the Purple Heart an award her Marine father had also received 34 In 2010 she was inducted into the Army Women s hall of fame 140 Former Republican presidential candidate and U S senator Bob Dole dedicated his autobiography One Soldier s Story in part to Duckworth 141 Duckworth credits Dole for inspiring her to pursue public service while she recuperated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center 142 Personal lifeDuckworth has been married to Bryan Bowlsbey since 1993 143 They met during Duckworth s participation in the Reserve Officers Training Corps and served together in the Illinois Army National Guard 143 A Signal Corps officer Bowlsbey is also a veteran of the Iraq War 143 144 Both have since retired from the armed forces 145 Duckworth and Bowlsbey have two daughters Abigail born in 2014 146 and Maile born in 2018 147 Maile s birth made Duckworth the first U S senator to give birth while in office 147 148 Former Senator Daniel Akaka helped the couple name both girls Akaka died on April 6 2018 three days before Maile was born 149 Shortly after Maile s birth a Senate rule change permitted senators to bring children under one year old on the Senate floor to breastfeed 92 This was a symbolic moment for Duckworth as she had previously introduced the bipartisan Friendly Airports for Mothers FAM Act to ensure new mothers access to safe clean and accessible lactation rooms in airports 52 The day after the rule change Duckworth brought Maile with her during the casting of a Senate vote making Duckworth the first senator to cast a vote while holding a baby 92 94 Duckworth helped establish the Intrepid Foundation to help injured veterans 150 Electoral historyIllinois 6th Congressional District Democratic Primary 2006 151 Party Candidate Votes Democratic L Tammy Duckworth 14 283 43 85Democratic Christine Cegelis 13 159 40 40Democratic Lindy Scott 5 133 15 76Total votes 32 575 100 0Illinois 6th Congressional District General Election 2006 152 Party Candidate Votes Republican Peter J Roskam 91 382 51 35Democratic L Tammy Duckworth 86 572 48 65Write in votes Patricia Elaine Beard 3 0 00Total votes 177 957 100 0Illinois 8th Congressional District Democratic Primary 2012 153 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tammy Duckworth 17 097 66 18Democratic Raja Krishnamoorthi 8 736 33 82Total votes 25 833 100 0Illinois 8th Congressional District General Election 2012 154 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tammy Duckworth 123 206 54 74Republican Joe Walsh incumbent 101 860 45 26Total votes 225 066 100 0Illinois 8th Congressional District General Election 2014 155 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tammy Duckworth incumbent 84 178 55 73Republican Larry Kaifesh 66 878 44 27Total votes 151 056 100 0Illinois U S Senator Class III Democratic Primary 2016 156 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tammy Duckworth 1 220 128 64 38Democratic Andrea Zopp 455 729 24 05Democratic Napoleon Harris 219 286 11 57Democratic Patricia Elaine Beard 1 0 00Total votes 1 895 144 100 0Illinois U S Senator Class III General Election 2016 157 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tammy Duckworth 3 012 940 54 86Republican Mark Steven Kirk incumbent 2 184 692 39 78Libertarian Kenton McMillen 175 988 3 20Green Scott Summers 117 619 2 14Write in votes Chad Koppie 408 0 01Write in votes Jim Brown 106 0 00Write in votes Christopher Aguayo 77 0 00Write in votes Susana Sandoval 42 0 00Write in votes Eric Kufi James Stewart 5 0 00Write in votes Patricia Beard 1 0 00Total votes 5 491 878 100 0Illinois U S Senator Class III General Election 2022 158 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tammy Duckworth incumbent 2 329 136 56 82Republican Kathy Salvi 1 701 055 41 50Libertarian Bill Redpath 68 671 1 68Write in votes Lowell Martin Seida 23 0 00Write in votes Connor Vlakancic 11 0 00Total votes 4 098 896 100 0BibliographyExternal videos nbsp After Words interview with Duckworth on Every Day Is a Gift April 10 2021 C SPANEvery Day is a Gift A Memoir Little Brown amp Company 2021 See alsoList of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress List of United States senators born outside the United States Women in the United States House of Representatives Women in the United States SenateReferences prakassanknaykrthmntri eruxng phrarachthanekhruxngrachxisriyaphrnihaekchawtangpraeths 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who are off to a promising start in their first two years scoring in our Exceeds Expectations category in their first term in office Research suggests that performance in a lawmaker s freshman term is highly correlated with subsequent lawmaking effectiveness as well as with their overall career trajectory Among them are two Senators out of the eleven Senators in their freshman class John Kennedy of Louisiana and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois Kennedy sponsored 26 bills including four that passed the Senate and eventually became law on issues ranging from national flood insurance and small business disaster loans to mandatory disclosure of corrupt practices among lobbyists Duckworth shepherded three of her 45 proposed bills into law including the Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2018 Sen Tammy Duckworth s 2018 Report Card GovTrack Retrieved July 12 2020 Sen Tammy Duckworth s 2019 Report Card GovTrack Retrieved July 12 2020 Powell Robyn April 3 2018 Sen Tammy Duckworth Saves the 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CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE LAWMAKING S MOST EFFECTIVE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS duckworth senate gov March 11 2021 Lillis Mike Wong Scott January 3 2021 Pelosi wins Speakership for fourth time in dramatic vote The Hill Retrieved January 4 2021 Bremer Shelby January 8 2021 16 Members of Congress From Illinois Support Trump s Removal From Office NBC Chicago Retrieved January 9 2021 Kapos Shia January 8 2021 Freshman lawmaker hit with colleagues fury after Hitler comments POLITICO Retrieved January 9 2021 China angered by Taiwan US trade talks DW News YouTube June 3 2022 a b U S Taiwan to launch trade talks after island excluded from Indo Pacific group Reuters June 1 2022 Duckworth Tammy June 14 2022 All Info S 3635 117th Congress 2021 2022 Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022 www congress gov Retrieved June 20 2022 Duckworth Tammy March 30 2022 Tweet Twitter Retrieved June 20 2022 Exclusive Widow of D C police officer Jeff Smith who died by suicide says battling rioters on Jan 6 www duckworth senate gov Retrieved June 20 2022 Lynch Kerry February 6 2023 Duckworth Takes Helm of Senate Aviation Panel Aviation International News Retrieved March 14 2023 Wichter Zach February 14 2023 Senate bill would require more detailed reporting on complaints from disabled travelers USA Today Retrieved March 14 2023 Tammy Duckworth hits Kyrsten Sinema for pilot proposal Blood on your hands June 16 2023 Members Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Retrieved May 17 2018 Bipartisan Group of Senators Launches Whistleblower Protection Caucus National Whistleblower Center Retrieved June 20 2022 Conventions 2008 the Democrats The Washington Post Retrieved August 26 2008 Burns Alexander August 21 2012 Ledbetter Baldwin Longoria to address Dem convention Politico Retrieved August 22 2012 Pearson Rick September 4 2012 Duckworth touts Obama record at DNC convention articles chicagotribune com Retrieved November 12 2014 Democratic National Convention Announces 2020 Convention Officers Schedule of Events 2020 Democratic National Convention July 30 2020 Archived from the original on August 4 2020 Retrieved August 3 2020 Carney Jordain August 20 2020 Duckworth blasts Trump as coward in chief The Hill Retrieved August 21 2020 Tammy Duckworth August 20 2020 Duckworth calls Trump coward in chief Politico Event occurs at 2 07 Retrieved August 21 2020 Reston Maeve August 2 2020 Top Biden VP contenders face sexist tropes intense scrutiny in final stretch CNN Dan Merica Jeff Zeleny and Kate Sullivan January 14 2021 Biden names Jaime Harrison as his pick for DNC chair CNN Green Miranda April 5 2019 Bipartisan senators want highest possible funding for carbon capture technology The Hill Pat Corcoran August 17 2006 Duckworth calls for investigation of foreign spending since 9 11 Northbrook Star Archived from the original on August 21 2006 Biemer John October 1 2006 Duckworth Bush has slogans not strategies on Iraq Chicago Tribune Retrieved May 9 2016 Baxter Sarah October 22 2006 War heroine leads Democrat charge The Sunday Times Illinois s Jewish community praises VP contender Tammy Duckworth Jewish Insider July 29 2020 S 1634 A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the People s Republic of China in relation to activities in the South China Sea and the East China Sea and for other purposes Congress gov 116th United States Congress May 23 2019 Archived from the original on April 24 2020 Retrieved June 28 2020 Ghosh Nirmal May 24 2019 US Bill reintroduced to deter China in South China East China seas The Straits Times Blanchard Ben June 6 2021 U S boosts Taiwan s COVID 19 fight with vaccines as senators visit Reuters Taipei Archived from the original on June 6 2021 Retrieved June 6 2021 Taijing Wu Zen Soo June 6 2021 US senators promise vaccines for Taiwan amid China row The Washington Post Associated Press Archived from the original on June 6 2021 Retrieved June 6 2021 Tammy Duckworth on Gun Control On The Issues Archived from the original on July 6 2022 Retrieved October 4 2017 a b c Nelson Rebecca September 29 2016 The Dark Humor of Tammy Duckworth Iraq War Hero and Gun Control Advocate GQ Retrieved October 4 2017 Senate Democrats face new pressure to pass assault weapons ban July 8 2022 Archived from the original on July 8 2022 Retrieved August 7 2022 Slevin Peter February 19 2006 After War Injury an Iraq Vet Takes on Politics The Washington Post Retrieved July 20 2015 Pathe Simone August 25 2015 Another Democrat Gets in Race to Replace Duckworth Roll Call Retrieved May 9 2016 Duckworth Tammy I am outraged and horrified this outcome is a nightmare that robs women of their right to make their own choices about their healthcare and their bodies and it paves the way for a nationwide abortion ban that Republicans have been seeking for decades Twitter Retrieved June 24 2022 a b Skiba Katherine March 3 2016 Duckworth s rebound paved by help from Democrats in high places Chicago Tribune Retrieved May 9 2016 Weixel Nathaniel August 15 2018 Senate Dems demand immediate reunification of remaining separated children The Hill NIU to award honorary degree to a true American hero Northern Illinois University Archived from the original on June 6 2011 Retrieved August 29 2010 Honorary Degrees Recipients NIU Division of Academic Affairs Northern Illinois University Meyer Karen June 19 2007 Duckworth to be honored for commitment to disabled veterans ABC 7 Chicago Archived from the original on June 4 2011 Retrieved November 12 2014 Hemmerly Brown Alexandra March 18 2010 Duckworth Vaught inducted into Army Women s Foundation hall of fame U S Army Retrieved November 12 2023 Sneed Michael August 20 2006 Did you know Chicago Sun Times Biemer John September 29 2006 Dole makes it clear He backs Roskam over Duckworth Chicago Tribune Retrieved October 20 2006 a b c Fergus Mary Ann June 29 2007 Duckworth on homefront as husband off to war Chicago Tribune Chicago IL Brown Mark February 14 2007 Duckworth s husband Iraq bound Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on February 24 2007 Retrieved March 27 2007 Laviola Erin August 20 2020 Tammy Duckworth s Husband Bryan Bowlsbey 5 Fast Facts Heavy com New York NY Skiba Katherine November 20 2014 Rep Tammy Duckworth gives birth to daughter Chicago Tribune Retrieved May 9 2016 a b Anapol Avery April 9 2018 Duckworth gives birth to baby girl TheHill Retrieved April 9 2018 Stevens Heidi January 24 2018 Tammy Duckworth expecting 2nd child will be 1st sitting senator to give birth chicagotribune com Retrieved January 23 2018 Stack Liam April 9 2018 Tammy Duckworth Becomes First U S Senator to Give Birth While in Office The New York Times Retrieved April 10 2018 Haglund Alex June 27 2011 Duckworth Pitcher honored along with all women veterans in Mt Vernon Advocate Press Archived from the original on January 24 2018 Retrieved February 5 2016 Election Results 2006 General Primary Illinois State Board of Elections Archived from the original on March 13 2021 Retrieved November 6 2019 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