Judith Biros Robson (born November 21, 1939) is a retired American

nurse Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

, nursing instructor, and Democratic politician from

Beloit, Wisconsin Beloit ( ) is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 36,657 people. Beloit is a principal city of the Janesville, Wisconsin, Janesville–Beloit metropolitan statistical area (Rock Co ...

. She served 12 years in the

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and 12 years in the

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, representing Rock County. She was the first female Democratic Senate majority leader in Wisconsin history.

Biography

Robson was born in

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border ...

, and now lives in

. She received a B.S.N. degree from St. John's College in Cleveland, and a

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from the

University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...

in 1976. She is a

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. Before being elected to public office, Robson worked as a nurse and as an instructor, primarily at Blackhawk Technical College. Robson was elected to the

in June 1987 in a special election to replace Timothy Weeden (who had been elected to the state Senate). She was reelected to her seat several times and served in that house until 1999. In 1998, she was elected to the

and reelected in 2002. Robson was selected by her peers to be the Senate Democratic leader in 2005. She was reelected in 2006 and became the Majority Leader of the Wisconsin State Senate in 2007 following the Democratic takeover of the Senate in the 2006 elections. The day after passage of the 2007-2008 state budget, the Senate Democratic Caucus elected

Russ Decker Russell S. Decker (born May 25, 1953) is a retired Americans, American bricklayer and former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician. He served 20 years in the Wisconsin State Senate (1991–2011) and was majority leader from ...

to replace Robson as Majority Leader. Robson did not seek reelection in 2010 and was succeeded by

Timothy Cullen Timothy Francis Cullen (February 25, 1944 – December 23, 2024) was an American Democratic politician from Janesville, Wisconsin. He was the majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate from 1982 to 1987; he served a total of 16 years in the stat ...

, who had held the senate seat prior to Tim Weeden.

Committee assignments

* Committee for review of Administrative Rules * Joint committee for review of Administrative Rules * Committee on Education, Ethics and Elections * Committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care * Special Committee on Improving Wisconsin's Fiscal Management * Special Committee on The Public Health System's Response to Terrorism and Public Health Emergencies (chair) * Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation * Women's Council

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Wisconsin State Legislature - Senator Judy Robson
official WI Senate website
Project Vote Smart - Senator Judith Biros 'Judy' Robson (WI)
profile *''Follow the Money'' - Judy Robson
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Wisconsin Democracy Campaign - Judy Robson
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Biography

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