{{short description|American politician (born 1939)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Judy Robson | image = Sen. Robson (3523303566).jpg | caption = Robson in 2009 | office = Majority Leader of the {{nowrap|[[Wisconsin Senate]]}} | term_start = January 1, 2007 | term_end = October 24, 2007 | predecessor = [[Dale Schultz]] | successor = [[Russ Decker]] | office1 = Minority Leader of the {{nowrap|[[Wisconsin Senate]]}} | term_start1 = January 3, 2005 | term_end1 = January 1, 2007 | predecessor1 = [[Jon Erpenbach]] | successor1 = [[Scott Fitzgerald (politician)|Scott Fitzgerald]] | state2 = Wisconsin | state_senate2 = Wisconsin | district2 = [[Wisconsin's 15th Senate district|15th]] | term_start2 = January 4, 1999 | term_end2 = January 3, 2011 | predecessor2 = [[Timothy Weeden]] | successor2 = [[Timothy Cullen]] | state_assembly3 = Wisconsin | district3 = [[Wisconsin's 45th Assembly district|45th]] | term_start3 = June 17, 1987 | term_end3 = January 4, 1999 | predecessor3 = Timothy Weeden | successor3 = [[Dan Schooff]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|11|21}} | birth_place = [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], U.S. | spouse = | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list | [[St. John's College, Cleveland|St. John's College]] ([[Bachelor of Science in Nursing|BSN]]) | [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]]) }} | profession = [[Registered Nurse]] | website = }} '''Judith Biros Robson''' (born November 21, 1939) is a retired American [[nurse]], nursing instructor, and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician from [[Beloit, Wisconsin]]. She served 12 years in the [[Wisconsin Senate]] and 12 years in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]], representing [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]. She was the first female Democratic Senate majority leader in Wisconsin history.
==Biography== Robson was born in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], and now lives in [[Beloit, Wisconsin]]. She received a [[Bachelor of Science in Nursing|B.S.N.]] degree from [[St. John's College, Cleveland|St. John's College]] in Cleveland, and a [[Master of Science|master's degree]] from the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in 1976.<ref>[http://www.son.wisc.edu/alumni/nao/newsletters/NAO0800.pdf ''NAO''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828002347/http://www.son.wisc.edu/alumni/nao/newsletters/NAO0800.pdf |date=2006-08-28 }}, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing. Fall 2000, p. 8.</ref> She is a [[registered nurse]]. Before being elected to public office, Robson worked as a nurse and as an instructor, primarily at [[Blackhawk Technical College]].<ref name="wihist">{{cite web|url= https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS12408 |title= Robson, Judith Biros |website=[[Wisconsin Historical Society]] |date= 8 August 2017 |access-date= March 9, 2021 }}</ref>
Robson was elected to the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] 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 [[Wisconsin Senate]] 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.<ref>[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen15/sen15.html Robson's State Senate website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804090814/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen15/sen15.html |date=2004-08-04 }}</ref> The day after passage of the 2007-2008 state budget, the Senate Democratic Caucus elected [[Russ Decker]] to replace Robson as Majority Leader.<ref>[http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=10/24/2007&id=30933 JS Online: NewsWatch<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026031506/http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=10%2F24%2F2007&id=30933 |date=2007-10-26 }}</ref>
Robson did not seek reelection in 2010<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=183436 |title=Sen. Robson: Grateful to have served |access-date=2010-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716135721/http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=183436 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was succeeded by [[Timothy Cullen]], 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
==Further reading== * {{cite journal |title=Wisconsin's 'Nurse Legislator' |first=Jessie |last=Gibbons |publisher=Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |year=2021 |journal=Wisconsin History Project |volume=3 |issue=3}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{CongLinks |votesmart= 3537 }} *[https://archive.today/20121224142017/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen15/ Wisconsin State Legislature - Senator Judy Robson] '''official WI Senate website''' *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=3537 Project Vote Smart - Senator Judith Biros 'Judy' Robson (WI)] profile *''Follow the Money'' - Judy Robson **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200648&c=427654 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200448&c=411285 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200248&c=32097 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200048&c=386823 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=199848&c=384880 1998] campaign contributions *[http://www.wisdc.org/sen15.php Wisconsin Democracy Campaign - Judy Robson] campaign contributions
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