When I came to Congress, I came to bring what I thought was a real-world business perspective to government because, in the business world, I spent over 20 years in the high-tech industry, but it certainly was not unique.

She defeated McSweeney 51% to 44%. They lived in an adjoining district for her entire time in Congress. Melissa Luburich Bean (Serbian Cyrillic: Мелиса Бин Лубурић) (born January 22 1962) is an American politician who was the U.

S. Bean who is of Serb origin is a member of the Democratic Party. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2011.