About Senator Myers

Judy Myers has represented the 53^rd District in the Illinois Senate since 1997. 

Prior to becoming a State Senator, Senator Myers served as the Recorder of Vermilion County from 1980 to1997. 

Senator Myers has served in numerous roles in a variety of organizations including: the Vermilion County Republican Central Committee; Vice President, Republican Women’s Club; President, Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders; President, Zone III Association of County Clerks and Recorders; and as a member of the Legislative Committee of the Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders.

Throughout her tenure in the State Senate, she has sponsored legislation to help the farm economy through loan cooperatives, expand the crime victim and witness notification system, aid victims of domestic violence, ban telephone companies’ practice of switching or adding unwanted services, extend the sales tax credit on ethanol use, allow women to have OB-GYN doctors as primary care physicians, make health insurance policies cover preventative measures, expand corn-to-ethanol research and double the state’s personal income tax exemption.

Senator Myers’ community activities have included involvement with Leadership Danville, Government Day, the United Way, Danville Rotary Club, and the Business and Professional Women’s Club. Myers was also the Founding President of the Danville Boys and Girls Club.

Senator Myers has been honored by several organizations as an outstanding legislator and was the first recipient of the Athena Award for "Woman of the Year" in 1992.

Senator Myers is married, has five children and five grandchildren.

A letter from Senator Myers;

I would like to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Judith A. Myers, and I have served the 53rd legislative district as senator since 1997. I have lived in East Central Illinois most of my life, and I have served as a public official since 1980. Outside of my public life, I am a proud mother of five and grandmother of four. I am a member of St. James United Methodist Church in Danville. My husband Mel and I have owned Depke Gasses and Welding Supplies in Danville and Urbana since 1977. And, in our free time, my husband and I enjoy riding our 1999 Harley-Davidson Road King Classic. In the Senate I serve as the vice-chairman of the Executive Appointments Committee, and I am a ranking member of the Agriculture and Conservation, and Local Government committees. I have worked to expand the crime victim and witness notification system, to aid victims of domestic violence, to allow women to have OB-GYN doctors as primary care physicians, to require that insurance policies cover preventative measures, to increase penalties for tampering with anhydrous ammonia tanks, to ban telephone companies' practice of adding unwanted services, to create cooperative high schools, and to double Illinois' personal income tax exemption.