{"id":202308,"date":"2026-02-23T17:31:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=202308"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:34:02","slug":"first-serbian-woman-us-congresswoman-returns-to-politics-melissa-luburic-bean-announced-candidacy-and-prepared-for-guests-spinach-pie-and-cheese-pie-video-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/first-serbian-woman-us-congresswoman-returns-to-politics-melissa-luburic-bean-announced-candidacy-and-prepared-for-guests-spinach-pie-and-cheese-pie-video-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST SERBIAN WOMAN US CONGRESSWOMAN RETURNS TO POLITICS! Melissa Luburic Bean announced candidacy and prepared for guests \u2013 spinach pie and cheese pie! (VIDEO + PHOTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Melissa Luburich Bean (62) is the first Serbian woman elected to the US Congress, and she was elected three times, making her the most successful woman of our origin in American politics. She spent 6 years in Congress, between 2005 and 2011, after which she retired from politics and dedicated herself to family and business.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, this lady born in a Chicago suburb is returning to the political arena, again as a candidate in the 8th Congressional District in Illinois, in the elections being held in November of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1431437241949243%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=357&#038;t=0\" width=\"357\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>And judging by the enthusiasm and energy with which she presented her program today at the Serbian club-restaurant &#8220;220 Venue&#8221; in Chicago \u2013 there is a great chance that the Serbian community will again have one of its own in the American Congress!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1676176730409281%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=357&#038;t=0\" width=\"357\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>When she first won the elections in 2004, Melissa, as a member of the Democratic Party, was an absolute outsider, given that her 8th District in the state of Illinois was considered dominantly Republican.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F897337713285218%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=357&#038;t=0\" width=\"357\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>In this regard, we asked her if she is preparing a new surprise for this year&#8217;s elections\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-The situation has changed in the meantime, now Democrats in my area have more voters, so I hope that with their help and, of course, the support of my Serbian community, which is numerous in my district, I will manage to win the elections and again be the representative of my people in Washington, where all major political decisions are made, emphasized Melissa Luburich Bean for Serbian Times (<strong>read and watch the full interview soon on the <a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Serbian Times website<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCS_ysoSEeeQwLLKUMVT2izQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Serbian News USA YouTube channel<\/a>!<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In front of numerous guests, representatives of several generations of Serbian immigration, Melissa showed political but also culinary skills, as she served the guests two types of pie, spinach pie and cheese pie, which she personally made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F943604854674188%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=357&#038;t=0\" width=\"357\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1468912944585878%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=357&#038;t=0\" width=\"357\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>If the applause with which the guests at her promotion accepted her ideas is any indication, as well as the speed with which they emptied the platters of her specialties, a successful political autumn lies ahead for Melissa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author \/ Photo \/ Video:<\/strong> Antonije Kova\u010devi\u0107<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/celebration-in-the-serbian-church-in-chicago-metropolitan-served-the-feast-liturgy-then-promoted-the-priest-to-the-rank-of-archpriest-photo-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CELEBRATION IN THE SERBIAN CHURCH IN CHICAGO: Metropolitan served the feast liturgy, then promoted the priest to the rank of archpriest! (PHOTO GALLERY)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/masked-men-broke-in-the-middle-of-the-night-serbian-church-near-pristina-burglarized-thieves-took-believers-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MASKED MEN BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT: Serbian church near Pristina burglarized, thieves took believers\u2019 donations!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/vow-fulfilled-after-eight-decades-family-found-the-grave-of-a-serb-16-who-died-in-a-norwegian-death-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">VOW FULFILLED AFTER EIGHT DECADES: Family found the grave of a Serb (16) who died in a Norwegian death camp!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/teslas-last-refuge-revealed-long-island-house-hides-many-secrets-of-the-genius-scientist-photo-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TESLA\u2019S LAST REFUGE REVEALED: Long Island house hides many secrets of the genius scientist (PHOTO GALLERY)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Luburich Bean (62) is the first Serbian woman elected to the US Congress, and she was elected three times, making her the most successful woman of our origin in American politics. She spent 6 years in Congress, between 2005 and 2011, after which she retired from politics and dedicated herself to family and business. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":202309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1778,11456,11457,11458,11459,11460],"class_list":["post-202308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora","tag-cikago","tag-izbori-2026","tag-melissa-bean-kandidat-za-kongresmena","tag-melissa-luburich-bean","tag-srpkinja-u-americkoj-politici","tag-srpkinja-u-kongresu-sad","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202383,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202308\/revisions\/202383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}