Walter W. Dudycz[a] (born March 11, 1950) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Illinois Senate from 1985 until 2003.
Dudycz, a Ukrainian American was born in Chicago to a janitor mother and a factory worker father.
[1] Dudycz was a veteran of the United States Army and served during the Vietnam War.
[4] In 1990, Dudycz ran for the United States House of Representatives against longtime Democratic incumbent Frank Annunzio, but lost.
[5] During the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Dudycz ran to be a delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention from Illinois's 9th congressional district for the presidential campaign of former Governor Mitt Romney.