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Tammy Duckworth

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 12, 1968 in Bangkok, Thailand

Education:

  • University of Hawaii, B.A., 1989
  • George Washington University, M.A. (internaitonal affairs), 1992
  • Capella University, Ph.D., 2015

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1991-1996 (helicopter pilot)
  • IL Army National Guard, 1996-2014 (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
  • Awarded the Purple Heart

Career:

  • Manager of Rotary International, Asia Pacific region, 2003-2004
  • IL Veterans Affairs Dept., 2006-2009
  • U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept., 2009-2011


Election Results for Tammy Duckworth


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 38 IL D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 14,283 43.8%
2006 38 IL D U.S. House District 06 General 2 86,572 48.6%
2012 44 IL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 17,097 66.2%
2012 44 IL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 123,206 54.7%
2014 46 IL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 10,661 100.0%
2014 46 IL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 84,178 55.7%
2016 48 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 1,220,128 64.4%
2016 48 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 3,012,940 54.9%
2022 54 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 856,720 100.0%
2022 54 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,329,136 56.8%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Tammy Duckworth


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2013 45 House 85 13 D 82 16 98 58 16
2014 46 House 84 7 D 68 14 89 74 4
2015 47 House 83 5 D 69 12 89 84 4
2016 48 House 84 6 D 81 9 87 100 0
2017 49 Senate 97 3 R 32 67 99 100 0
2018 50 Senate 71 2 R 27 49 73 100 6
2019 51 Senate 92 3 R 33 60 95 95 0
2020 52 Senate 94 5 R 40 59 99 100 9
2021 53 Senate 99 0 D 93 7 99 100 5
2022 54 Senate 95 0 D 98 0 96 0
2023 55 Senate 93 1 D 98 0
2024 56 Senate 92 8 D 99
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.