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Robin Kelly

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 30, 1956 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Bradley University, B.A., 1977, M.A., 1982
  • Northern Illinois University, Ph.D., 2004

Career:

  • Director of minority student services/counselor, Bradley University, 1990-1992
  • Director of community affairs, Matteson village, 1992-2006
  • Chief of Staff to IL Treasurer, 2007-2010
  • Chief administrative officer for Cook County board president, 2010-2012

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 2003-2007



Election Results for Robin Kelly


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 54 IL D Treasurer Primary 1 472,494 57.9%
2010 54 IL D Treasurer General 2 1,650,244 45.3%
2013 57 IL D U.S. House District 02 Special Primary 1 31,079 51.9%
2013 57 IL D U.S. House District 02 Special 1 58,834 70.7%
2014 58 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 40,286 100.0%
2014 58 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 160,337 78.5%
2016 60 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 115,752 73.9%
2016 60 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 235,051 79.8%
2018 62 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 80,659 82.1%
2018 62 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 190,684 81.1%
2020 64 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 94,767 84.8%
2020 64 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 234,896 78.8%
2022 66 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 56,606 100.0%
2022 66 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 140,414 67.1%
2024 68 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 56,732 100.0%
2024 68 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 195,777 67.5%


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




Ideology Data for Robin Kelly


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 57 House 83 4 D 82 10 85 78 16
2014 58 House 98 1 D 91 9 98 90 4
2015 59 House 91 1 D 87 8 91 89 0
2016 60 House 93 2 D 96 0 93 100 0
2017 61 House 98 1 R 11 89 98 100 7
2018 62 House 97 1 R 22 78 96 92 4
2019 63 House 99 0 R 4 96 99 90 0
2020 64 House 100 0 R 6 94 99 100 0
2021 65 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 95 5
2022 66 House 99 0 D 100 0 100 0
2023 67 House 90 4 D 94 0
2024 68 House 90 7 D 98 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


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.