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Daniel Lipinski

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 15, 1966 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Northwestern University, B.S., 1988
  • Stanford University, M.S., 1989
  • Duke University, Ph.D., 1998

Career:

  • College professor, 2000-2004
  • Aide to IL Rep. George Sangmeister, 1993-1994
  • Aide to IL Rep. Jerry Costello, 1995-1996
  • Aide to IL Rep. Rod Blagojevich, 1999-2000

Other notes:

  • Son of William Lipinski


Election Results for Daniel Lipinski


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 37 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 167,034 72.6%
2006 39 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 44,401 54.4%
2006 39 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 127,768 77.1%
2008 41 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 62,439 53.8%
2008 41 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 172,581 73.3%
2010 43 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 57,684 77.9%
2010 43 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 116,120 69.7%
2012 45 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 44,532 87.3%
2012 45 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 168,738 68.5%
2014 47 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 28,883 100.0%
2014 47 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 116,764 64.6%
2016 49 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 107,620 100.0%
2016 49 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 225,320 100.0%
2018 51 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 48,675 51.1%
2018 51 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 163,053 73.0%
2020 53 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 49,568 44.7%


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



Ideology Data for Daniel Lipinski


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
2005 38 House 86 14 R 43 57 99 84 16
2006 39 House 85 14 R 47 50 99 74 33
2007 40 House 92 7 R 13 87 98 85 20
2008 41 House 94 3 R 18 82 96 90 8
2009 42 House 93 6 D 88 10 97 90 8
2010 43 House 85 12 D 85 15 95 68 8
2011 44 House 83 16 D 80 20 98 65 20
2012 45 House 78 20 D 61 36 97 55 24
2013 46 House 78 19 D 60 38 97 47 33
2014 47 House 84 15 D 71 29 98 68 17
2015 48 House 83 16 D 67 32 96 55 25
2016 49 House 84 13 D 77 23 95 75 17
2017 50 House 91 9 R 33 67 99 75 19
2018 51 House 84 9 R 59 37 90 36 13
2019 52 House 94 4 R 6 94 97 84 18
2020 53 House 85 9 R 3 75 94 84 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.