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Jan Schakowsky

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 26, 1944 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • University of Illinois, B.A., 1965

Career:

  • Founder, National Consumers Union, 1969-1973
  • Program director, IL Public Action, 1976-1985
  • Director, IL Council of Senior Citizens, 1985-1990

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1990-1998



Election Results for Jan Schakowsky


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 54 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 31,443 45.1%
1998 54 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 107,878 74.6%
2000 56 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 49,429 100.0%
2000 56 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 147,002 76.4%
2002 58 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 69,020 100.0%
2002 58 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 118,642 70.3%
2004 60 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 70,736 100.0%
2004 60 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 175,282 75.7%
2006 62 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 57,490 100.0%
2006 62 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 122,852 74.6%
2008 64 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 98,374 87.9%
2008 64 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 181,948 74.7%
2010 66 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 62,763 100.0%
2010 66 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 117,553 66.3%
2012 68 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 48,124 91.9%
2012 68 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 194,869 66.3%
2014 70 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 31,576 100.0%
2014 70 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 141,000 66.1%
2016 72 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 134,961 100.0%
2016 72 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 217,306 66.5%
2018 74 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 108,417 100.0%
2018 74 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 213,368 73.5%
2020 76 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 127,467 100.0%
2020 76 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 262,045 71.0%
2022 78 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 76,956 100.0%
2022 78 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 179,615 71.7%
2024 80 IL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 75,106 99.9%
2024 80 IL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 231,722 68.4%


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




Ideology Data for Jan Schakowsky


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
1999 55 House 96 4 D 80 20 99 100 4
2000 56 House 92 3 D 78 20 94 94 5
2001 57 House 99 0 R 16 81 98 100 0
2002 58 House 99 0 R 21 79 98 100 0
2003 59 House 98 1 R 15 85 98 100 8
2004 60 House 98 1 R 18 82 98 100 0
2005 61 House 98 0 R 9 87 97 100 0
2006 62 House 96 1 R 13 84 97 100 0
2007 63 House 98 1 R 2 98 99 100 0
2008 64 House 98 1 R 18 82 99 100 0
2009 65 House 99 0 D 94 4 98 100 0
2010 66 House 97 2 D 85 12 98 95 0
2011 67 House 97 2 D 86 14 99 100 8
2012 68 House 97 1 D 88 8 98 100 0
2013 69 House 97 2 D 88 10 99 95 16
2014 70 House 98 0 D 94 5 98 100 8
2015 71 House 99 0 D 92 8 98 100 8
2016 72 House 94 0 D 94 4 94 100 0
2017 73 House 99 0 R 8 92 99 100 7
2018 74 House 99 1 R 11 89 99 100 4
2019 75 House 99 0 R 2 98 99 95 0
2020 76 House 98 0 R 8 92 98 100 0
2021 77 House 98 0 D 100 0 98 100 3
2022 78 House 98 1 D 97 3 99 0
2023 79 House 92 5 D 96 1
2024 80 House 90 8 D 98 11
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.