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John Shimkus

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 21, 1958 in Collinsville, IL

Education:

  • U.S. Military Academy, B.S., 1980
  • Earned teaching certificate from Christ College, 1990
  • Southern Illinois University, M.B.A., 1997

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1980-1986
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1986-2008

Career:

  • High school teacher, 1986-1990
  • Collinsville township trustee, 1989-1996
  • Madison County treasurer, 1990-1996


Election Results for John Shimkus


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 34 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 2 119,219 43.5%
1996 38 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 23,218 50.9%
1996 38 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 120,926 50.3%
1998 40 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 39,693 100.0%
1998 40 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 121,103 61.3%
2000 42 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 23,943 100.0%
2000 42 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 161,393 63.1%
2002 44 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 52,191 100.0%
2002 44 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 133,956 54.8%
2004 46 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 38,892 100.0%
2004 46 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 213,451 69.4%
2006 48 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 42,588 99.2%
2006 48 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 143,491 60.7%
2008 50 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 60,014 100.0%
2008 50 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 203,434 64.5%
2010 52 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 48,680 85.3%
2010 52 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 166,166 71.2%
2012 54 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 66,709 100.0%
2012 54 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 205,775 68.6%
2014 56 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 66,453 100.0%
2014 56 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 166,274 74.9%
2016 58 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 76,547 60.4%
2016 58 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 274,554 100.0%
2018 60 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 73,825 100.0%
2018 60 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 181,294 70.9%


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



Ideology Data for John Shimkus


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
1997 39 House 98 2 94 6 D 28 72 100 10 88
1998 40 House 98 2 91 7 D 24 72 98 11 88
1999 41 House 92 7 D 20 80 99 15 80
2000 42 House 93 7 D 32 68 99 10 80
2001 43 House 96 4 R 86 14 99 5 92
2002 44 House 93 6 R 79 21 99 0 100
2003 45 House 94 5 R 89 11 98 10 84
2004 46 House 87 9 R 73 27 96 20 88
2005 47 House 91 8 R 78 22 97 5 92
2006 48 House 91 6 R 89 5 96 0 83
2007 49 House 88 10 R 67 32 95 15 84
2008 50 House 89 6 R 64 28 93 22 91
2009 51 House 91 8 D 36 64 98 5 92
2010 52 House 94 4 D 32 68 98 0 96
2011 53 House 89 9 D 24 74 97 5 68
2012 54 House 88 9 D 17 81 97 0 75
2013 55 House 83 7 D 16 78 89 11 46
2014 56 House 92 8 D 14 86 99 0 60
2015 57 House 92 7 D 14 85 99 0 54
2016 58 House 95 4 D 6 94 99 0 60
2017 59 House 95 5 R 100 0 99 0 67
2018 60 House 95 4 R 89 0 99 0 67
2019 61 House 87 8 R 88 0 94 0 83
2020 62 House 89 3 R 72 6 91 5 64
Lifetime conservative rating:   78%


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.