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Janice D. Schakowsky

Janice D. Schakowsky

Democratic · IL U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

28 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1999

  • background Born May 26, 1944
  • role Illinois House of Representatives (1991–1998)
  • role U.S. representative from Illinois's 9th district (since 1999)
  • achievement Announced not seeking reelection in 2026 (May 2025)

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 88.2%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 17 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 40
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 602 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 40 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 6 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 3
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Janice D. Schakowsky. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

88.2%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (17 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 17 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House IL-09 · 2026 General Election

  • $412,978 raised
  • $1,016,006 spent
  • $244,946 cash on hand
$412.98K
$412.33K
$324.67K
Itemized (≥ $200)$248.14K
Unitemized (< $200)$76.53K
Other committees (PACs)$87.65K
Offsets to expenditures$58.01
Other receipts$594.18
$1.02M
Operating expenditures$698.30K
Contribution refunds$5.13K
Other disbursements$312.58K
Cash on hand$244.95K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Janice D. Schakowsky campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
1998$1,448,368$1,440,606$7,761
2000$849,837$694,724$162,869
2002$861,464$864,510$159,824
2004$1,098,209$1,068,965$189,068
2006$1,138,231$1,134,769$192,531
2008$1,408,947$1,227,729$373,748
2010$1,520,106$1,633,678$260,176
2012$1,350,902$1,338,067$273,012
2014$1,334,600$1,327,081$280,531
2016$1,376,478$1,307,372$349,637
2018$1,559,269$1,479,815$429,091
2020$1,858,403$1,538,439$749,054
2022$1,563,009$1,411,358$900,705
2024$1,557,668$1,610,399$847,974
2026$412,978$1,016,006$244,946

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $61,122 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $22,470
  • STATE OF ILLINOIS $21,200
  • STATE OF IL $13,250
  • COONEY AND CONWAY $7,100
  • JENNER & BLOCK $6,800
  • WILDFIRE CONTACT $6,600
  • IL BIRTH TO FIVE PAC $6,600
  • CITY OF LAKE FOREST $6,600
  • ARIEL CAPITAL $6,600
  • COONEY & CONWAY $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2024 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10415Food for Thought Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 10459To amend titles 41 and 10, United States Code, to include new requirements for Federal contracts, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HJRES 216Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HR 10401To require the Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to carry out notification, review, reporting, and record preservation requirements relating to covered deaths involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HJRES 215Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media".cosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • HR 10273Fairness for Farm Workers ActcosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HR 10235Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement ActcosponsoredSep 1, 2026
  • HR 10239Equal Pay for Equal Work ActcosponsoredSep 1, 2026
  • HR 10186Hands Off Our Great Lakes ActcosponsoredAug 30, 2026
  • HR 10063Green New Deal for Public Housing ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 10045Protect American Values ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 9995Restoring Justice for Workers ActcosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HR 9990Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HR 10003Consumer Protection and Recovery ActsponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9898Transportation for Reentry ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9944TPS Review ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9931American Manufacturing Renaissance ActsponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9932Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2026sponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9874Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HCONRES 114Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9808No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9803Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9816MOMMIES ActcosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9736Stop CHEATERS ActcosponsoredJul 15, 2026
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Committee assignments (3)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Schakowsky most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Schakowsky, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Schakowsky connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.