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U.S. Representative · Illinois 9th District
Janice D. Schakowsky
DemocratDistrict D+19119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score18#398 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Janice D. Schakowsky’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2408 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1309
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 6 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329 and 1 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 3 signals
- Medium7th most liberal of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.602 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.209 further from the Republicans. Unlikely to cross toward the Republicans; may still break with the party from the left.
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.602 (party median -0.393; rank 206 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 27.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMinority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and TradeRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Environment
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Schakowsky← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.602 is 0.21 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2458Secure Space Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 38
| Middle |
| H.R. 2482NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025 |