Representative · Illinois's 3rd district

Delia C. Ramirez

Delia C. Ramirez is a Democratic representative for Illinois's 3rd district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 33, and cast 459 of 462 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2023
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6754.9%33 of 675 · rank 79 of 43999%459 of 462 · rank 92 of 439280 became law4%23 of 541
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2222.2%27 of 1,222 · rank 237 of 44299%829 of 836 · rank 76 of 442140 became law5%27 of 576

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.50+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 232–199· Against party
  2. May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  3. Dec 11, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 211–219· Against party
  4. Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
  5. Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
  6. Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
  7. Mar 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 286–134· Against party
  8. Sep 28, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 195–236· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3· Against party
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

42 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced4198%
  2. Passed one chamber12.4%

Policy areas

  1. Armed Forces and National Security10
  2. Immigration10
  3. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues4
  4. Government Operations and Politics4
  5. International Affairs4
  6. Education2
  7. Housing and Community Development2
  8. Labor and Employment2

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Illinois's 3rd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$271.2M
Per resident
$370
Rank in Illinois
9 of 17
Contract actions
9,810
New awards: 7,978

By fiscal year

  1. 241.6MFY2017
  2. 279.8MFY2018
  3. 371.7MFY2019
  4. 314.1MFY2020
  5. 340.2MFY2021
  6. 328.1MFY2022
  7. 271.5MFY2023
  8. 391MFY2024
  9. 371.9MFY2025
  10. 271.2MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Agriculture
  6. General Services Administration
  7. Department of Justice

Top recipients

  1. 150 awards
  2. US FOODS INC$47.2M17%
    29 awards
  3. 1,508 awards
  4. 2,242 awards
  5. 11 awards
  6. 1 award
  7. 8 awards
  8. 19 awards
  9. 13 awards
  10. 93 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1.5M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$946.2K
From committees
$383.9K
108 committees
From contractor PACs
$21K
7 PACs · 5% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee$6,500INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization—
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$4,000NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee$3,500AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization$78.5K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$2,500AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$2,500INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$1,000AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
american psychiatric associationamerican psychiatric association political action committee$1,000AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$645K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.5M$383.9K$21K7 PACs · 5% of committee money
2024$1.1M$366.1K$8,5002 PACs · 2% of committee money
2022$990.2K$282.9K$10.5K3 PACs · 4% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Illinois's 3rd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Illinois's 3rd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
1523 Longworth House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.