Representative · Illinois's 1st district

Jonathan L. Jackson

Jonathan L. Jackson is a Democratic representative for Illinois's 1st district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 52, and cast 436 of 445 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 Representatives6757.7%52 of 675 · rank 39 of 43998%436 of 445 · rank 245 of 43990 became law13%77 of 593
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2222.0%25 of 1,222 · rank 247 of 44299%825 of 837 · rank 156 of 44260 became law16%89 of 541

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 −1−0.35+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. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  2. May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  3. Jul 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 278–121· Against party
  4. Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
  5. Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 294–134· Against party
  6. Jun 10, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 266–148· Against party
  7. Mar 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 292–132· Against party
  8. Feb 6, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 312–108· 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
  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· Against party
  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.

15 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced1493%
  2. Passed one chamber16.7%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs4
  2. Government Operations and Politics3
  3. Agriculture and Food2
  4. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues2
  5. Crime and Law Enforcement2
  6. Sports and Recreation2

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10624 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out Executive Order 14253.
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 28, 2026
  2. H.R. 9548 Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2026
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jun 30, 2026
  3. H.J.Res. 196 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jun 11, 2026
  4. H.Con.Res. 105 Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
    Introduced· International Affairs· May 21, 2026
  5. H.R. 8301 RSF Terrorist Designation Act
    Introduced· International Affairs· Apr 15, 2026
  6. H.R. 1998 Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025
    Passed one chamber· International Affairs· Jun 24, 2025
  7. H.R. 4083 Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor Congressional Gold Medal Act
    Introduced· Sports and Recreation· Jun 23, 2025
  8. H.R. 3685 JUST Act of 2025
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jun 3, 2025

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 1st 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
$75.5M
Per resident
$103
Rank in Illinois
16 of 17
Contract actions
3,543
New awards: 2,773

By fiscal year

  1. 97.7MFY2017
  2. 127.6MFY2018
  3. 117.7MFY2019
  4. 118.7MFY2020
  5. 92.7MFY2021
  6. 108.2MFY2022
  7. 109.9MFY2023
  8. 74.5MFY2024
  9. 64.2MFY2025
  10. 75.5MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Department of Homeland Security

Top recipients

  1. 5 awards
  2. 1 award
  3. 17 awards
  4. 2 awards
  5. OPTIPLEX LLC$3.9M5.1%
    322 awards
  6. 1 award
  7. 15 awards
  8. 1 award
  9. 1 award
  10. INDUSTRIA INC$1.3M1.7%
    1 award
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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
$418.3K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$47.2K
From committees
$191.5K
61 committees
From contractor PACs
$46.5K
14 PACs · 24% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
southern company gassouthern company gas employees pac$10KSOUTHERN COMPANY GASAI match · 100% · the same organization$5M
health care service corporationhealth care service corporation employees' political action committee$10KHEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, A MUTUAL LEGAL RESERVE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$16M
micron technology, inc.micron technology, inc. employee pac$5,000MICRON TECHNOLOGY INCAI match · 100% · the same organization—
bunge north america incbunge north america inc political action committee$4,000BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$534
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$2,500AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M
exxon mobil corporationexxon mobil corporation political action committee (exxonmobil pac)$2,500EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
liberty mutual insurance companyliberty mutual insurance company - pac$2,500LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization—
cargill, incorporatedcargill, incorporated political action committee$2,000CARGILL, INCORPORATEDAI match · 100% · the same organization$35.4M
united airlines, inc.united airlines, inc. political action committee (uapac)$2,000UNITED AIRLINES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$11.9M
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)$2,000AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family-$3,412

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$418.3K$191.5K$46.5K14 PACs · 24% of committee money
2024$654.1K$306.6K$55.6K22 PACs · 18% of committee money
2022$793.2K$160.6K$11K5 PACs · 7% 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 1st districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Illinois's 1st districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
1632 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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.