Representative · Illinois's 2nd district

Robin L. Kelly

Robin L. Kelly is a Democratic representative for Illinois's 2nd district, in Congress since 2013. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 13, and cast 462 of 464 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Apr 9, 2013
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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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.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	1.9%13 of 675 · rank 211 of 439	100%462 of 464 · rank 58 of 439	220 became law	14%66 of 460
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	4.3%53 of 1,222 · rank 119 of 442	100%817 of 819 · rank 5 of 442	230 became law	16%63 of 392
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.3%3 of 997 · rank 368 of 443	100%568 of 570 · rank 61 of 443	271 became law	6%23 of 412

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 −1−0.47+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.

H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
S. 1582: GENIUS ActYea
Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
H.R. 4394: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 116–303· Against party
H.R. 1338: SAT Streamlining ActYea
Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party
H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023Nay
Jul 14, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 170–257· Against party
H.R. 1: For the People Act of 2021Nay
Mar 3, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 125–302· Against party

Recent votes

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

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

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

Current seats

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
Communications and Technology
Health

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Illinois's 2nd 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: $176.6M
Per resident: $240
Rank in Illinois: 11 of 17
Contract actions: 2,619; New awards: 1,613

By fiscal year

116.4MFY2017
148.8MFY2018
151.9MFY2019
96.9MFY2020
170.4MFY2021
223.2MFY2022
219.9MFY2023
168.7MFY2024
167.6MFY2025
176.6MFY2026

Top buyers

Agricultural Marketing Service$54.2M31%
Department of Agriculture
Defense Logistics Agency$52.7M30%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$31.3M18%
Department of the Army$17.5M9.9%
Department of Defense
Environmental Protection Agency$2.9M1.6%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$2.7M1.6%
Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$2.6M1.4%
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Coast Guard$2.3M1.3%
Department of Homeland Security

Top recipients

ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT CORPORATION$45.9M26%
17 awards
INCOBRASA INDUSTRIES LTD$22.8M13%
22 awards
JANCORP, LLC$16.7M9.4%
5 awards
DDB CHICAGO INC.$12.7M7.2%
1 award
MAINSTAY DISTRIBUTING, LLC$12.5M7.1%
10 awards
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.$8M4.5%
1 award
NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER$3.8M2.2%
5 awards
MI-JACK PRODUCTS, INC.$3M1.7%
2 awards
TETRA TECH, INC.$2.6M1.4%
3 awards
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.$2.4M1.3%
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: $456.3K; through Aug 7, 2026
Cash on hand: $0
From committees: $538.2K; 181 committees
From contractor PACs: $103.8K; 37 PACs · 19% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization	$78.5K
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280
ford motor companyford motor company civic action fund	$5,000	FORD MOTOR COAI match · 100% · the same organization	$772.3M
ameren corporationameren corporation federal political action committee (ameren fedpac)	$5,000	AMEREN SERVICES COMPANYAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$2M
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal	$5,000	COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$453.1K
amgen inc.amgen inc. political action committee	$5,000	AMGEN INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization	$0
transuniontransunion political action committee (tu pac)	$5,000	TRANS UNION LLCAI match · 99% · the same organization	$3.6M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee	$5,000	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$130.5K
constellation energy corporationconstellation energy corporation employee political action committee (cepac)	$5,000	CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.9M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$456.3K	$538.2K	$103.8K37 PACs · 19% of committee money
2024	$1.9M	$1.2M	$342.8K84 PACs · 28% of committee money
2022	$1.7M	$1.1M	$336.4K79 PACs · 32% 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.

House · Illinois's 2nd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Illinois's 2nd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Illinois's 2nd districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Illinois's 2nd districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Illinois's 2nd districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · Illinois's 2nd districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
House · Illinois's 2nd districtApr 9, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: robinkelly.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-0773
Office: 2329 Rayburn 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.