District: Illinois - 1st District Political Highlights: candidate for Chicago City Council, 1975; sought Democratic nomination for Ill. House, 1978; Chicago City Council, 1983-93; candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1999 Born: November 23, 1946; Albany, Ga. Residence: Chicago Religion: Protestant Family: Widowed; seven children (one deceased) Education: Roosevelt U., B.A. 1973; U. of Illinois, Chicago, attended 1975-77; U. of Illinois, Chicago, M.A. 1994; McCormick Theological Seminary, M.A. 1998 Elected: 1992 Committee Assignments: Energy & Commerce (Communications & Technology; Energy - Ranking Member) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 34th ranked House Democrat Twitter: 14,952 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Bobby Rush (D) Jay Walker (R)
Votes
209,258 43,453
%
82.8% 17.2%
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Bobby Rush (D) William Kelly (R)
Votes
112,474 36,038
%
75.7% 24.3%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Bobby Rush (D) Noel Naughton (R) Tim Griffin (LIBERT)
Votes
174,005 25,659 3,449
%
85.7% 12.6% 1.7%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Bobby Rush (D) Marlene Ahimaz (R) Marjorie Kohls (LIBERT)
Votes
151,890 18,429 4,046
%
87.1% 10.6% 2.3%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Bobby Rush (D) Raymond Wardingley (R)
Votes
172,271 23,915
%
87.8% 12.2%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Bobby Rush (D) Raymond Wardingley (R) Dorothy Tsatsos (LIBERT)
Votes
149,068 29,776 4,812
%
81.2% 16.2% 2.6%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Bobby Rush (D) Raymond Wardingley (R)
Votes
212,109 37,840
%
84.9% 15.1%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Bobby Rush (D) Jason Tabor (R)
Votes
146,623 27,804
%
84.1% 15.9%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Bobby Rush (D) Antoine Members (R)
Votes
233,036 38,361
%
85.9% 14.1%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Bobby Rush (D) Raymond Wardingley (R) Jeff Adams (D)
