District: Illinois - 9th District Leadership: Senior Chief Deputy Whip Political Highlights: candidate for Cook County Commission, 1986; Ill. House, 1991-99 Born: May 26, 1944; Chicago, Ill. Residence: Evanston Religion: Jewish Family: Husband, Robert Creamer; three children Education: U. of Illinois, B.S. 1965 Elected: 1998 Committee Assignments: Budget; Energy & Commerce (Consumer Protection and Commerce - Chairperson; Environment and Climate Change; Oversight & Investigations) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 62nd ranked House Democrat Twitter: 52,741 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Jan Schakowsky (D) Herbert Sohn (R) Michael Ray (LIBERT)
Votes
107,878 33,448 3,284
%
74.6% 23.1% 2.3%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Jan Schakowsky (D) Dennis Driscoll (R)
Votes
147,002 45,344
%
76.4% 23.6%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Jan Schakowsky (D) Nicholas Duric (R) Stephanie Sailor (LIBERT)
Votes
118,642 45,307 4,887
%
70.3% 26.8% 2.9%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Jan Schakowsky (D) Kurt Eckhardt (R)
Votes
175,282 56,135
%
75.7% 24.3%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Jan Schakowsky (D) Michael Shannon (R)
Votes
122,852 41,858
%
74.6% 25.4%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Jan Schakowsky (D) Michael Younan (R) Morris Shanfield (GREEN)
Votes
181,948 53,593 8,140
%
74.7% 22.0% 3.3%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Jan Schakowsky (D) Joel Pollak (R) Simon Ribeiro (GREEN)
