District: Illinois - 15th District Political Highlights: candidate for Madison County Board, 1988; Collinsville Township Board of Trustees, 1989-93; Madison County treasurer, 1990-97; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1992; U.S. House of Representatives, 1997-2021 Born: February 21, 1958; East St. Louis, Ill. Residence: Collinsville Religion: Lutheran Family: Wife, Karen Muth Shimkus; three children Education: U.S. Military Academy, B.S. 1980; Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville, M.B.A. 1997 Elected: 1996 Committee Assignments: Energy & Commerce (Communications & Technology; Environment and Climate Change - Ranking Member; Health) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Republican House Seniority: 27th ranked House Republican Twitter: 28,871 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Richard Durbin (D) John Shimkus (R)
Votes
154,869 119,219
%
56.5% 43.5%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
John Shimkus (R) Jay Hoffman (D) William Down
Votes
120,926 119,688 4
%
50.3% 49.7% 0.0%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
John Shimkus (R) Rick Verticchio (D)
Votes
121,103 76,475
%
61.3% 38.7%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
John Shimkus (R) Jeffrey Cooper (D)
Votes
161,393 94,382
%
63.1% 36.9%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
John Shimkus (R) David Phelps (D)
Votes
133,956 110,517
%
54.8% 45.2%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
John Shimkus (R) Tim Bagwell (D)
Votes
213,451 94,303
%
69.4% 30.6%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
John Shimkus (R) Danny Stover (D)
Votes
143,491 92,861
%
60.7% 39.3%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
John Shimkus (R) Daniel Davis (D) Troy Dennis (GREEN)
