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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: D+35 (shifted D+3 since last redistricting)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: average commute time: 30.2 minutes
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: public transit utilization: 5.8% (vs. 5% nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median rent: $1,124 (vs. $1,163 nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median home value: $166,900 (vs. $303,400 nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 15.3%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 36.3%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black population share: 46.6% (largest racial group)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 39.2 (vs. 38.5 nationally; largest cohort 10-19 at 13.9%)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 24.9% (vs. 33.7% nationally, 10.5% lack high school diploma)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 64.3% (vs. 65.5% nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: unemployment rate: 9.4% (vs. 3.5% nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 13.1% (vs. 12.4% nationally)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $64,304 (vs. $37,585 national median)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population: 742,590 (2024 LegisLetter ACS)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Illinois Amendment 1 — Right to Collective Bargaining (2022) (2022) — passed, margin 58.6% Yes — 41.4% No
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 (share 0.1)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.12)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.17)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Ingalls Memorial Hospital / UChicago Medicine (Harvey) (3000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Governors State University (University Park) (1000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Amazon (fulfillment centers — Joliet, Matteson, Markham) (6000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Advocate Health Care / Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn) (8000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Illinois's 2nd Congressional District stretches from Chicago's South Side and southeast suburbs through Will and Kankakee counties, encompassing communities including Hyde Park, South Shore, Harvey, Chicago Heights, Matteson, Joliet, Kankakee, and Bourbonnais. Home to approximately 742,590 constituents, the district is majority-minority: Black residents are the largest group at 46.6%, followed by White (36.3%), and Hispanic (15.3%). The median household income is $64,304 — well above the $37,585 national median but below the Illinois state average. The poverty rate is 13.1% (slightly above the 12.4% national average), unemployment is a very high 9.4% (nearly triple the national rate), and only 24.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — significantly below the 33.7% national average. Homeownership is 64.3%, median home value is $166,900 (far below the national $303,400), and median rent is $1,124. The median age is 39.2, with the largest age cohort at 10-19 (13.9%). Only 5.8% use public transit, and the average commute is 30.2 minutes. The economy is anchored by healthcare, retail, logistics and warehousing (proximity to Chicago's transportation network), education, and manufacturing. The district has a Cook PVI of D+35, making it one of the safest Democratic seats in the country. Kelly has held the seat since a 2013 special election following Jesse Jackson Jr.'s resignation and won the 2024 general election with approximately 68% of the vote. She is running for U.S. Senate in 2026 rather than seeking re-election.
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Voted nay on H.R. 6703 (Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (December 2025)) on 2025-12-17: Kelly voted with working people per the CWA, opposing legislation the union said 'will shift healthcare costs from employers and insurers onto workers by allowing stripped-down health plans that do not meet ACA essential health benefits requirements.' As a member of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, her healthcare votes carry institutional weight. Her district has 9.4% unemployment and 13.1% poverty, making healthcare affordability a critical constituent concern.
Date: 2025-12-17
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Voted nay on H.R. 4 (Rescissions Act of 2025 (CPB Defunding, June 12, 2025)) on 2025-06-12: Kelly voted with working people per the CWA, opposing legislation that 'claws back funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, undermining the vital local stations that deliver news, emergency alerts, educational programming, and community resources.' She earned a 100% CWA score for 2025 and a 100% lifetime score.
Date: 2025-06-12
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Voted yea on H.Con.Res. 35 (Iran War Powers Resolution — March 5, 2026) on 2026-03-05: Kelly voted yea on the bipartisan resolution to terminate unauthorized U.S. military operations in Iran, joining most Democrats. She also voted yea on the April 2026 follow-up resolution. As a candidate for U.S. Senate, this vote carried electoral significance — her primary opponents were similarly anti-war, but Kelly's statement condemning 'President Trump's ongoing, costly war' reinforced her progressive positioning. The resolution failed 219-212.
Date: 2026-03-05
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Voted yea on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid)) on 2024-04-20: Kelly voted yea on $61 billion in Ukraine military assistance, joining the bipartisan majority (311-112). The vote reflects internationalist foreign policy commitments even as her Israel posture has shifted significantly. The GOP majority voted nay (112-101).
Date: 2024-04-20
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Voted yea on H.R. 8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26 billion military aid)) on 2024-04-20: Kelly voted yea on $26.38 billion in military aid to Israel as part of the comprehensive $95 billion national security package. The vote was bipartisan (366-58). Kelly was endorsed by J Street and had not yet taken her more critical positions on Israel — which she adopted after announcing her Senate bid in May 2025. By August 2025 she said she would have voted to block certain arms sales, and by February 2026 she accused Israel of 'genocide.' This vote now represents a documented baseline against which her subsequent reversal can be measured.
Date: 2024-04-20
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Voted nay on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 7, 2025)) on 2025-01-07: Kelly voted nay on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. She also voted nay on the March 2024 version (H.R. 7511). Her IL-02 district is 46.6% Black with a significant immigrant community in Chicago's South Side. The vote was both party-aligned (159 Democrats opposed) and constituent-aligned. 48 Democrats voted yea, but Kelly was among the 159 who voted nay.
Date: 2025-01-07
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Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 3, 2025) on 2025-07-03: Kelly voted nay on legislation the CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP. The CWA gave her a 100% score, noting the bill 'imposes deep and damaging cuts to vital programs like Medicaid.' Her IL-02 district has 13.1% poverty, median household income of $64,304, and 24.9% bachelor's degree attainment — with thousands dependent on Medicaid and SNAP in Chicago's South Side and south suburbs. The AFL-CIO also scored this as a key vote for working people. All 212 Democrats plus 2 Republicans voted nay. The SBA Pro-Life America scorecard criticized her for opposing what it called the defunding of 'Big Abortion businesses.'
Date: 2025-07-03
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[disclosure] Kelly's top two contributing industries are Health Professionals ($192,461) and Pharmaceuticals/Health Products ($189,112) — the very industries she helps regulate on the Energy and Commerce Committee. Combined, these two sectors account for over $381,000, approximately 20% of her total fundraising.
Date: 2024-12-31
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[platform] Kelly serves on the Health Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over pharmaceutical regulation. She has positioned herself as a champion of lowering drug prices, authoring the Kelly Report on Health Disparities and co-sponsoring legislation to reduce prescription drug costs.
Date: 2019-2025
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[statement] In October 2025, Kelly pledged at a Senate candidates' forum that she would no longer accept AIPAC funds. By August 2025, she said she would have voted in favor of Sanders-led resolutions to block certain arms sales to Israel, co-sponsored the Block the Bombs Act, and in February 2026 stated during a televised Senate debate that Israel committed 'genocide' in Gaza — saying 'It may not have started off being like that, but I believe that is what it turned into.' She was the only leading candidate to make this accusation and tweeted afterward: 'Every candidate on stage tonight had the opportunity to condemn genocide in Gaza. I'm the only one who did.'
Date: 2025-08 to 2026-02
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[disclosure] Kelly accepted AIPAC PAC contributions in March and April 2025, according to FEC filings. She previously traveled to Israel multiple times on AIPAC-affiliated congressional delegations and cultivated relationships within the Chicago Jewish community. In 2016, she met with leaders from Chicago's Jewish United Fund who wrote she 'backs a two-state solution and supports Israel's ongoing security needs.'
Date: 2016-2025
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Kelly serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee (Health Subcommittee; Communications and Technology Subcommittee). She chairs the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. She is running for U.S. Senate in 2026 to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin.
Date: 2025-05-06
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Kelly holds a B.A. from Bradley University, an M.A. from Bradley University, and a Ph.D. in political science from Northern Illinois University. She served as a mental health counselor, in the Illinois House of Representatives (2003-2007), as chief of staff to Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, and was first elected to Congress in a 2013 special election replacing the scandal-plagued Jesse Jackson Jr. She chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois from 2021-2022, becoming the first woman and first African American to do so.
Date: 2013-04-09
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Quiver Quantitative estimates Kelly's net worth at approximately $40,500 as of late 2025 — among the lowest in Congress (ranked 478th). She has zero publicly traded individual stock holdings and zero recorded STOCK Act trades. She co-sponsors legislation to ban congressional stock trading.
Date: 2025-10-18
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Kelly accepted AIPAC PAC contributions in March and April 2025, according to FEC filings. In October 2025, she pledged at a Senate candidates' forum to no longer accept AIPAC funds. J Street endorsed her in her 2024 reelection campaign. She previously traveled to Israel on AIPAC-affiliated congressional delegations.
Date: 2025-03
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Top contributor 2023-2024: Gilead Sciences at $22,500 ($12,500 individuals, $10,000 PAC). Second: Health Care Service Corp at $13,900. Kelly also operates Visionary PAC, her leadership PAC.
Date: 2024-12-31
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Top contributing industry 2023-2024: Health Professionals at $192,461 ($27,461 individuals, $165,000 PACs), followed by Pharmaceuticals/Health Products ($189,112), Lawyers/Law Firms ($89,158), Building Trade Unions ($72,500), and Insurance ($71,805). Kelly serves on the Health Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over pharmaceutical regulation.
Date: 2024-12-31
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2023-2024 cycle: Raised $1,893,899. PAC contributions comprised 64.94% ($1,235,556), large individual contributions 31.36% ($596,661), small individual contributions (<$200) only 3.65% ($69,494), and candidate self-financing 0.04%. Spent $1,325,953 with $2,015,110 cash on hand and zero debt as of December 31, 2024.
Date: 2024-12-31
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