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Area: Full Workup (one official, all sections) (eo_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-03T03:49:52.742Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/congress (attempt #80275)
Resolved official: Robin L. Kelly (entity #11144)
Ingest result: 43 facts · 41 sources · 2 contradictions · 8 voting_records · 3 skipped
Single super-prompt covering every per-official research area in one LLM call: donor mapping, silences, contradictions, telling votes, and constituency baseline. The LLM returns ONE JSON object; the ingest pipeline dispatches each section to its typed table independently, so a malformed or no-data section never blocks the rest.
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"target_official": {
"name": "Robin L. Kelly",
"bioguide_id": "K000385"
},
"donor_mapping": {
"facts": [
{
"fact_text": "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_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035215&cycle=2024"
},
{
"fact_text": "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_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035215&cycle=2024"
},
{
"fact_text": "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_occurred": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035215&cycle=2024"
},
{
"fact_text": "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_occurred": "2025-03",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.jta.org/2026/02/20/politics/robin-kelly-running-for-senate-in-illinois-says-israel-committed-genocide"
},
{
"fact_text": "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_occurred": "2025-10-18",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Fundraising+Update:+Representative+Robin+L.+Kelly+just+disclosed+$277.3K+of+new+fundraising"
},
{
"fact_text": "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_occurred": "2013-04-09",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Kelly"
},
{
"fact_text": "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_occurred": "2025-05-06",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/13/congresswoman-robin-kelly-embraces-underdog-status-in-bid-to-succeed-us-sen-dick-durbin/"
}
],
"connections": [
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"donor_entity_name": "Gilead Sciences",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2023-2024: $22,500 via individual ($12,500) and PAC ($10,000) — Kelly's single largest contributor. Kelly serves on the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee with jurisdiction over pharmaceutical regulation.",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035215&cycle=2024"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "Health Care Service Corp",
"relationship_type": "major_donor",
"description": "2023-2024: $13,900 via individual ($900) and PAC ($13,000). HCSC is the largest customer-owned health insurer in the U.S. and a major Illinois-based company.",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035215&cycle=2024"
},
{
"donor_entity_name": "JStreetPAC",
"relationship_type": "endorser",
"description": "Endorsed Kelly in her 2024 reelection campaign. JStreet is a pro-Israel, pro-peace PAC supporting a two-state solution.",
"confidence": "primary",
"source_url": "https://www.jta.org/2026/02/20/politics/robin-kelly-running-for-senate-in-illinois-says-israel-committed-genocide"
}
]
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"silences": {
"no_data": true,
"reason": "No falsifiable silence with the required active-on-adjacent evidence URL could be identified within the specified parameters for this official."
},
"contradictions": {
"claims": [
{
"claim_text": "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.'",
"claim_date": "2016-2025",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://www.jta.org/2026/02/20/politics/robin-kelly-running-for-senate-in-illinois-says-israel-committed-genocide"
},
{
"claim_text": "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.'",
"claim_date": "2025-08 to 2026-02",
"claim_type": "statement",
"source_url": "https://www.jta.org/2026/02/20/politics/robin-kelly-running-for-senate-in-illinois-says-israel-committed-genocide"
},
{
"claim_text": "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.",
"claim_date": "2019-2025",
"claim_type": "platform",
"source_url": "https://robinkelly.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-kelly-votes-to-lower-drug-prices-for-illinois-families"
},
{
"claim_text": "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.",
"claim_date": "2024-12-31",
"claim_type": "disclosure",
"source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035215&cycle=2024"
}
],
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"claim_a_idx": 0,
"claim_b_idx": 1,
"type": "reversal",
"severity": "high",
"narrative": "Kelly accepted AIPAC contributions in March-April 2025, had previously traveled to Israel on AIPAC delegations, and cultivated Chicago Jewish community relationships over nearly a decade. Within months she pledged to reject AIPAC money, co-sponsored the Block the Bombs Act, called for blocking arms sales, and became the only leading Illinois Senate candidate to accuse Israel of 'genocide' on a debate stage. This reversal — from AIPAC-funded congresswoman to 'genocide'-accusing Senate candidate — is one of the most dramatic Israel-policy evolutions in the Democratic caucus, coinciding precisely with her shift from a safe D+35 House seat to a competitive statewide Democratic primary."
},
{
"claim_a_idx": 2,
"claim_b_idx": 3,
"type": "statement_vs_disclosure",
"severity": "medium",
"narrative": "Kelly campaigns as a champion of lowering prescription drug prices and authored the Kelly Report on Health Disparities, yet her top two donor industries are Health Professionals ($192,461) and Pharmaceuticals/Health Products ($189,112) — the combined $381,573 representing roughly 20% of her total fundraising. She serves on the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee that regulates these very industries, creating a structural overlap between her regulatory authority and her campaign finance dependency."
}
]
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"telling_votes": [
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 1",
"title": "One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 3, 2025",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-07-03",
"roll_call_url": "https://scorecard.cwa-union.org/index.php/scorecard/legislators/K000385",
"why_it_matters": "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.'",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 29",
"title": "Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 7, 2025)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-01-07",
"roll_call_url": "https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/38840/105717/49227/laken-riley-act",
"why_it_matters": "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.",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 8034",
"title": "Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26 billion military aid)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2024-04-20",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8034",
"why_it_matters": "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.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 8035",
"title": "Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid)",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2024-04-20",
"roll_call_url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8035",
"why_it_matters": "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).",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.Con.Res. 35",
"title": "Iran War Powers Resolution — March 5, 2026",
"vote": "yea",
"vote_date": "2026-03-05",
"roll_call_url": "https://data.starnewsonline.com/roll-call/2026-house-085/",
"why_it_matters": "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.",
"category": "party_defection"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 9745",
"title": "Government Funding Continuing Resolution — November 2025 Shutdown Deal",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-11-12",
"roll_call_url": "https://robinkelly.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-kelly-votes-no-on-republican-partisan-funding-bill",
"why_it_matters": "Kelly voted nay on the GOP-led continuing resolution to end the 43-day government shutdown, citing its failure to extend ACA enhanced premium tax credits. She stated: 'Republicans gutted our healthcare, handed billionaires a $4.5 trillion tax break, shut down the government, and returned after a 54-day paid vacation to do nothing to lower healthcare costs.' Her IL-02 district has 13.1% poverty and a high uninsured rate — ACA subsidies are especially important. Illinois representatives voted along party lines. The AFL-CIO scored this as a key vote for working people and Kelly voted with the AFL-CIO.",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 4",
"title": "Rescissions Act of 2025 (CPB Defunding, June 12, 2025)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-06-12",
"roll_call_url": "https://scorecard.cwa-union.org/index.php/scorecard/legislators/K000385",
"why_it_matters": "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.",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
},
{
"bill_id": "H.R. 6703",
"title": "Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (December 2025)",
"vote": "nay",
"vote_date": "2025-12-17",
"roll_call_url": "https://scorecard.cwa-union.org/index.php/scorecard/legislators/K000385",
"why_it_matters": "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.",
"category": "constituent_aligned"
}
],
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"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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"name": "Advocate Health Care / Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn)",
"employees": 8000,
"source_url": "https://www.advocatehealth.com/about"
},
{
"name": "Amazon (fulfillment centers — Joliet, Matteson, Markham)",
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"source_url": "https://www.aboutamazon.com"
},
{
"name": "Governors State University (University Park)",
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"source_url": "https://www.govst.edu/about/"
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{
"name": "Ingalls Memorial Hospital / UChicago Medicine (Harvey)",
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"source_url": "https://www.uchicagomedicine.org"
}
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"recent_ballot_measures": [
{
"name": "Illinois Amendment 1 — Right to Collective Bargaining (2022)",
"year": 2022,
"result": "passed",
"margin": "58.6% Yes — 41.4% No",
"source_url": "https://www.elections.il.gov/electionoperations/ElectionResults.aspx"
}
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"label": "population",
"value": "742,590 (2024 LegisLetter ACS)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robin-kelly-K000385/district"
},
{
"label": "median household income",
"value": "$64,304 (vs. $37,585 national median)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robin-kelly-K000385/district"
},
{
"label": "poverty rate",
"value": "13.1% (vs. 12.4% nationally)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robin-kelly-K000385/district"
},
{
"label": "unemployment rate",
"value": "9.4% (vs. 3.5% nationally)",
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},
{
"label": "homeownership rate",
"value": "64.3% (vs. 65.5% nationally)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robin-kelly-K000385/district"
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{
"label": "bachelor's degree or higher",
"value": "24.9% (vs. 33.7% nationally, 10.5% lack high school diploma)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robin-kelly-K000385/district"
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{
"label": "median age",
"value": "39.2 (vs. 38.5 nationally; largest cohort 10-19 at 13.9%)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robin-kelly-K000385/district"
},
{
"label": "Black population share",
"value": "46.6% (largest racial group)",
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{
"label": "White (Non-Hispanic) population share",
"value": "36.3%",
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{
"label": "Hispanic population share",
"value": "15.3%",
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{
"label": "median home value",
"value": "$166,900 (vs. $303,400 nationally)",
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{
"label": "median rent",
"value": "$1,124 (vs. $1,163 nationally)",
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},
{
"label": "public transit utilization",
"value": "5.8% (vs. 5% nationally)",
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{
"label": "average commute time",
"value": "30.2 minutes",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robin-kelly-K000385/district"
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{
"label": "Cook Partisan Voting Index",
"value": "D+35 (shifted D+3 since last redistricting)",
"source_url": "https://legisletter.org/legislator/robin-kelly-K000385/district"
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}
}