Robin L. Kelly

Details

Party Affiliation: Democratic
In Office Since: Jan 1, 2013
Organization: United States Federal Government

Federal Roster & Campaign Finance

Bioguide ID: K000385
Chamber: US House
State: IL
District: 2

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Meetings

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Election History

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Recent Bills Sponsored

No bills sponsored by Robin L. Kelly are on file.

Recent Votes

Bill	Chamber	Roll call	Vote
Ratepayer Protection Act	house	—	Yea
Retire through Ownership Act	senate	—	Yea
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.	house	—	Yea
Stop Insider Trading Act	house	—	Nay
Stop Insider Trading Act	house	—	Yea

Bill title and chamber are the only bill details held for these votes; see Bills for the fuller record. “Roll call” is the upstream roll-call identifier, not a date no vote date is recorded in this dataset.

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Biography

Robin Lynne Kelly (born April 30, 1956) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Kelly served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. She then served as chief of staff for Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias until 2010. She was the 2010 Democratic nominee for state treasurer, but lost the general election. Before running for Congress, Kelly served as the Cook County chief administrative officer. After winning the Democratic primary, she won the 2013 special election to succeed Jesse Jackson Jr. in the U.S. House of Representatives. On May 6, 2025, Kelly announced she would be retiring to run for the United States Senate in 2026, being vacated by the retiring incumbent Dick Durbin. She placed third in the primary, losing to Juliana Stratton.