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U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 5th District

Mike Quigley

Democrat 9th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$998K raised · top PACs: Air Line Pilots Association, American Council of Engineering Companies, Herzog Breaks with Democrats most onFinance and Financial Sector: broke on 3 of 13 party-line votes (23%; most Democrats: 8%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
96AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
12BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2009–now
17 years in CongressMore senior than 83% of the House
Committees
  • Appropriations 10th minority
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 11th minority
Age
68

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date10913155767412
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1304551,23513

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security 19% no bills
Government Operations and Politics 15% 8%
Health 9% 15%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and International Affairs; bills go to Health and Public Lands and Natural Resources.

  • He talks most about: Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Health Care Coverage (Health), October 7th Attacks (International Affairs).
  • 13 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberDefense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture SubcommitteePermanent Select Committee on Intelligence
MemberAppropriations Committee10th minority
MemberPermanent Select Committee on Intelligence11th minority

Ranking member on the Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture Subcommittee, more senior than 83% of the House, in the minority.

  • 17 years in Congress: more senior than 83% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

17% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Quigley.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

17% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Hernández Rivera and Morrison.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peerLaw inside another bill

Introduced 9 · expected 18
Action in committee 3 · expected 3
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0 · +1 inside another bill
EffectivenessRank 316 of 433 in the House

0.37expected 0.34 · average member 1.00

1 of 9 bills passed the House; 0 became law; 1 more became law inside another bill; effectiveness 0.37 against a peer median of 0.34.

  • On the move: H.R. 8205 (sent to president), H.R. 1809 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.32

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 12 times (peer median 5).

  • Position: −0.32, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 3 of 13, Crime and Law Enforcement 2 of 24, Energy 2 of 35.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Quigley$998K raised26%58%15%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

27% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$998K raised, 58% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 37.9 points.

66 PACs of the 121 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

  1. Air Line Pilots Association68% D
  2. American Council of Engineering Companies40% D
  3. Herzog47% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

186 bills

Quigley voted Yea on 32, Nay on 42, and sponsored or cosponsored 112 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.