Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Jesse Jackson was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1995, who voted with most Democrats on 91% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (104th–112th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- Not VotingOn Passage — Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012Nov 16, 2012 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments — Mark Twain Commemorative Coin ActNov 15, 2012 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6156) to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations…Nov 15, 2012 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Ordering the Previous Question — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6156) to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations…Nov 15, 2012 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees ActNov 13, 2012 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5901 Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012Sep 26, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 3894 Pullman Historic Site National Park Service Study ActJun 8, 2012 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 1420 Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission ActApr 8, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
- H.J.Res. 36 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the Electoral College and provide for the direct election of the President and Vice…Feb 28, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- H.J.Res. 35 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth.Feb 28, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2025 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11033 South State Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Willye B. White Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 4145 (109th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in National Statuary Hall…Became law
- H.R. 2828 (110th) Foreign Service Victims of Terrorism Act of 2007Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 27 (111th) Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony in honor of the bicentennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3489 (111th) To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote…Reported from committee
- H.R. 1113 (110th) Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act174 cosponsors
- H.R. 2275 (111th) Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research and Awareness Act148 cosponsors
- H.R. 2391 (106th) National Center for Research on Domestic Health Disparities Act87 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Jackson has won
Rep. Jackson has won 9 U.S. House elections (1996–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 40.0 to 88.1 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Illinois’s 2nd district done while Rep. Jackson served?
2005 to 2011 in IL-2: typical household income was down 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.5 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Illinois’s 2nd district during Jackson’s time representing it (1995 to 2012). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. IL-2 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Jackson’s term so far (2005 to 2011) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 12 | See the 12 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.