Kelly, Robin
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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.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Kelly, Robin
- First name
- Robin
- Last name
- Kelly
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Illinois 2nd Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Illinois U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Illinois 2nd Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- Illinois 2nd Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $3,964,190.69
- Total disbursements
- $5,949,165.15
- Cash on hand
- $30,136.51
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $3,964,190.69 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
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Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
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FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H2IL02172
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H2IL02172
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H2IL02172
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S6IL00474
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:K000385
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2IL02172:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S6IL00474:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2IL02172:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2IL02172:2026
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- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- K000385
- fec_candidate_id
- H2IL02172
- fec_candidate_ids
- H2IL02172,S6IL00474
- govtrack_id
- 412595
- wikidata_id
- Q3437091