Mike Quigley
Democrat · IL-5 · U.S. House
IL-5 — U.S. House
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Bio
Michael Bruce Quigley is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 5th congressional district since the April 7, 2009 special election. The district includes most of Chicago's North Side and several of its western suburbs. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Quigley is a former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, where he represented Chicago's northside neighborhoods of Lakeview, Uptown, and Rogers Park. He previously taught environmental policy and Chicago politics as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago. He is currently running for mayor of Chicago in the 2027 election.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 17.5 years
- First took office
- 2009 (9 terms)
- Seniority
- 74 of 439 by time served
- Age
- 67
- Chicago, IL · 773-267-5926
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
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Caucuses & committees
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Caucuses
- New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
Committees
- House Committee on Appropriationscenter · 63 members
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligencecenter · 27 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
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The New Republic · April 15, 2026
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Abcnews.com · March 18, 2026
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NPR · February 11, 2026
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