Former member of Congress

Mark Kirk

Sen. for IL, Republican, in the 114th Congress (2015–2016).

No longer in Congress. This page shows their record in the past Congresses on this site, with the seat and party they held then.

Time in office

Every stretch of service in Congress, from the congress-legislators records. Vote counts on this site begin in 2013, so service before then has dates but no scores.

OfficeSeatPartyFromToCongresses
U.S. Senate, IllinoisILRepublicanNov. 29, 2010Jan. 3, 2017111th–114th
U.S. House, IllinoisIL-10RepublicanJan. 3, 2001Nov. 29, 2010107th–111th

Voting record by President

All the votes on this site from their time in office, added up under the President in office on the day of each vote. One President's figures are never combined with another's, and Trump's two terms are separate. A new President can take office partway through a Congress, so these can differ slightly from a Congress's own figures.

PresidentCongressesVotes with the PresidentParty loyaltyMissed votes
Barack Obama (2009–2017)114th, 113th65% (195 of 298)75% (527 of 707)7% (78 of 1,159)

Every Congress

Each row is that Congress alone, and the President score is for the President of that time. Missed votes are left out of both scores.

CongressSeatPartyParty loyaltyVotes with the PresidentMissed votes
114th Congress (2015–2016)Senate ILRepublican68%Obama: 73%6%
113th Congress (2013–2014)Senate ILRepublican79%Obama: 63%7%

Where they broke ranks, 114th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (94), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (21).

Where they broke ranks, 113th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (86), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (82).