Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky | |
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Official portrait, 2014 | |
| House Democratic Senior Chief Deputy Whip | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
| Leader | Nancy Pelosi Hakeem Jeffries |
| Preceded by | G. K. Butterfield |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 9th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Sidney R. Yates |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
| In office January 9, 1991 – December 31, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Woody Bowman |
| Succeeded by | Julie Hamos |
| Constituency | 18th district (1993–1999) 4th district (1991–1993) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Janice Danoff May 26, 1944 |
| Party | Democratic |
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| Children | 2 (with Schakowsky) |
| Education | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BS) |
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| Website | House website Campaign website |
Janice Schakowsky (/ʃəˈkaʊski/ shə-KOW-skee; née Danoff; born May 26, 1944) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 9th congressional district since 1999, and she previously served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1991–1998). She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Her district is anchored in Chicago's North Side, including much of the area bordering Lake Michigan. It includes many of Chicago's northern suburbs, including Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glenview, Kenilworth, Mount Prospect, Niles, Park Ridge, Rosemont, Skokie, Wilmette, and Winnetka, as of the decennial redistricting following the 2010 United States census.
On May 5, 2025, Schakowsky announced that she would not seek reelection in 2026.