US Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who defeated opponents including JB Pritzker in 1998 to first win a reliably Democratic Illinois district, will not run for reelection next year.
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky is hugged by a supporter, May 5, 2025, after announcing at the Sheraton Grand Chicago that she will not run for re-election next year. (Eileen Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Incoming U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky is the center of attention on Nov. 13, 1998, as she and the other new representatives gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington for a formal picture. (Pete Souza/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky emerges from a bus at Teamster City for a rally during the final stop of a bus tour on June 4, 2014, in Chicago. The When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: Women on a Roll bus tour traveled from Seneca Falls, New York, to Chicago highlighting policy changes important to working women. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune)
Consumer activist Jan Schakowsky speaks Jan. 22, 1976. She was the co-director of National Consumers United. (William Yates/Chicago Tribune)
9th Congressional District candidates JB Pritzker, left, state Sen. Howard Carroll and state Rep. Jan Schakowsky wait for their cue to step onto a stage at the beginning of a debate on Jan. 25, 1998, at the Ezra Habonim Synagogue in Skokie. (John Lee/Chicago Tribune)
Jan Schakowsky, second from left, co-director of National Consumers United, disrupts a meeting where the general counsel of the Cost of Living Council spoke about beef prices on Aug. 3, 1973, at Prudential Building auditorium in Chicago. The group interrupted the meeting to protest soaring food prices. (George Quinn/Chicago Tribune)
Reps. Lauren Underwood, from left, Jahana Hayes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Barbara Lee, Ann McLane Kuster and Jan Schakowsky take a selfie in the House Chamber on Jan. 3, 2019, in Washington. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin hugs U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky after speaking to researchers and scientists gathered at Federal Plaza in Chicago on March 7, 2025, to protest federal funding cuts. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky runs onto the stage at an event where she and first lady Michelle Obama spoke in support of Gov. Pat Quinn for reelection, Oct. 7, 2014, at the University of Illinois Chicago. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune)
State Rep. Jan Schakowsky talks about health care on March 30, 1992, at the State of Illinois Center in Chicago. (David Klobucar/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, second from left, greets Xitlaly Guerrero near the Thompson Center on Sept. 4, 2017, at a Labor Day march to protest low wages. (Nancy Stone/ Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly, from left, Cheri Bustos, Nancy Pelosi, Jan Schakowsky and Lauren Underwood pose outside the Capitol on Jan. 4, 2019. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
President Barack Obama, from foreground, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin arrive in Air Force One at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on March 15, 2013. (Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky speaks Aug. 17, 2000, at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. (José Moré/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky enters the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office on July 18, 2019, at O'Hare International Airport, where she sought information about why three girls were held after arriving from Mexico. Schakowsky was among members of Congress from the Chicago area to ask the agency for information about such detentions. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
State Rep. Jan Schakowsky addresses issues during a U.S. congressional debate with JB Pritzker and state Sen. Howard Carroll on Feb. 15, 1998. (Patrick D. Witty/Chicago Tribune)
Jan Schakowsky, co-director of National Consumers United, disrupts a meeting where the general counsel of the Cost of Living Council spoke about beef prices on Aug. 3, 1973, at the Prudential Building auditorium in Chicago. The group interrupted the meeting to protest soaring food prices. (George Quinn/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky greets U.S. Sen. Barack Obama before President George W. Bush delivers a State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 23, 2007. (Pete Souza/Chicago Tribune)
Prior to a news conference at Foster Avenue Beach in Chicago, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, right, and congressional intern Erica Sifkoff draw the word "arsenic" in the sand on April 22, 2001. Later, Schakowsky and Chicago Ald. Joe Moore drew a line in the sand through the word to symbolize their support of more rigid federal controls on arsenic levels in drinking water. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky speaks at a news conference at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2003, about prescription drug prices. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky speak at the Ultimate Women's Power Lunch at the Hilton Chicago International Ballroom, May 6, 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
National Consumers United co-directors Jan Schakowsky, left, and Jackie Kendall speak on March 24, 1972, at a Price Commission hearing at University of Illinois at Chicago. (William Yates/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly and Jan Schakowsky listen as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and other mayors from across the country testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, center, has her arm around the shoulder of Maria Pike, who lost her son Ricky to gun violence, at a rally at Federal Plaza in Chicago on June 29, 2016. Several members of Congress from Illinois joined House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland to call for stricter gun laws. (Nancy Stone/ Chicago Tribune)
Danny Ayalon, Israeli ambassador to the United States, left, greets fellow Israel Solidarity Day/Walk With Israel speakers U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Rahm Emanuel on May 4, 2003, at McCormick Place. (Chuck Berman/Chicago Tribune)
Sens. Dick Durbin, from left, and Barack Obama, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley cheer for the Chicago White Sox as they watch the Game 3 of the World Series in Durbin's office on Capitol Hill on Oct. 25, 2005. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky chats with Katy Scott, left, mother of a soldier injured in Iraq, at a meeting held by Sen. Dick Durbin on March 12, 2007, on the campus of the University of Illinois Chicago regarding medical treatment for wounded veterans. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Jesse Jackson Jr. stand on stage as they speak at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood on Jan. 15, 2012. (José M. Osorio/ Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky speaks at a rally at Federal Plaza in support of fired Environmental Protection Agency employees on Feb. 18, 2025, in Chicago. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky joins the Chicago Pride Parade on June 25, 2017. (Alexandra Wimley/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky attends a memorial Oct. 7, 2024, in Skokie, for killed Israelis and hostages since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
State Rep. Jan Schakowsky, running for Congress in the 9th District, talks with high school student L'Oreal Johnson, 17, as students call voters from Schakowsky headquarters in Evanston on Oct. 29, 1998. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, left, is introduced by Rep. Jan Schakowsky during a town hall at the Broadway Armory in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood, Nov. 30, 2019. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Then-state Rep. Jan Schakowsky and candidate for Congress on Oct. 29, 1998, in Evanston. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Outside the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, right, exults in happiness with health care bill supporter Madeleine Golde, senior legislative advocate for Service Employees International Union, on Oct. 7, 1999. (Pete Souza/Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, foreground, waits her turn to speak at a press conference in Washington with fellow House members who had just voted against the Iraq resolution, Oct. 10, 2002. (Pete Souza/Chicago Tribune)
Gov. Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky applaud at a Rainbow/PUSH Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Jan. 16, 2006, in Chicago. (Chuck Berman/Chicago Tribune)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky participates in a prayer vigil for the victims of the Arizona shootings at the Gurudwara Sahib of Chicago temple, a Sikh temple at 2341 W. Devon Ave. in Chicago on Jan. 9, 2011. Seated on left is Balvinder Singh, a local businessman. (José M. Osorio/ Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky speaks at a Pulaski Day event on March 2, 2015, at the Polish Museum of America in Chicago. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune)
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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky is hugged by a supporter, May 5, 2025, after announcing at the Sheraton Grand Chicago that she will not run for re-election next year. (Eileen Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
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