Bobby Schilling
Robert T. Schilling (Republican Party) was a member of the U.S. House, representing Illinois' 17th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2011. He left office on January 3, 2013.
Schilling (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 2, 2020.
Schilling was a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives in the 2014 elections. He ran in the 17th Congressional District of Illinois.[1] Schilling was defeated by incumbent Cheri Bustos (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[2] He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 18, 2014.[3]
Schilling previously was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois' 17th Congressional District.
In the 2012 election, Schilling ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 20, 2012, but was defeated in the general election by Bustos, the current incumbent.[4] According to a March 2012 article in Roll Call, Schilling was one of the top 10 most vulnerable incumbents.[5]
Schilling passed away from cancer on April 6, 2021.[6]
Biography
Schilling (b. on January 23, 1964) was born and raised in Rock Island, IL. He graduated from Alleman Catholic High School and attended Black Hawk College.[7]
Career
- 2011-2013: United States House of Representatives, Illinois' 17th Congressional District
- 1991-1995: United Food and Commercial Workers Union[7]
- 1996: Opened Saint Giuseppe's Heavenly Pizza in Moline, Illinois[7]
- 1987-1995: Prudential Insurance Company, Insurance Agent[7]
- 1983-1987: Container Corporation of America[7]
- Union Stewart: United Paper Workers International Union
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2011-2012
Schilling served on the following committees:[8]
- Agriculture Committee
- Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture
- Armed Services Committee[8]
- Subcommittee on Readiness
- Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Small Business Committee[8]
Specific votes
Fiscal Cliff
Schilling voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was 1 of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.[9]
Elections
2020
See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Mariannette Miller-Meeks defeated Rita Hart in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) | 49.9 | 196,964 |
 | Rita Hart (D) | 49.9 | 196,958 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 703 | ||
| Total votes: 394,625 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Rita Hart advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rita Hart | 99.6 | 67,039 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 271 | ||
| Total votes: 67,310 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Newman Abuissa (D)
- Joseph Kane Baker (D)
- Veronica Tessler (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Mariannette Miller-Meeks defeated Robert T. Schilling, Steven Everly, Ricky Lee Phillips, and Tim Borchardt in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 47.6 | 23,052 |
 | Robert T. Schilling | 36.3 | 17,582 | |
| Steven Everly | 5.8 | 2,806 | ||
| Ricky Lee Phillips | 5.0 | 2,444 | ||
| Tim Borchardt | 4.9 | 2,370 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 161 | ||
| Total votes: 48,415 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mathew Hepker (R)
- Thomas Kedley (R)
2014
Schilling ran for election to the U.S. House, representing the 17th Congressional District of Illinois.[1] He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 18, 2014.[3] Incumbent Cheri Bustos, who defeated Schilling for the seat in 2012, sought re-election on the Democratic ticket. The general election takes place on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Cheri Bustos Incumbent |
55.5% | 110,560 | |
| Republican | Bobby Schilling | 44.5% | 88,785 | |
| Total Votes | 199,345 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results | ||||
2012
Schilling lost to Democrat Cheri Bustos in the 2012 general election for the U.S. House, representing Illinois' 17th District.[10]
Schilling ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 20, 2012. Cheri Bustos defeated candidates Greg Aguilar and George Gaulrapp in the Democratic primary.[4] Schilling was defeated by Democratic challenger Bustos in the general election on November 6, 2012. Schilling was considered a vulnerable incumbent.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cheri Bustos |
53.3% | 153,519 | |
| Republican | Bobby Schilling Incumbent | 46.7% | 134,623 | |
| Independent | Eric Reyes | 0% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 288,152 | |||
| Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
Push for bipartisanship
In the run up to the election, many Republicans are trying to show that they are bipartisan and willing to work with Democrats. Schilling, on the campaign trail, had praised a Democrat representative of Iowa, trying to show that he was all for bipartisanship in Congress. In a recent poll conducted by the New York Times and CBS news, results found that nearly 44% of Americans blamed Republicans for the deadlock in Congress. Republicans are trying to hold on to their districts with showing themselves to be more bipartisan.[12]
2010
On November 2, 2010, Bobby Schilling won election to the United States House. He defeated Phil Hare (D) and Roger K. Davis (G) in the general election.[13]
| U.S. House, Illinois District 17 General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Robert T. Schilling |
52.6% | 104,583 | |
| Democratic | Phil Hare incumbent | 43% | 85,454 | |
| Green | Roger K. Davis | 4.5% | 8,861 | |
| Total Votes | 198,898 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2012
According to Schilling's website, his campaign themes included:
- Social Security: "We have a moral obligation to defend these programs from the growing risk of insolvency."
- Healthcare: "We need health care reform. We do not need a government takeover of the entire health care system."
- Jobs: "Responsible government can play an important role in job creation by working to create an environment that encourages long-term private sector growth. An irresponsible government stymies growth by imposing an oppressive culture of overtaxation and overregulation, encouraging small businesses to downsize at a time when we desperately need jobs."[14]
Campaign finance summary
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Analysis
Ideology and leadership
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Schilling was a "centrist Republican follower."[15]
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Schilling paid his congressional staff a total of $695,577 in 2011. He ranked 10th on the list of the lowest paid Republican representative staff salaries and ranked 12th overall of the lowest paid representative staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Illinois ranked 46th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[16]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Schilling's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $487,008 and $1,489,998. That averages to $988,503, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.[17]
National Journal vote ratings
2011
- See also: National Journal vote ratings
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Schilling ranked 185th in the conservative rankings in 2011.[18]
Voting with party
2013
Robert T. Schilling voted with the Republican Party 91 percent of the time, which ranked 159 among the 242 House Republican members as of November 2011.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
Personal
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Schilling and his wife, Christie, had 10 children: Terry, Aaron, Levi, Joe, Isabel, Rachel, Olivia, Sam, Sophia, and Anthony.[7]
Recent news
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See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roll Call, "Schilling announces comeback bid" accessed July 9, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "House Elections Results," accessed November 11, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Associated Press, "Primary Election 2014," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ABC News 7, "Election Results Primary 2012," accessed March 20, 2012
- ↑ Roll Call, "Top 10 Vulnerable: Targets on Their Backs," accessed March 16, 2012
- ↑ The Daily Iowan, "Former Illinois congressman and Iowa congressional candidate Bobby Schilling dies of cancer," April 6, 2021
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Bobby Schilling' "Meet Bobby" accessed November 3, 2011
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Congressman Bobby Schilling, "Committees" accessed November 3, 2011
- ↑ U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff," accessed January 4, 2013
- ↑ Quad-City Times, "Hare rules out another run for Congress" accessed December 15, 2011
- ↑ New York Times, "House Ratings" accessed October 3
- ↑ The New York Times, "Some Republicans Try Out a New Campaign Theme: Bipartisanship," September 15, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Re-Eclect Bobby, "Issues," accessed October 4, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ GovTrack, "Robert “Bobby” Schilling" accessed April 20, 2012
- ↑ LegiStorm, "Bobby Schilling"
- ↑ OpenSecrets, "Schilling, (R-Illinois), 2010"
- ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," accessed February 23, 2012
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Phil Hare |
U.S. House of Representatives - Illinois, District 17 2011–2013 |
Succeeded by Cheri Bustos (D) |
