Peter Roskam

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Peter J. Roskam
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Prior offices
Illinois House of Representatives District 40

U.S. House Illinois District 6
Successor: Sean Casten

Compensation

Net worth

(2012) $854,525

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 6, 2018

Education

High school

Glenbard West High School

Bachelor's

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Law

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Personal
Religion
Anglican Mission in America
Profession
Attorney, Political Assistant
Contact

Peter J. Roskam (Republican Party) was a member of the U.S. House, representing Illinois' 6th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2007. He left office on January 3, 2019.

Roskam (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 6th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Roskam was first elected to the U.S. House in 2006.[1] He was a member of the Illinois State Senate from 2000 to 2007 and the Illinois House of Representatives from 1993 to 1998.[1]

Elections

2018

See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2018
See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District election (March 20, 2018 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Sean Casten defeated incumbent Peter J. Roskam in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Sean Casten (D)
 
53.6
 
169,001
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Peter J. Roskam (R)
 
46.4
 
146,445

Total votes: 315,446
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Sean Casten
 
29.5
 
19,774
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Kelly Mazeski
 
26.8
 
17,984
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Carole Cheney
 
17.4
 
11,663
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Amanda Howland
 
12.7
 
8,483
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Becky Anderson Wilkins
 
6.0
 
4,001
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Jennifer Zordani
 
4.1
 
2,743
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Ryan Huffman
 
3.5
 
2,365

Total votes: 67,013
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Peter J. Roskam advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Peter J. Roskam
 
100.0
 
56,544

Total votes: 56,544
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2016

See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Peter Roskam (R) defeated Amanda Howland (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Roskam defeated Gordon Kinzler in the Republican primary on March 15, 2016, while Howland defeated Robert Marshall to win the Democratic nomination.[2][3]

U.S. House, Illinois District 6 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Roskam Incumbent 59.2% 208,555
     Democratic Amanda Howland 40.8% 143,591
Total Votes 352,146
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections


U.S. House, Illinois District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngAmanda Howland 67.1% 51,101
Robert Marshall 32.9% 25,027
Total Votes 76,128
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections
U.S. House, Illinois District 6 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Roskam Incumbent 68.8% 83,344
Gordon Kinzler 31.2% 37,834
Total Votes 121,178
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

2014

See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District elections, 2014
U.S. House, Illinois District 6 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Roskam Incumbent 67.1% 160,278
     Democratic Michael Mason 32.9% 78,465
Total Votes 238,743
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results

2012

See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District elections, 2012
U.S. House, Illinois District 6 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Roskam Incumbent 59.2% 193,138
     Democratic Leslie Coolidge 40.8% 132,991
Total Votes 326,129
Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"

Full history


Campaign themes

2018

Campaign website

Roskam’s campaign website stated the following:

National Security and Borders
There’s no issue more important to Peter than keeping our country and our communities safe. We must develop a long-term strategy to combat the spread of radical Islamic extremism. The rise of ISIS and extremist groups around the world has led to terror attacks against our citizens at home and abroad. This is unacceptable and it must stop.

Peter voted to halt the unchecked influx of Syrian refugees into our communities until we have better screening processes in place to keep out violent extremists who intend us harm. Any efforts to reform our country’s immigration system must start with border security. The federal government has been derelict in its duty to secure our borders and the result is a serious threat to our national security.

Peter is leading the charge against President Obama’s dangerous and misguided deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. He bucked his own party’s leadership to prevent a vote affirming the deal after the White House refused to unveil key details of the agreement. We should immediately reinstate and strengthen sanctions against Iran, not hand over a $100 billion check that the president himself admits will be used to support terrorism.

Peter stands proudly as one of Israel’s strongest supporters in Congress. He understands the only true democracy in the Middle East is our strongest ally in the region and serves as a crucial check against the rising tide of violent extremism. Peter has worked tirelessly against those who seek to delegitimize Israel, fighting the insidious Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Peter passed legislation, over President Obama’s objections, to protect American companies doing business in Israel from discrimination. He serves as Co-Chair of the Republican Israel Coalition and the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism.

Health Care
By almost every conceivable metric, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has failed. Americans have seen their healthcare plans cancelled and their options limited. We pay more for less, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We must repeal and replace this misguided and harmful law.

Peter has long supported the full repeal and replacement of the ACA. As a member of the Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, he supports patient-centered alternatives designed to increase access to affordable, portable health insurance and spur competition among providers to bring down costs.

To achieve those goals, Peter voted for legislation that protects coverage for people with preexisting conditions, increases competition in the marketplace and lowers premiums, and ensures long-term viability of the healthcare system.

Oversight and Accountability
As Chairman of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, Peter has been leading the fight to reform the IRS and root out the mismanagement and abuse the troubled agency has inflicted upon hardworking taxpayers.

When the IRS got caught abusing its power and unfairly targeting conservatives, Peter led the charge to investigate and hold the guilty parties accountable. When the agency tried to use gift taxes to target and diminish charitable donations to conservative groups, Peter passed a law to stop it – scoring a major legislative victory. He will continue to hold the IRS accountable and make sure these abuses never happen again.

Peter has been a leading voice fighting to change the culture at the IRS. He wrote and passed into law the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which protects taxpayers and their private information from IRS abuse. He forced the IRS to re-train every one of its employees and hang a copy in every one of its facilities. Through his oversight and accountability work, Peter exposed major abuses of power by the IRS. The agency used strong-arm tactics to seize the assets of law-abiding citizens and small businesses. He is now forcing the IRS to repay every dollar they took and is changing the rules so that it can’t happen again.

Peter is also a leader on healthcare issues, using his oversight chairmanship to protect doctors, patients, and taxpayers. Medicare fraud costs hardworking families more than $165 million each day – more than a billion dollars each and every week. Peter authored legislation to apply credit card-style, anti-fraud technology to Medicare payments, receiving support from a wide variety of groups such as the AARP, the National Healthcare Anti-Fraud Association, and Citizens Against Government Waste. This important legislation will help prevent improper payments from being issued in the first place, a better alternative to tracking down stolen funds after the fact. It’s critical we adopt private sector innovations and the latest technologies to make sure Medicare dollars go towards care for our seniors, not fraudsters and identity thieves.

Tax Reform
The last time the tax code was overhauled, the Bears had just won the Super Bowl! We’ve spent the last 30 years with a bloated tax code full of special interest carve outs that added complexity but benefited very few.

Since Peter joined the Ways & Means Committee in 2009 he has been working tirelessly to rewrite the tax code, and in 2017 he helped author and pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. As both the Chairman of the Tax Policy Subcommittee and a member of the bicameral conference committee, Peter played a key role in advancing the legislation.

Our goals for this overhaul were simple – put more money back in American families’ paychecks and get our stagnant economy growing again to create new jobs. This law accomplishes both. A family of four making the median income for IL-06 of $135,485 and taking the standard deduction will see a tax cut of $4,673. In fact the average family in every income bracket in IL-06 will see a tax cut. Additionally this law cuts taxes for small businesses, allowing for a 20% deduction in taxable income for main street businesses, with guardrails in place to ensure that this benefit is used fairly. Finally this bill encourages companies to move operations and jobs back to the United States by lowering what was the highest corporate tax rate in the world and ending an antiquated taxation system that punished global companies that chose to headquarter in the United States.

Throughout this process Peter fought to preserve key provisions of the tax code such as the state and local tax deductions, the charitable deduction, and he even had his own bill, Stop Taxing Death and Disability, included in the law. This provision ensures that in the tragic event of a student passing away, their grieving family is not hit with a tax bill as a result of the deceased’s forgiven student loans.

This law is a win for the middle class and a win for the Sixth District of Illinois. Peter is proud to have played a key role in its success.

Family
Peter is unapologetically pro-life and consistently ranks among Congress’s strongest advocates for the unborn. He also understands that family issues go well beyond protecting the sanctity of life. Peter will continue fighting for healthcare access and affordability, lower energy costs and energy independence, as well as educational opportunities that empower parents, not government bureaucrats. Most recently, Peter has been leading an investigation into the rising costs of higher education.

[5]

—Peter Roskam’s campaign website (2018)[6]

Campaign advertisements

The following is an example of an ad from Roskam's 2018 election campaign.

"People Ahead of Politics" - Roskam campaign video, released June 18, 2018

2016

Campaign website

The following issues were listed on Roskam's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

  • Healthcare: We cannot afford the healthcare law that was passed earlier this year. It sets up a dramatic new entitlement regime that will actually increase insurance costs. The law is paid for by budget gimmicks such as double-counting Medicare and Social Security savings that would make any honest accountant blush. Congressman Roskam knows that people’s idea of healthcare reform is not forcing people onto Medicaid, but rather reforms that deliver for our need.
  • Jobs & the Economy: Washington’s number one job right now should be job creation. Congressman Roskam is a leading voice in Washington for the sort of policies we need to get the economy back on track. That’s why the National Federation of Independent Businesses, our country’s leading small business organization, recently awarded Congressman Roskam with the Guardian of Small Business Award.
  • Government Spending & Debt: Congressman Roskam wasn’t part of the big-spending House Republicans in the early 2000s, but he’s fought against wasteful spending under the current Majority since he was first elected in 2006. Congress may not like to make the hard choices, but Congressman Roskam knows that we can start right now taking some of these steps toward putting the federal government on a path to a balanced budget. Only then can we start paying off our debt and get our country on a track toward sustained economic prosperity.
  • National Security: Congressman Roskam is working to make sure we can be safe. He has a clear view of what America’s role in the world should be and what we need to be secure here at home. If America is to remain the freest nation in the world and not suffer more attacks on our homeland, we need to project the strength necessary for the task and implement the forward-thinking protections needed to guard against an ever-evolving threat.

[5]

—Peter Roskam's campaign website, http://roskamforcongress.com/issues

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Roskam was assigned to the following committees:[7]

2015-2016

Roskam served on the following committees:[8]

2013-2014

Roskam served on the following committees:[9][10]

2007-2008

In the 2007-2008 Congress, Roskam served on the following committees:

  • House Financial Services Committee
  • Capital Markets subcommittee
  • Insurance subcommittee
  • Government-Sponsored Enterprises subcommittee
  • Domestic and International Monetary Policy subcommittee
  • Trade and Technology subcommittee
  • Oversight and Investigations subcommittee

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 Congress, Roskam served on the following committees:

Key votes

See also: Key votes

Ballotpedia monitors legislation that receives a vote and highlights the ones that we consider to be key to understanding where elected officials stand on the issues. To read more about how we identify key votes, click here.

Key votes: 115th Congress, 2017-2018

For detailed information about each vote, click here.

Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress

2008

On November 4, 2008, Peter Roskam won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jill Morgenthaler (D) in the general election.[111]

U.S. House, Illinois District 6 General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Roskam incumbent 57.6% 147,906
     Democratic Jill Morgenthaler 42.4% 109,007
Total Votes 256,913

2006

On November 7, 2006, Peter Roskam won election to the United States House. He defeated Tammy Duckworth (D) in the general election.[112]

U.S. House, Illinois District 6 General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Roskam 51.4% 91,382
     Democratic Tammy Duckworth 48.6% 86,572
     N/A Write-in 0% 3
Total Votes 177,957

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Noteworthy events

Campaign for majority whip

In 2014, Roskam launched an unsuccessful bid for U.S. House majority whip. He was defeated by Steve Scalise (R-LA), and also ran against Marlin Stutzman (R-IN).[113][114][115] The whip post became open when Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was successful in his bid to succeed Eric Cantor as majority leader.[116]

Campaign finance summary


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Peter J. Roskam campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2018U.S. House Illinois District 6Lost general$7,060,805 $7,154,397
2016U.S. House, Illinois District 6Won $2,977,206 N/A**
2014U.S. House (Illinois, District 6)Won $3,494,076 N/A**
2012U.S. House Illinois District 6Won $3,277,931 N/A**
2010U.S. House Illinois District 6Won $2,381,858 N/A**
2008U.S. House Illinois District 6Won $2,659,880 N/A**
2006U.S. House Illinois District 6Won $3,443,597 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

Personal Gain Index

Congressional Personal Gain Index graphic.png
See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)

The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:

PGI: Change in net worth

See also: Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index) and Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives
Net Worth Metric graphic.png

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Roskam's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $324,050 and $1,385,000. That averages to $854,525, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2012 of $6,956,438.47. Roskam ranked as the 225th most wealthy representative in 2012.[117] Between 2007 and 2012, Roskam's calculated net worth[118] decreased by an average of 8 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.[119]

Peter Roskam Yearly Net Worth
YearAverage Net Worth
2007$1,485,787
2012$854,525
Growth from 2007 to 2012:−42%
Average annual growth:−8%[120]
Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.[121]

The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.

PGI: Donation Concentration Metric

See also: The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)

Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.org, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). Roskam received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Securities & Investment industry.

From 1997-2014, 23.4 percent of Roskam's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.[122]

Donation Concentration Metric graphic.png
Peter Roskam Campaign Contributions
Total Raised $15,253,252
Total Spent $14,059,035
Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee
Securities & Investment$838,647
Insurance$770,788
Retired$761,017
Health Professionals$680,599
Leadership PACs$517,820
% total in top industry5.5%
% total in top two industries10.55%
% total in top five industries23.4%

Analysis

Ideology and leadership

See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Roskam was a "moderate Republican leader," as of July 29, 2014. This was the same rating Roskam received in June 2013.[123]

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[124]

Roskam most often votes with:

Roskam least often votes with:


National Journal vote ratings

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.

2013

Roskam ranked 156th in the conservative rankings in 2013.[125]

2012

Roskam ranked 150th in the conservative rankings in 2012.[126]

2011

Roskam ranked 87th in the liberal rankings in 2011.[127]

Voting with party

The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.

2014

Roskam voted with the Republican Party 95.5 percent of the time, which ranked 58th among the 234 House Republican members as of July 2014.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

2013

Roskam voted with the Republican Party 96.4 percent of the time, which ranked 117th among the 233 House Republican members as of June 2013.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

According to the website GovTrack, Roskam missed 178 of 6,860 roll call votes from January 2007 to September 2015. This amounted to 2.6 percent, which was higher than the median of 2.2 percent among representatives as of September 2015.[128]

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Roskam paid his congressional staff a total of $802,755 in 2011. He ranked 51st on the list of the lowest paid Republican representative staff salaries and ranked 58th 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.[129]

Staff bonuses

According to an analysis by CNN, Roskam was one of nearly 25 percent of House members who gave their staff bonuses in 2012. Roskam's staff was given an apparent $3,068.50 in bonus money.[130]

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term Peter + Roskam + Illinois + House


See also

External links


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