Dan Lipinski

Daniel William Lipinski (born July 15, 1966) is an American politician and political scientist who has served as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 3rd congressional district since 2005. His father, Bill Lipinski, held the seat which was previously numbered as the 5th district from 1983 to 2005. The district encompasses parts of southwestern Chicago as well as much of its southwestern suburbs.

Dan Lipinski
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 3rd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2005
Preceded byBill Lipinski
Personal details
Born
Daniel William Lipinski

(1966-07-15) July 15, 1966
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Judy Lipinski
FatherBill Lipinski
EducationNorthwestern University (BS)
Stanford University (MS)
Duke University (PhD)

Lipinski has worked for a number of politicians, including U.S. Representatives George E. Sangmeister, Rod Blagojevich and Dick Gephardt, and Cook County State's Attorney Richard A. Devine. He has a Ph.D. in political science from Duke University. He taught at the University of Notre Dame from 2000 to 2001 and at the University of Tennessee from 2001 to 2004. In 2004, Lipinski's father won the Democratic primary for Illinois's 3rd congressional district, and shortly afterward withdrew his reelection bid. Upon Bill Lipinski’s retirement, the state Democratic Party chose the younger Lipinski to replace his father on the ballot. Lipinski defeated his Republican challenger in this heavily Democratic district.

Lipinski has a reputation as one of the most conservative Democrats in the House. He did not endorse President Barack Obama for reelection in 2012, opposes legalized abortion and stem cell research, was the only House Democrat from Illinois to vote against the Affordable Care Act, supported reauthorizing the Patriot Act in 2006, and supported the Defense of Marriage and First Amendment Defense Acts. In January 2020, Lipinski, fellow Democratic Representative Collin Peterson, 166 Republican representatives and 39 Republican senators submitted an amicus curiae brief calling on the Supreme Court to reconsider and potentially overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, two cases that upheld abortion rights.[1] In 2020, Lipinski was defeated in the Democratic primary by progressive challenger Marie Newman, who had unsuccessfully challenged him in the 2018 primary.[2]

Early life, education, and career

Lipinski was born in Chicago, the son of Rose Marie (née Lapinski) and former U.S. Congressman Bill Lipinski.[3] He attended St. Ignatius College Prep, graduating in 1984.[4] He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University in 1988, an M.S. in engineering-economic systems from Stanford University in 1989 and a Ph.D. in political science from Duke University in 1998.[5][6]

In the summer of 1992, Lipinski interned at the United States Department of Labor. He interned for U.S. Congressman George E. Sangmeister from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to 1996 Lipinski was a legislative staff member for U.S. Congressman Jerry Costello. He then served on Cook County State's Attorney Richard A. Devine's campaign during the 1996 election season, and later on Devine's transition staff. After a short stint on then-U.S. Congressman Rod Blagojevich's staff, Lipinski served as a communications staff aide to then-House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt.

From 2000 to 2001, Lipinski taught at the University of Notre Dame. In 2001, he joined the faculty of the University of Tennessee, where he remained until his election to Congress in 2004.[6]

U.S. House of Representatives

In 2004 Lipinski's father ran for re-nomination in the Democratic primary. After easily winning the nomination, the elder Lipinski announced his retirement. As the Democratic committeeman for Chicago's 23rd Ward—which is virtually coextensive with the Chicago portion of the 3rd district—he was able to persuade the state Democratic Party to select his son to replace him on the ballot. The move was somewhat controversial; since the younger Lipinski had not lived regularly in Illinois since 1989 or run for elected office before, but it allowed him to sidestep the Democratic primary—the real contest in this heavily Democratic district.[7][8] He then bought a home in Western Springs as his residence in the district. As expected, Lipinski defeated his Republican challenger, Ryan Chlada, in the general election.

In the 2006 Democratic primary Lipinski won 55% of the vote against two opponents, and in the general election he defeated the Republican nominee, Raymond Wardingley, with 77% of the vote. Lipinski defeated three opponents in the 2008 Democratic primary and beat Republican Michael Hawkins in the general election with 73% of the vote. In the 2010 general election Lipinski defeated Republican Michael Bendas with over 70% of the vote.[9]

Lipinski faced Marie Newman in the 2018 Democratic primary and defeated her with 51.2% of the vote to Newman's 48.8%.[10] She challenged him again in 2020,[11] as did Muslim-American activist and businessman Rush Darwish[12] and local resident Charles Hughes.[13] Another primary challenger, Abe Matthew, dropped out and endorsed Newman.[14] Newman won the primary.[15][2]

Committee assignments

Lipinski serves on two House Committees: Transportation & Infrastructure and Science, Space, & Technology. He is the most senior member from Illinois on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, serving on the Subcommittee on Aviation and the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, which he chairs. On the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Lipinski was previously the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Research and sits on the Subcommittee on Energy. His district includes Argonne National Laboratory.

Caucus memberships

Political positions

Lipinski is one of the most socially conservative Democrats in Congress.[26] In recent years his district has been described as largely liberal,[27][28][29] but it has long been the most conservative of the eight districts in and around Chicago, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+6; no other Chicago-based district has a PVI lower than D+15.

Lipinski has repeatedly argued that the Democratic Party is moving too far to the left, which he believes helped Donald Trump become president.[30]

Abortion and stem cell research

Lipinski is anti-abortion[31] and serves as co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus.[21] He is a co-sponsor of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.[32] In June 2013, Lipinski was one of only six Democrats in Congress who voted for a nationwide 20-week abortion ban.[33]

In 2007, Lipinski voted against legislation to increase funding for embryonic stem cell research.[8]

Barack Obama

Lipinski did not endorse President Barack Obama for reelection in 2012.[34]

Economy

Lipinski introduced the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act on June 12, 2012.[35] The bill would require the government to implement policies that support manufacturing products that qualify for the "Made in U.S.A." label, such as the establishment of a Manufacturing Strategy Board within the United States Department of Commerce that includes federal officials, two state governors from different parties, and nine private-sector leaders and stakeholders from the manufacturing industry.[36] The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill on September 12, 2012, by a 339–77 vote.[35]

Lipinski has proposed what he calls a "Five-Point Jobs Plan". According to Lipinski, the plan would "strengthen manufacturing, modernize our infrastructure, educate the workforce, force other countries to trade fairly and invest in innovation."[36]

Foreign policy and national security

After the 2014 Hong Kong class boycott campaign and Umbrella Movement broke out, Lipinski joined Senator Sherrod Brown's and Representative Chris Smith's effort to introduce the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which would update the United States–Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992. He expressed support for Hong Kong's autonomy and the pro-democracy protests, saying, "conducting free and fair elections by universal suffrage is a guarantee that China itself made to Hong Kong. Any effort to end these demonstrations with aggressive force or disrupt the unique government structure that exists between China and Hong Kong will have a serious impact on China's relationship with the many nations of this world that stand for democracy and freedom."[37][38][39][40][41][42]

Lipinski supports strong counter-terrorism and domestic surveillance laws. He voted for the Patriot Act re-authorization of 2006, the Protect America Act of 2007, the FISA Amendment Act of 2008, the Patriot Act Extension of 2011, and the FISA Extension of 2012. He voted against the Amash Amendment to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. Lipinski is one of only two Democratic lawmakers to have supported counter-terrorism and domestic surveillance laws to that extent.[43]

Healthcare

Lipinski was the only Illinois Democrat in Congress to oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which passed the House on March 21, 2010.[44] He said that he broke ranks with his party for a number of reasons, including the bill's provisions related to abortion.[45] Lipinski had previously voted for a version of the bill that contained more stringent restrictions on abortion funding.[46] In 2017 he said he was trying to prevent Republicans from repealing Obamacare.[47]

In October 2013 Lipinski was the primary sponsor of HR3425, which would have delayed any penalties under the PPACA until four months after the program's website was fully functional.[48]

Immigration

In 2018, while facing a strong primary challenge, Lipinski expressed support for creating a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers (undocumented immigrants who were brought into the United States as minors).[49] Previously he voted against the DREAM Act, which would have created a pathway to citizenship for those individuals.[50][30]

LGBT rights

Lipinski opposed recognition of same-sex marriage until the Supreme Court legalized it nationwide in Obergefell v. Hodges.[51] In 2011, he supported the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal benefits to gay couples.[52] The portion of DOMA that prohibited gay marriage was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2013; by 2015, Lipinski had not publicly changed his support for DOMA.[28] Lipinski supported the First Amendment Defense Act, which would prohibit the federal government from requiring that some businesses not discriminate against same-sex couples.[28] In 2009 Lipinski voted for the Hate Crimes Expansion bill, which expands the definition of hate crime and strengthens enforcement of hate-crime laws.[53] In 2010 he voted in favor of repealing Don't ask, don't tell.[54]

Lipinski now says he personally opposes same-sex marriage but supports the status quo "because it has been declared the law of the land."[55] In 2016 he supported the Republican version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which sought to allow businesses to deny services to individuals if they felt providing service would violate their religious beliefs.[27]

Electoral history
Illinois 3rd congressional district general election, 2004[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski 167,034 72.64
Republican Ryan Chlada 57,845 25.15
Write-in votes Krista Grimm 5,077 2.21
Total votes 229,956 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district Democratic primary, 2006[57]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 44,401 54.45
Democratic John T. Kelly 20,918 25.65
Democratic John P. Sullivan 16,231 19.90
Total votes 81,550 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district general election, 2006[58]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 127,768 77.10
Republican Raymond G. Wardingley 37,954 22.90
Total votes 165,722 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district Democratic primary, 2008[59]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 62,439 53.81
Democratic Mark N. Pera 29,544 25.46
Democratic Jim Capparelli 13,312 11.47
Democratic Jerry Bennett 10,742 9.26
Total votes 116,037 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district general election, 2008[60]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 172,581 73.28
Republican Michael Hawkins 50,336 21.37
Green Jerome Pohlen 12,607 5.35
Total votes 235,524 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district Democratic primary, 2010[61]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 57,684 77.89
Democratic Jorge Mujica 16,372 22.11
Total votes 74,056 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district general election, 2010[62]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 116,120 69.69
Republican Michael A Bendas 40,479 24.29
Green Laurel Lambert Schmidt 10,028 6.02
Total votes 166,627 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district Democratic primary, 2012[63]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 44,532 87.33
Democratic Farah Bagai 6,463 12.67
Total votes 50,995 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district general election, 2012[64]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 168,738 68.48
Republican Richard L. Grabowski 77,653 31.52
Write-in votes Laura Anderson 7 0.00
Total votes 246,398 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district general election, 2014[65]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 116,764 64.56
Republican Sharon M. Brannigan 64,091 35.44
Total votes 180,855 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district general election, 2016[66]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 225,320 99.96
Write-in votes Diane Harris 91 0.04
Total votes 225,411 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district Democratic primary, 2018[67]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 48,675 51.13
Democratic Marie Newman 46,530 48.87
Total votes 95,205 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district general election, 2018[68]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 163,053 73.01
Republican Arthur J. Jones 57,885 25.92
Write-in votes Justin Hanson 1,353 0.61
Write-in votes Kenneth Yerkes 1,039 0.47
Write-in votes Richard Mayers 4 0.00
Total votes 223,334 100.0
Illinois 3rd congressional district Democratic primary, 2020 (99.20% in)[69]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marie Newman 48,357 47.12
Democratic Dan Lipinski (incumbent) 45,905 44.73
Democratic Rush Darwish 6,013 5.86
Democratic Charles Hughes 2,361 2.30
Total votes 102,636 99.20

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Bill Lipinski		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 3rd congressional district
2005–present		 Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Jim Cooper		 Chair of the Blue Dog Coalition for Policy
2017–2019
Served alongside: Jim Costa (Administration), Henry Cuellar (Communications)		 Succeeded by
Tom O'Halleran
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Brian Higgins		 United States Representatives by seniority
95th		 Succeeded by
Kenny Marchant
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