Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Senator

Tammy Duckworth

U.S. Senator● In office
Born
March 12, 1968
Current age
58
Home state
Illinois
Party
Democratic
In office
U.S. Senator, Illinois (present)
On the ballot
2006–2022
4-1
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Duckworth5.6M
Opponents4.5M
5
Elections run

Between 2006 and 2022, Tammy Duckworth ran in 5 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning 4 and losing 1. Duckworth's biggest single-election total was 3,012,940 votes, in the 2016 U.S. Senate election in Illinois. Duckworth's closest win came in the 2014 U.S. House election in Illinois's District 8, decided by 17,300 votes.

Browse every U.S. Senate election in Illinois, every U.S. House race in Illinois's District 8, or every U.S. House race in Illinois's District 6.

How many votes has Tammy Duckworth received?

Tammy Duckworth has received 5,636,032 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 4–1.

Election history

Tammy Duckworth’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
2022U.S. SenateIllinoisWon2,329,13656.82%Kathy Salvi
Bill Redpath

Lowell Martin Seida

Constant 'Connor' Vlakancic
2016U.S. SenateIllinoisWon3,012,94054.86%Mark Steven Kirk
Kenton McMillen

Scott Summers
2014U.S. HouseIllinoisWon84,17855.73%Larry Kaifesh
2012U.S. HouseIllinoisWon123,20654.74%Joseph Walsh
2006U.S. HouseIllinoisLost86,57248.65%Peter J. Roskam
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (D000622) and Wikidata (Q3036410). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Tammy Duckworth: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/tammy-duckworth. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.