“I think we have to acknowledge that the way to get back into the majority into the Congress and pick up seats is to make sure we are a big-tent party and reaching out to people that are moderate and not just push to the left.”

American politician and political scientist

Dan Lipinski is an American politician and political scientist. He served eight terms as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2021. During his years in Congress, Lipinski represented a Chicago-area district and worked in national politics as both an elected official and a scholar of political science. His public language is tied to that career in government and policy, reflecting the issues and judgments that come with legislative work.