# Patrick Sheehan

Patrick Sheehan is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 37
- Serving since: 2024-04-12
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/075c5ab4-12bf-4573-8091-1539a081256e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/075c5ab4-12bf-4573-8091-1539a081256e (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

The policy areas Sheehan talks about and legislates on agree at 0.74 on a 0–1 scale, in the top 5% of State House Republicans.

## What Sheehan says (IL 2025–26 session)

114 classified statements: 114 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Sheehan | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.9% | 2.9% | 410 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 28.9% | 9.3% | 44 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 61.4% | 31.9% | 45 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 1.8% | 290 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 19.3% | 12.7% | 186 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 3.5% | 1.4% | 104 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 51% (State House Republicans 11%); Taxation 14% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Immigration 13% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Labor and Employment 10% (State House Republicans 2.5%); Economics and Public Finance 8.6% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.10 (standard error 0.01), from 81 donors and 356 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 94.8% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 84% (96.7%). 82 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 36 bills: 34 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 147. 47.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 55 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1050: MEMORIAL-MIKE DITKA (introduced, 2026-10-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1050/
- HR 1027: CONDEMNS SOCIALISM (introduced, 2026-09-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1027/
- HR 877: MEMORIAL-CHRISTOPHER CARLSON (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR877/
- HR 762: CONGRATS-HOMER JHS WRESTLING (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR762/
- HR 731: CONGRATS-BILL RIORDAN (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR731/
- HR 718: FALLEN FIRST RESPONDERS MONTH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR718/
- HR 701: CONGRATS-USA MEN'S HOCKEY (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR701/
- HR 692: CONGRATS-OAK PRAIRIE SCHOOL (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR692/
- SB 4010: PEN CD-TRS-SERVICE CREDIT (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4010/
- HB 5004: INTERFERE FIRST RESPONDER (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5004/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $217.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-04-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/ilstatesman37 Sheehan4IL/status/2049151511356187006
- 2026-04-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/ilstatesman37 Sheehan4IL/status/2041927967669153933
- 2026-04-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/ilstatesman37 Sheehan4IL/status/2039379467504595009
- 2026-03-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/ilstatesman37 Sheehan4IL/status/2036801748103242025
- 2026-03-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ilstatesman37 Sheehan4IL/status/2036139661945438292
- 2026-03-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/ilstatesman37 Sheehan4IL/status/2033980333356458030
- 2026-03-04 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/ilstatesman37 Sheehan4IL/status/2029195514634268920
- 2026-02-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/ilstatesman37 Sheehan4IL/status/2026819902170956090
- 2026-02-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/ilstatesman37 Sheehan4IL/status/2026659884003954801
- 2026-02-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/ilstatesman37 Sheehan4IL/status/2025606048522867049

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3260
- Campaign site: https://repsheehan.com/
- X: https://x.com/ilstatesman37
- X: https://x.com/Sheehan4IL
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SheehanSenate/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrick.sheehan.75248
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repsheehan/
- Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@Sheehan4Senate

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/075c5ab4-12bf-4573-8091-1539a081256e