# Mike Crawford

Mike Crawford is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 31.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 31
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/08699f92-8a4f-4dfa-8e8c-8bf129fb08d0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/08699f92-8a4f-4dfa-8e8c-8bf129fb08d0 (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

76% of Crawford’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.69 (standard error 0.07), from 26 donors and 298 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 2 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 51 bills: 47 reached committee, 27 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 444. 58.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 29 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5817: MECHANICS LIEN-PRE-LIEN NOTICE (introduced, 2026-09-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5817/
- HR 1029: MEMORIAL-REV. DR. WILLIAMS JR. (introduced, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1029/
- HR 1012: MEMORIAL-HELEN PATTRICK (introduced, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1012/
- HR 1011: MEMORIAL-KATHLEEN TALBERT (introduced, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1011/
- HR 901: CONGRATS-DR. SHAKA RAWLS (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR901/
- HB 5771: $HIGHER ED-PRISON EDUC PROGRAM (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5771/
- HR 854: MEMORIAL-PETE B. KASTANES (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR854/
- HR 851: COMMEND-PHI BETA/ZETA PHI (passed one chamber, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR851/
- HR 694: MEMORIAL-LARKEN S. AKINS (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR694/
- SB 3722: DHS-BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3722/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $77.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 76% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=3452
- Campaign site: https://www.drmikecrawford.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Crawford-Democrat-for-State-Representative/61556673380793/?_rdr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepmikecrawford/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcrawford1

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/08699f92-8a4f-4dfa-8e8c-8bf129fb08d0