# Jeff Keicher

Jeff Keicher is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 70.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 70
- Serving since: 2018-07-17
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1055f952-0000-4628-9584-c2a3fc9e991c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1055f952-0000-4628-9584-c2a3fc9e991c (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

Keicher voted against the majority of Illinois House Republicans 129 times; party unity 76%, in the bottom 5% of the Illinois House (average 96.7%).

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

115 classified statements: 115 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 | Keicher | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.6% | 2.9% | 263 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 5.2% | 9.3% | 447 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 42.6% | 31.9% | 229 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 9.6% | 12.7% | 407 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 57% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Science, Technology, Communications 29% (State House Republicans 2.4%); Commerce 27% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Labor and Employment 20% (State House Republicans 2.5%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.01), from 102 donors and 1,073 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.1% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 92.7% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 76% (96.7%). 129 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 29 bills: 27 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 105. 41.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 70 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1024: MBC AWARENESS DAY (introduced, 2026-09-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1024/
- HR 1015: RECOGNIZES-CONSTITUTION WEEK (introduced, 2026-08-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1015/
- HB 5533: SCH CD-FINANCIAL LITERACY (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5533/
- SB 3707: VISION BENEFIT MANAGERS (became law, 2026-08-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3707/
- HB 5037: FIXING HIGHER ED FUNDING ACT (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5037/
- HB 4974: EDUCATIONAL CHOICE FOR IL KIDS (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4974/
- SB 2741: CRIM CD-HATE CRIME&HARASSMENT (passed one chamber, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB2741/
- HB 4163: OFF-GRID ELECTRICITY PROVIDER (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4163/
- HB 4142: CRIM CD-IMPEDE PEACE OFFICER (in committee, 2025-10-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4142/
- HR 457: RECOGNIZES-CONSTITUTION WEEK (passed one chamber, 2025-10-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR457/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $224.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JeffKeicher/status/2113448022902509826
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JeffKeicher/status/2113448237621260697
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JeffKeicher/status/2113615169846903195
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JeffKeicher/status/2113736523887653069
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JeffKeicher/status/2113099065743294857
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JeffKeicher/status/2113099213353455638
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JeffKeicher/status/2112893032978620856
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JeffKeicher/status/2112894267798741111
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JeffKeicher/status/2112590425621979283
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JeffKeicher/status/2112595063771451554

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3120
- Campaign site: https://repkeicher.com/ https://keicherforrep.com/
- X: https://x.com/JeffKeicher
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repkeicher
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffkeicher/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-keicher

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1055f952-0000-4628-9584-c2a3fc9e991c