# Don Harmon

Don Harmon is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 39.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 39
- Serving since: 2003-01-03
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/15c56180-21e1-492d-874f-25d511f804ee

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/15c56180-21e1-492d-874f-25d511f804ee (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

96% of the 617 bills Harmon sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 59 in the Illinois Senate.

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

132 classified statements: 132 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Harmon | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 3.8% | 10.3% | 224 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 40.9% | 42.9% | 183 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.0% | 3.4% | 144 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 15.2% | 16.1% | 159 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 30% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Education 11% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 9.3% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Families 9.3% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.04), from 436 donors and 1,312 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 617 bills: 617 reached committee, 83 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 14. 96.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 1 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 68: JOINT SESSION-SENATOR DURBIN (passed both chambers, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR68/
- SR 809: SIGMA/ZETA DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR809/
- SR 756: MEMORIAL-REP. B. FLYNN CURRIE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR756/
- HJRCA 28: CONAMEND-REDISTRICTING (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJRCA28/
- SR 720: CONGRATS-AMERICAN AIRLINES (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR720/
- SR 721: CONGRATS-UNITED AIRLINES (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR721/
- SR 702: MEMORIAL-DIANE R. DOHERTY (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR702/
- SR 643: MEMORIAL-E. TODD COLLINS (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR643/
- SR 644: MEMORIAL-JIM DOOLEY (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR644/
- SR 642: MEMORIAL-THEODORE SARANTOS (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR642/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.1M (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 91% 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/DonHarmonIL/status/2113748131422843069
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DonHarmonIL/status/2112590202950791264
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DonHarmonIL/status/2112628530307575810
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DonHarmonIL/status/2106869980872798501
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DonHarmonIL/status/2105395636090605992
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/DonHarmonIL/status/2105408349390983452
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DonHarmonIL/status/2103568253586948461
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/DonHarmonIL/status/2100332275577557247
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DonHarmonIL/status/2098158732332982730
- 2026-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/DonHarmonIL/status/2094522276976660887

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3029
- Campaign site: http://www.donharmon.org/ https://harmonforillinois.com/
- X: https://x.com/DonHarmonIL
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorDonHarmon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donharmon39
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-harmon-77b88966

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/15c56180-21e1-492d-874f-25d511f804ee