# Mary Edly-Allen

Mary Edly-Allen is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 31.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1a1cd310-b42c-4da3-b9ac-6278b1e95a02

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1a1cd310-b42c-4da3-b9ac-6278b1e95a02 (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

54% of Edly-Allen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats.

## What Edly-Allen says (IL 2025–26 session)

41 classified statements: 41 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 | Edly-Allen | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 2.4% | 10.3% | 242 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 61.0% | 42.9% | 60 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.4% | 3.4% | 162 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 24.4% | 16.1% | 72 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 16% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Environmental Protection 16% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%); Health 16% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Families 12% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.04), from 77 donors and 577 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 2 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 92 bills: 92 reached committee, 44 passed one chamber, 23 passed both, 20 became law. Cosponsored 459. 48.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 22 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 752: SCHOOL START TIMES (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR752/
- SR 761: PROVIDER APPRECIATION DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR761/
- SR 736: MEMORIAL-SANDRA J. BOOKER (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR736/
- SR 685: CONGRATS-RUTH P. D. BUEHRER (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR685/
- SB 3901: MARRIAGE ACT-EVIDENCE (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3901/
- SB 3805: $ISBE-ENGLISH LEARNER GRANTS (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3805/
- SB 4011: ABORTION ACCESS FUND GRANTS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4011/
- HB 5408: ABORTION ACCESS FUND GRANTS (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5408/
- SB 3942: JUV CT-YOUTH RELEASE (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3942/
- SB 3806: SCH CD-ENGLISH LEARNER GRANT (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3806/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $64.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 54% 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.

- 2025-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen MaryforIL/status/1956452303503872070
- 2025-04-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen MaryforIL/status/1907072856594194926
- 2025-03-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen MaryforIL/status/1906764715906261294
- 2025-03-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen MaryforIL/status/1906764717856624867
- 2025-02-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen MaryforIL/status/1895569198518321313
- 2025-02-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen MaryforIL/status/1895569203576651938
- 2025-02-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen MaryforIL/status/1895569206680436793
- 2025-02-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen MaryforIL/status/1895569208894968295
- 2025-02-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen MaryforIL/status/1895569211092865535
- 2025-02-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen MaryforIL/status/1895569212980281451

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3212
- Campaign site: https://www.senatoredlyallen.com/ https://www.maryforil31.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenEdlyAllen
- X: https://x.com/MaryforIL
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryForIL/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenEdlyAllen/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MaryforIL
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@maryedly-allen6916
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-edly-allen/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1a1cd310-b42c-4da3-b9ac-6278b1e95a02