# Nabeela Syed

Nabeela Syed is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 51.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 51
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3115335b-b84e-49e5-b0ed-8ee2ab139784

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3115335b-b84e-49e5-b0ed-8ee2ab139784 (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

Syed reported $3.1M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

346 classified statements: 346 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Syed | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 2.0% | 10.4% | 604 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 35.8% | 39.2% | 443 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.2% | 2.9% | 491 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 16.5% | 14.4% | 297 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 26% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 19% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 9.7% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Economics and Public Finance 8.9% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.52 (standard error 0.02), from 573 donors and 551 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 87% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 70 bills: 70 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 194. 37.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 81 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5389: INS-LUNG CANCER SCREENING (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5389/
- HB 5510: STUDENT ONLINE PERSONAL INFO (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5510/
- HB 5514: MEDICAID-PBM-PROCUREMENT (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5514/
- HB 5279: DIGITAL LIBRARY PROTECTION ACT (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5279/
- HB 5098: ENTERTAINMENT WATER ACCESS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5098/
- HB 5234: LANDLORD-TENANT FEES (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5234/
- HB 5107: SCH SAFETY-PANIC ALERT SYSTEM (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5107/
- SB 3496: RN LICENSE TEMP SUSPENSION (passed both chambers, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3496/
- HB 5297: PROP TX-SENIOR FREEZE-INCOME (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5297/
- HB 5113: SCH CD-AI USE IN EDUC COMM (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5113/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3.1M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% 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.

- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/NabeelaforIL rep_nabeelasyed/status/2110529550186664317
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/NabeelaforIL rep_nabeelasyed/status/2109380462443741555
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/NabeelaforIL rep_nabeelasyed/status/2108211361687748809
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/NabeelaforIL rep_nabeelasyed/status/2105399736144417278
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/NabeelaforIL rep_nabeelasyed/status/2105399743643898357
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/NabeelaforIL rep_nabeelasyed/status/2105399754783965628
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NabeelaforIL rep_nabeelasyed/status/2104382779093905598
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/NabeelaforIL rep_nabeelasyed/status/2104382796915785761
- 2026-09-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NabeelaforIL rep_nabeelasyed/status/2104051013539738103
- 2026-09-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/NabeelaforIL rep_nabeelasyed/status/2104051016261923313

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3232
- Campaign site: https://www.nabeelasyed.com/ https://www.repnabeelasyed.org/
- X: https://x.com/NabeelaforIL
- X: https://x.com/rep_nabeelasyed
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nabeela4Illinois/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rep.nabeelasyed/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nabeelasyed/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.nabeelasyed/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nabeelasyed3093
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nabeela-syed/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3115335b-b84e-49e5-b0ed-8ee2ab139784