# Willie Preston

Willie Preston is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/34274113-7ea1-4e6e-aa7a-da2c9d1037b4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/34274113-7ea1-4e6e-aa7a-da2c9d1037b4 (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

74% of Preston’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 194 donors and 553 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 97.0% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 98.0% (95.3%). 4 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 108 bills: 108 reached committee, 40 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 131. 38.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 36 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 857: HONORS-JUNETEENTH (in committee, 2026-05-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR857/
- SR 766: CONGRATS-NANBPWC (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR766/
- SR 728: CONGRATS-AQSA SCHOOL (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR728/
- SR 716: CONGRATS-YMCA U.S. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR716/
- SR 717: MEMORIAL-MARK T. MORGAN (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR717/
- SB 4178: REV JESSE JACKSON DAY ACT (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4178/
- SB 4070: CTA POLICE DEPARTMENT (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4070/
- SB 4066: SCH CD-DRIVER ED-TRAFFIC STOPS (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4066/
- SB 4059: $CITY OF HARVEY (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4059/
- SR 618: MEMORIAL-REV. JESSE JACKSON (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR618/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $89.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 74% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3209
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorpreston.com/
- X: https://x.com/WilliePreston_
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willie.preston.750/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorWilliePreston/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senator_preston16/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williepreston2018/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/34274113-7ea1-4e6e-aa7a-da2c9d1037b4