# Terri Bryant

Terri Bryant is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for district 58.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 58
- Serving since: 2021-01-13
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/372be8dc-8177-47e7-b128-1e6a81621f3a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/372be8dc-8177-47e7-b128-1e6a81621f3a (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

3.2% of Bryant’s statements claim credit, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans (average 15%).

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

219 classified statements: 219 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bryant | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.8% | 2.3% | 129 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 18.7% | 9.5% | 66 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 34.7% | 37.3% | 196 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.5% | 2.3% | 248 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 3.2% | 15.4% | 296 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.3% | 144 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 19% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Immigration 17% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Energy 11% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Health 9.3% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.01), from 189 donors and 844 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 95.3% (95.3%). 56 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 77 bills: 77 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 177. 20.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 51 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 788: CONGRATS-IDNR/BEALL WOODS (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR788/
- HJR 62: LCPL JONATHAN PRICE MEM. HWY (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR62/
- SB 4072: $SIU-ADVANCED ENERGY INSTITUTE (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4072/
- HB 5524: UTILITY CHARGE TRANSPARENCY (became law, 2026-07-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5524/
- SB 4028: UTILITY-INTERCONNECTION RULES (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4028/
- SB 3837: AMMUNITION SALES-SPARTA (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3837/
- SB 4035: JACKSON CNTY-CONSERVANCY DIST (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4035/
- SB 3961: DIGNITY FOR ABORTED CHILDREN (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3961/
- SB 3921: ULTRASOUND OPPORTUNITY ACT (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3921/
- SB 4037: TWP CD-AUDIT (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4037/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $235.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1 RepTerriBryant/status/2114816958214603089
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1 RepTerriBryant/status/2114413727529480276
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1 RepTerriBryant/status/2113962522365583705
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1 RepTerriBryant/status/2111536511296672217
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1 RepTerriBryant/status/2110548784090648987
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1 RepTerriBryant/status/2110337378292523491
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1 RepTerriBryant/status/2109990395484725353
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1 RepTerriBryant/status/2109740707841974677
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1 RepTerriBryant/status/2108140803084423431
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1 RepTerriBryant/status/2107913340337193055

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3180
- Campaign site: https://senatorbryant.com/ https://www.bryantforillinois.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenTerriBryant1
- X: https://x.com/RepTerriBryant
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senterribryant/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorTerriBryant
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bryantforillinois7437

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/372be8dc-8177-47e7-b128-1e6a81621f3a