# Michelle Mussman

Michelle Mussman is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 56.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 56
- Serving since: 2011-01-12
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/394eec6a-ad20-447e-b72c-f09d76e66fa2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/394eec6a-ad20-447e-b72c-f09d76e66fa2 (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

9.1% of Mussman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.52 (standard error 0.02), from 17 donors and 1,496 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 99.7% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 52 bills: 52 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 309. 57.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 31 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 888: CONGRATS-BETTY LINDQUIST (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR888/
- HR 856: GURU NANAK DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR856/
- HR 829: MARCH4WATER MONTH (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR829/
- HR 788: ADAM AND EVE DAY (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR788/
- HR 765: ALS AWARENESS MONTH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR765/
- HB 5548: HEALTH-TECH (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5548/
- HB 5417: SCH CD-FOOD SERVICE CONTRACTS (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5417/
- HB 5562: CRIM CD-TORTURE (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5562/
- HB 5426: EDUC-WIRELESS COMM DEV POLICY (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5426/
- SB 3533: SCHCD-TWICE-EXCEPTIONAL STUDNT (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3533/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $38.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 9.1% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3052
- Campaign site: https://www.votemichelle.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepMussman/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleMussman56/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repmussman/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepmussman/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/394eec6a-ad20-447e-b72c-f09d76e66fa2