# Omar Aquino

Omar Aquino is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 2.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2016-07-05
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/436c1e53-1203-4ce3-9931-d22f9e3c406a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/436c1e53-1203-4ce3-9931-d22f9e3c406a (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

Aquino missed 17% of 1,502 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Illinois Senate (average 95.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.04), from 119 donors and 1,279 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 83% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 44 bills: 44 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 29. 45.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 26 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3974: GAS APPLIANCE LABELING (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3974/
- SB 3975: EQUAL PAY-WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3975/
- HB 5390: PATIENT BILL & OUTSOURCED CARE (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5390/
- SB 3976: PATIENT BILL & OUTSOURCED CARE (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3976/
- SB 3567: INC TX-CHILD TAX CREDIT (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3567/
- SB 3365: MEDICARE/MEDICAID DUAL ELIGIBL (became law, 2026-06-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3365/
- HB 4757: HEALTH CARE FACILITY PLANNING (became law, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4757/
- SB 3186: NON-ENGLISH TRANSACTIONS (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3186/
- SB 3238: APRN RADIATION ADMINISTRATION (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3238/
- SB 3181: INS CD-FAIR PHYSICIAN PAYMENT (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3181/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $229.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 96% 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=3099
- Campaign site: https://www.senatoraquino.com/ https://www.aquinoforsenate.com/ http://www.senatoromaraquino.com/
- X: https://x.com/OmarAquinoIL2
- X: https://x.com/SenatorAquino
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorAquino/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OmarAquinoIL2
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatoraquino
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senator-omar-aquino/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/436c1e53-1203-4ce3-9931-d22f9e3c406a