# Mike Porfirio

Mike Porfirio is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 11.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 11
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4666ba31-e78b-48f5-9d88-f4823527df6b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4666ba31-e78b-48f5-9d88-f4823527df6b (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

Porfirio missed 10% of 1,502 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Illinois Senate (average 95.4%).

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

7 classified statements: 7 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Porfirio | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 14.3% | 10.3% | 97 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 85.7% | 42.9% | 2 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 14.3% | 3.4% | 10 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 14.3% | 16.1% | 166 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 50% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Health 33% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 17% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Commerce 17% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State Senate Democrats 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.63 (standard error 0.05), from 82 donors and 551 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 90% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 99.5% (95.3%). 1 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 96 bills: 96 reached committee, 39 passed one chamber, 28 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 260. 44.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 29 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 4202: CONTROLLED SUB-SCHEDULING (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4202/
- SB 4197: CONTROLLED SUB-PMP-INTERSTATE (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4197/
- SR 774: COMMENDS-OUR COMMUNITY SALUTES (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR774/
- SR 753: RECOGNIZES-BROOKFIELD LIB BELL (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR753/
- SB 3926: VETERAN SUICIDE PREVENTION (became law, 2026-07-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3926/
- SB 3980: ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE ACT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3980/
- SB 4008: NITA-VETERAN CONTRACT GOAL (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4008/
- SB 3925: HOME EQUITY-FLOOD REBATE (became law, 2026-08-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3925/
- SB 3818: DEPT MILITARY AFF-JEEP PGRAM (became law, 2026-07-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3818/
- SB 3924: $CHICAGO CULTURAL DISTRICT (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3924/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $156.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 97% 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.

- 2025-11-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenPorfirio/status/1991950140144496846
- 2025-04-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenPorfirio/status/1908233071956287827
- 2025-03-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenPorfirio/status/1897744525700825276
- 2025-03-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenPorfirio/status/1897314051413496295
- 2025-02-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/SenPorfirio/status/1892324773213897117
- 2025-02-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenPorfirio/status/1886441535308468336
- 2025-01-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenPorfirio/status/1880386924655096109

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3208
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorporfirio.com/ https://porfirioforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenPorfirio
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mike.porfirio
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorMikePorfirio
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorporfirio/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-porfirio-859bb5192/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4666ba31-e78b-48f5-9d88-f4823527df6b