# Mary Beth Canty

Mary Beth Canty is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 54.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 54
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/48d73b90-0109-4fb2-8689-57e803c8294a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/48d73b90-0109-4fb2-8689-57e803c8294a (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

Canty reported $493.2K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

89 classified statements: 89 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Canty | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.1% | 2.5% | 315 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 6.7% | 10.4% | 424 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 59.6% | 39.2% | 116 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.1% | 2.9% | 495 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 37.1% | 14.4% | 37 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 32% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Health 28% (State House Democrats 15%); Labor and Employment 13% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Education 11% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 7.5% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.81 (standard error 0.04), from 133 donors and 583 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 47 bills: 47 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 264. 55.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 34 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 823: IL BACON DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR823/
- HB 5739: $IDOA-ALT PROTEIN RESEARCH (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5739/
- HR 727: EQUAL PAY DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR727/
- SJR 57: ILHIMA-WORKING GROUP (passed one chamber, 2026-10-23) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR57/
- HB 5615: PROPERTY RECORDS-HOUSING (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5615/
- HB 5478: SCHOOL DISTRICT BRIDGE LOAN (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5478/
- HB 5484: FOIA PRIVATE INFO-GENDER (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5484/
- HB 5451: MEDICAID-MAMMOGRAPHY (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5451/
- HB 5425: NATURAL ORG REDUCE REG-ACT (passed one chamber, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5425/
- HB 5603: STATEWIDE BIDDER STANDARDS ACT (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5603/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $493.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepMBC/status/2113358971960430719
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMBC/status/2112713689807847805
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepMBC/status/2112972647042556092
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepMBC/status/2108573123079807174
- 2026-10-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMBC/status/2106455224168886423
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepMBC/status/2103240423233982570
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMBC/status/2098128596376117592
- 2026-09-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepMBC/status/2097802464695136764
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMBC/status/2095959729537270030
- 2026-08-29 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/RepMBC/status/2093507491917148306

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3233
- Campaign site: https://marybethcanty.org/ https://www.repmbc.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepMBC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repmbc/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.mbc/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cantyforil54/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RepMBC
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-beth-canty-2861652/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/48d73b90-0109-4fb2-8689-57e803c8294a