# Dee Avelar

Dee Avelar is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 85.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 85
- Serving since: 2021-01-13
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4c05af2c-7756-4002-a45d-cc9f2f5acbfd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4c05af2c-7756-4002-a45d-cc9f2f5acbfd (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

18% of Avelar’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.76 (standard error 0.05), from 84 donors and 885 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 59 bills: 58 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 303. 42.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 68 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1008: CONGRATS-CITGO-LEMONT REFINERY (introduced, 2026-07-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1008/
- HB 5454: PROTECT NEW HOME BUYERS (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5454/
- HB 5392: USE/OCC TAX-DELIVERY SALES (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5392/
- HB 5390: PATIENT BILL & OUTSOURCED CARE (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5390/
- HB 5317: EPA-ORPHAN UST CLEANUP (became law, 2026-08-04) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5317/
- HB 5315: MENTAL HLTH WORKFORCE-ACT RATE (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5315/
- SB 3774: SCH CD-ADMIN WITHDRAW-TRUANCY (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3774/
- SB 3341: BIRTH CONTROL-MINORS CONSENT (became law, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3341/
- HB 5071: TOLL HWY AUTH-BILINGUAL PAY (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5071/
- HB 5073: UTILITIES-WATER ACQUISITION (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5073/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $125.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 18% 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=3187
- Campaign site: https://www.votedee85.com/
- X: https://x.com/repdagmara
- X: https://x.com/deeforIL85
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deeforIL85
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repdagmara
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dagmara87
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dagmaralopez/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repdagmara/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deeforil85/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@repdagmara
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dagmaralopez

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4c05af2c-7756-4002-a45d-cc9f2f5acbfd