# Erica Harriss

Erica Harriss is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for district 56.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 56
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4dadb374-d534-4ba0-8323-6e41a19933f5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4dadb374-d534-4ba0-8323-6e41a19933f5 (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

Harriss reported $767.5K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.07 (standard error 0.01), from 74 donors and 568 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 81% (95.3%). 43 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 64 bills: 64 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 125. 32.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 42 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3952: TNC SERVICE-TRANSPORT OF GOODS (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3952/
- SB 3955: NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3955/
- SB 3957: DRAINAGE COMMISSIONER PAY (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3957/
- SB 3959: INC TX-WELCOME HOME CREDIT (in committee, 2026-09-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3959/
- SB 3950: ASSISTED LIVING-VARIOUS (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3950/
- SB 3954: ILLINOIS PEDIATRIC CANCER FUND (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3954/
- SB 3946: PROP TX-BUDGET FILING (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3946/
- SB 3958: CD CORR-PAY INCARCERATION COST (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3958/
- SB 3960: SCH CD-WIRELESS COMM DEVICE (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3960/
- SB 3947: DCFS-EXPEDITED APPEALS (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3947/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $767.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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=3216
- Campaign site: https://senatorericaharriss.com/
- X: https://x.com/EricaHarriss1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricaforIllinois/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erica.conwayharriss/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erica.harriss/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorericaharriss/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EricaHarriss
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-harriss-76669a16/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4dadb374-d534-4ba0-8323-6e41a19933f5