# Elgie Sims

Elgie Sims is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 17.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2018-01-26
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/50ad4838-140d-4cb7-80cb-46da37a8827f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/50ad4838-140d-4cb7-80cb-46da37a8827f (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

12% of the 246 bills Sims sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Illinois Senate.

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

543 classified statements: 543 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 | Sims | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 0.7% | 10.3% | 273 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 49.0% | 42.9% | 145 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.2% | 3.4% | 256 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 9.0% | 16.1% | 214 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 28% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 21% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Education 12% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 7.1% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Law 6.8% (State Senate Democrats 2.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.03), from 100 donors and 1,347 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 97.5% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 246 bills: 246 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 73. 11.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 56 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 805: MEMORIAL-RAYMOND SMITH JR. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR805/
- SB 4201: $FY27 COURT OF CLAIMS-AWARDS (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4201/
- SB 4190: $COMPTROLLER-PAYROLL SYSTEMS (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4190/
- SR 733: ALPHA PHI ALPHA DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR733/
- SB 4174: $ILLINOIS POWER AGENCY (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4174/
- SB 4164: $STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4164/
- SB 4097: $FY27 DOC OCE (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4097/
- SB 4116: $FY27 GOMB OCE (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4116/
- SB 4096: $FY27 DJJ OCE (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4096/
- SB 4156: $FY27 ISAC OCE (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4156/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $459.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 98% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ElgieSims/status/2114724253949891020
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ElgieSims/status/2114009058877321659
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/ElgieSims/status/2113342754575073738
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ElgieSims/status/2112559507490422835
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ElgieSims/status/2112196345138164000
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ElgieSims/status/2112197106274275520
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ElgieSims/status/2112221957055725660
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ElgieSims/status/2112231289172402500
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/ElgieSims/status/2111609605163749409
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ElgieSims/status/2111613752022069550

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3117
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorelgiesims.com/
- X: https://x.com/ElgieSims
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenElgieSims17
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elgie_sims
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rep.elgiesims2392
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@senatorelgiesims
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elgie-sims-jr-b023735/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/50ad4838-140d-4cb7-80cb-46da37a8827f