# Laura Murphy

Laura Murphy is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 28.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 28
- Serving since: 2015-10-05
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/55be467f-1dd9-4cb7-96b8-050c113f5975

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55be467f-1dd9-4cb7-96b8-050c113f5975 (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

62% of the 816 bills Murphy sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Illinois Senate.

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

8 classified statements: 8 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 | Murphy | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 37.5% | 42.9% | 202 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 37.5% | 16.1% | 21 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

Most discussed policy areas: Commerce 33% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%); Crime and Law Enforcement 33% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Taxation 33% (State Senate Democrats 3.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.53 (standard error 0.03), from 88 donors and 1,300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 816 bills: 816 reached committee, 50 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 252. 62.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 6 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 821: MEMORIAL-ROBERT B. LYONS (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR821/
- AM 1040507: APPOINT-M. A. ROGERS ROLLINS (in committee, 2026-06-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/AM1040507/
- AM 1040503: APPOINT-CORINNE BRISCOE (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/AM1040503/
- AM 1040504: APPOINT-MICHAEL C. BURNS (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/AM1040504/
- AM 1040506: APPOINT-S. LOVE-PATTERSON (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/AM1040506/
- AM 1040505: APPOINT-EMERY LINDSAY (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/AM1040505/
- AM 1040499: APPOINT-MAYRA L. KHAN (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/AM1040499/
- AM 1040500: APPOINT-MICHAEL B. MACELLAIO (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/AM1040500/
- AM 1040495: APPOINT-AMA ADDAI (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/AM1040495/
- AM 1040494: APPOINT-KAREN SUE STALLMAN (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/AM1040494/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $312.9K (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.

- 2025-01-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorLaura/status/1884006212829864011
- 2025-01-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorLaura/status/1881371114125062449
- 2025-01-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorLaura/status/1879964971473465617
- 2025-01-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorLaura/status/1879173922094264344
- 2025-01-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorLaura/status/1878839506700521537
- 2025-01-08 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorLaura/status/1877094672666947733
- 2025-01-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorLaura/status/1875201493948891196
- 2025-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorLaura/status/1874470640230768743

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3096
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorlauramurphy.com/ https://lauramurphyforillinois.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorLaura
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorlauramurphy/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MurphyforIllinois/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorlauramurphy/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-murphy-b433a517/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55be467f-1dd9-4cb7-96b8-050c113f5975