# Bill Cunningham

Bill Cunningham is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 18.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 2013-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5fe6a4a5-da36-4fa0-8c36-739648b9ce0c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5fe6a4a5-da36-4fa0-8c36-739648b9ce0c (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

20% of Cunningham’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 49 donors and 1,368 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 107 bills: 107 reached committee, 36 passed one chamber, 24 passed both, 23 became law. Cosponsored 73. 38.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 37 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 63: RECOGNIZE-COCA-COLA COMPANY (passed both chambers, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR63/
- SJR 60: DAVE SANDERS WAY (passed one chamber, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR60/
- SB 4179: PROCUREMENT-CHINA (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4179/
- SB 4020: DISTRICT ENERGY STORAGE (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4020/
- SB 4027: LOTTERY-VARIOUS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4027/
- SB 4018: ENTERPRISE ZONE-STAR BONDS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4018/
- SB 4017: STATEWIDE INNOVATION-PILOT (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4017/
- SB 4042: VIDEO GAMING-VARIOUS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4042/
- SB 4019: VIDEO GAMING TERMINAL PAYOUTS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4019/
- HB 5228: WORK COMP-STATE LICENSURE (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5228/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $193.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 20% 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=3063
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorbillcunningham.com/ https://billcunningham.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenCunningham
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorBillCunningham/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-cunningham-a96599b2/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5fe6a4a5-da36-4fa0-8c36-739648b9ce0c