# Suzanne Ness

Suzanne Ness is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 66.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 66
- Serving since: 2021-01-13
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/68505842-e93c-42ce-adc8-9354f4a0db7a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/68505842-e93c-42ce-adc8-9354f4a0db7a (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

Ness reported $243.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.73 (standard error 0.04), from 127 donors and 865 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 61 bills: 61 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 200. 47.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 54 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 909: CONGRATS-ELIZABETH RYAN (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR909/
- HR 876: MEMORIAL-REP. ROSEMARY KURTZ (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR876/
- HR 830: CONGRATS-JIM WISEMAN (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR830/
- HR 745: IL ALL. OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR745/
- HR 712: CONGRATS-JASON HERBSTER (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR712/
- HR 690: CONGRATS-FOX RIVER LIBRARY (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR690/
- HB 5477: WIND & SOLAR FACILITY DRAINAGE (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5477/
- HB 5594: MHDD CD-OUTPATIENT TREATMENT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5594/
- HB 5301: HEALTH FACILITIES-VARIOUS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5301/
- HB 5171: LICENSED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5171/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $243.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 91% 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=3193
- Campaign site: https://citizensforsuzanneness.com/ https://repsnessil66.com/
- X: https://x.com/LForwardCoach
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repsnessil66
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vote4SuzanneNess/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repsuzanneness/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ILStateRepSuzanneNess
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@citizensforsuzanneness4345
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-ness/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/68505842-e93c-42ce-adc8-9354f4a0db7a