# Patrick Windhorst

Patrick Windhorst is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 117.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 117
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6cb9bc2c-97b3-4dd1-b5ba-36a644360057

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6cb9bc2c-97b3-4dd1-b5ba-36a644360057 (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

22% of the 50 bills Windhorst sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Illinois House.

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

2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Windhorst | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.01), from 137 donors and 1,186 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 92.9% (96.7%). 40 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 114. 22.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 102 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 970: GOODBYE-REP. PAUL JACOBS (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR970/
- HR 971: GOODBYE-RHODA JACOBS (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR971/
- HR 844: CONGRATS-MASSAC HIST. SOCIETY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR844/
- HR 813: CONGRATS-MASSAC MEMORIAL (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR813/
- HR 713: PREVENTION WEEK (passed one chamber, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR713/
- HB 5379: REPEAL PA 103-653-CONVEYANCE (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5379/
- HB 5153: WILDLIFE CD-MUZZLELOAD PISTOL (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5153/
- HR 631: CONGRATS-YOLINA LINDQUIST (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR631/
- HB 4300: CAMPGROUND LICENSING (became law, 2026-07-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4300/
- HB 4186: CRIM PRO-PRETRIAL RELEASE (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4186/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $86.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% 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.

- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/P_Windhorst/status/2111537769663078740
- 2026-06-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/P_Windhorst/status/2069448408943780273

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3155
- Campaign site: https://repwindhorst.com/ https://www.votewindhorst.com/
- X: https://x.com/P_Windhorst
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/windhorstforrep/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@patrickwindhorst5782
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-windhorst-39b55552/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6cb9bc2c-97b3-4dd1-b5ba-36a644360057