# Dan Swanson

Dan Swanson is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 71.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 71
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6e9ee3b5-fb44-49f3-81f6-5a470bfaf009

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6e9ee3b5-fb44-49f3-81f6-5a470bfaf009 (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

67% of the 58 bills Swanson sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Illinois House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.01), from 153 donors and 1,486 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 92.8% (96.7%). 40 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 58 bills: 58 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 111. 67.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 7 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 940: CONGRATS-JAMES A. BUSCH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR940/
- HR 868: US VETS-HONDURAS (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR868/
- HR 837: COMMENDS-CARL SANDBURG COLLEGE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR837/
- HJR 61: SFC KYLE WEHRLY MEMORIAL HWY (passed both chambers, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR61/
- HR 773: RECOGNIZES-MAJOR E. VATTMANN (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR773/
- HR 772: RECOGNIZES-GEN. SHALIKASHVILI (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR772/
- HR 771: RECOGNIZES-SGM W. BAINBRIDGE (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR771/
- HR 748: REPLACE-FOAM WITH SOYFOAM (passed one chamber, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR748/
- HR 722: MJR. RICHARD STAR ACT-SUPPORT (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR722/
- SJR 56: KOREAN WAR VETS-GOLD MEDAL (passed one chamber, 2026-05-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR56/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $102.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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=3113
- Campaign site: https://repswanson.com/
- X: https://x.com/SwansonStrong
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwansonStrongIL/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-swanson-17089452/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6e9ee3b5-fb44-49f3-81f6-5a470bfaf009