# Rick Ryan

Rick Ryan is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 36.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 36
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/749cc87c-81a8-48ba-9cee-a6be77e1d333

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/749cc87c-81a8-48ba-9cee-a6be77e1d333 (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

100% of Ryan’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

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

200 classified statements: 200 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Ryan | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.5% | 10.4% | 661 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 46.5% | 39.2% | 274 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 2.9% | 438 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 12.0% | 14.4% | 382 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Education 14% (State House Democrats 15%); Taxation 13% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Agriculture and Food 7.5% (State House Democrats 4.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.42 (standard error 0.03), from 66 donors and 267 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 91.0% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 97.6% (96.7%). 11 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 29 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 202. 53.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 41 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 984: MEMORIAL-BROTHER P. M. MARTIN (introduced, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR984/
- HB 5780: HEALTH CARE LABOR DISCLOSURE (in committee, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5780/
- HR 912: ITALIAN BEEF DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR912/
- HR 858: CONGRATS-WORTH PARK DIST BOARD (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR858/
- HR 790: ILLINOIS ABLE SAVINGS DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR790/
- HR 749: CONGRATS-JIM OPOKA (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR749/
- HR 705: CONGRATS-ABBEY MURPHY (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR705/
- HB 5224: ELECTRONIC FILING DOCUMENTS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5224/
- HB 5082: $LEAD PIPE REPLACEMENT (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5082/
- HB 5058: REGULATION-TECH (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5058/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $143.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RickRyan36/status/2114818286202306584
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RickRyan36/status/2113290209194291215
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RickRyan36/status/2112932784004022333
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RickRyan36/status/2112243152707097042
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RickRyan36/status/2110791700197392699
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RickRyan36/status/2107920499930185832
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RickRyan36/status/2107161484706906536
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RickRyan36/status/2106133691424469129
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RickRyan36/status/2104573740726022461
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RickRyan36/status/2103142607610376429

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=3457
- Campaign site: https://www.rickryan36district.com/
- X: https://x.com/RickRyan36
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RickRyanforStateRep/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/statereprickryan/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEFEvEZ-5pYhnUnnBOUK1yg

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/749cc87c-81a8-48ba-9cee-a6be77e1d333