# Maurice West

Maurice West is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 67.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 67
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/77906cdf-58a8-4329-bb24-c65e6e38342f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/77906cdf-58a8-4329-bb24-c65e6e38342f (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 West’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

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

199 classified statements: 199 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 | West | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.0% | 2.5% | 321 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 3.5% | 10.4% | 546 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 32.2% | 39.2% | 500 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.5% | 2.9% | 305 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 15.1% | 14.4% | 315 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 16% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Health 14% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Democrats 11%); Labor and Employment 13% (State House Democrats 5.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.66 (standard error 0.03), from 43 donors and 1,142 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 99.4% (96.7%). 3 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 148 bills: 147 reached committee, 38 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 216. 30.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 94 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 992: COMMEND-IOTA UPSILON SIGMA (introduced, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR992/
- HJR 59: VETS HOMES TASK FORCE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR59/
- HR 778: COMMEND-THE BABY BANK (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR778/
- HB 5742: $DCEO-FARMERS RISING (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5742/
- HR 775: ASTHMA/ALLERGY AWARENESS MONTH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR775/
- HB 5737: HOME FOR GOOD ACT (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5737/
- HR 746: HFS REIMBURSEMENT PARITY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR746/
- HR 747: MEMORIAL-SUNIL PURI (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR747/
- HB 5725: $DHS-TASC MENTAL HLTH CENTER (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5725/
- HR 659: IGAN AWARENESS DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR659/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $187.5K (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.

- 2026-06-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/StateRepWEST MauriceAWestII/status/2068369627768291487
- 2026-03-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/StateRepWEST MauriceAWestII/status/2036225605155397972
- 2026-02-07 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/StateRepWEST MauriceAWestII/status/2020165083423293455
- 2026-02-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/StateRepWEST MauriceAWestII/status/2020165154600636536
- 2026-02-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/StateRepWEST MauriceAWestII/status/2020165243654021630
- 2026-02-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/StateRepWEST MauriceAWestII/status/2020165289195831370
- 2026-02-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/StateRepWEST MauriceAWestII/status/2020165341712683091
- 2026-02-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/StateRepWEST MauriceAWestII/status/2020165380782604429
- 2025-11-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/StateRepWEST MauriceAWestII/status/1988248532654997658
- 2025-11-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/StateRepWEST MauriceAWestII/status/1988248569589932536

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3135
- Campaign site: https://www.staterepwest.com/ https://www.mauricewest.com/
- X: https://x.com/StateRepWEST
- X: https://x.com/MauriceAWestII
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRepWEST/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewestmelodies/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westforillinois/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepwest/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thewestmelodies9679
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@staterepresentativemaurice8087
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricewest/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/77906cdf-58a8-4329-bb24-c65e6e38342f