# Mike Halpin

Mike Halpin is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 36.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 36
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8021b51f-4acc-459e-a038-786ebaca8666

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8021b51f-4acc-459e-a038-786ebaca8666 (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

Halpin reported $754.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.34 (standard error 0.01), from 97 donors and 1,410 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 90% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 95.4% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 97.1% (95.3%). 10 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 114 bills: 114 reached committee, 46 passed one chamber, 33 passed both, 28 became law. Cosponsored 183. 47.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 24 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 823: MEMORIAL-PORTER MCNEIL (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR823/
- SJR 63: ADJOURN HOUSE & SENATE (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR63/
- HJR 61: SFC KYLE WEHRLY MEMORIAL HWY (passed both chambers, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR61/
- SR 636: MEMORIAL-FR. DANIEL MIRABELLI (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR636/
- SB 4034: COMM COLLEGE-BA DEGREE PRORGAM (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4034/
- SB 3880: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICE (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3880/
- SB 3943: EPA-USED TIRES-IDPH-TICKS (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3943/
- HB 5136: FISH CD-ADMINISTRATIVE CLEANUP (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5136/
- SB 3611: APPT-PUBLIC GUARDIAN (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3611/
- SB 3765: RAILROAD MOD CREDIT (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3765/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $754.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3213
- Campaign site: https://halpinforillinois.com/ http://www.senatorhalpin.com/
- X: https://x.com/MikeHalpin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorHalpin/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/halpinforillinois
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-halpin-136bb81/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8021b51f-4acc-459e-a038-786ebaca8666