# Paul Faraci

Paul Faraci is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 52.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 52
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8392abef-edd4-4e47-b649-ce4ac82ebb21

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8392abef-edd4-4e47-b649-ce4ac82ebb21 (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

Faraci reported $192.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

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

92 classified statements: 92 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Faraci | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 2.2% | 10.3% | 246 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 68.5% | 42.9% | 20 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.3% | 3.4% | 94 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 21.7% | 16.1% | 94 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 29% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Education 16% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 13% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Families 11% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%); Labor and Employment 9.5% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.06), from 41 donors and 562 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 1 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 57 bills: 57 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 197. 52.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 13 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 856: MEMORIAL-STEVEN A. CORNETT (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR856/
- SR 829: MEMORIAL-GEORGE L. DOWELL (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR829/
- SR 789: MEMORIAL-RONALD R. KUHN (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR789/
- SR 770: CONGRATS-IL MEN'S WCHR BBALL (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR770/
- SR 771: CONGRATS-UI WOMEN'S WCHR BBALL (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR771/
- SR 759: CONGRATS-FIGHTING ILLINI (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR759/
- SR 742: CONGRATS-CARLE HEALTH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR742/
- SJR 59: ADJOURN HOUSE & SENATE (passed both chambers, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR59/
- SB 4172: $BD HIGHER ED-BRIDGE PROGRAM (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4172/
- SB 4053: $U OF I-EXTENSION PROGRAM (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4053/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $192.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 91% 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.

- 2026-03-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Faraciforfive SenatorFaraci/status/2033980403313177057
- 2026-02-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Faraciforfive SenatorFaraci/status/2026779521911783781
- 2026-01-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Faraciforfive SenatorFaraci/status/2009656415858602429
- 2026-01-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Faraciforfive SenatorFaraci/status/2008206857790451730
- 2026-01-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Faraciforfive SenatorFaraci/status/2007474658157965538
- 2026-01-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Faraciforfive SenatorFaraci/status/2007134795239678337
- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/Faraciforfive SenatorFaraci/status/2006742340766151103
- 2025-12-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/Faraciforfive SenatorFaraci/status/2004205496996085976
- 2025-12-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Faraciforfive SenatorFaraci/status/2003133433590259828
- 2025-12-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Faraciforfive SenatorFaraci/status/2003153401367154872

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3221
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorfaraci.com/
- X: https://x.com/Faraciforfive
- X: https://x.com/SenatorFaraci
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenFaraci/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorfaraci/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faraciforsenate/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-faraci-ciao-42753a5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8392abef-edd4-4e47-b649-ce4ac82ebb21