# Robert Peters

Robert Peters is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 13.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 13
- Serving since: 2019-01-06
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/86ee52dd-dc32-4895-bf16-746eb76df012

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86ee52dd-dc32-4895-bf16-746eb76df012 (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

4.6% of Peters’s statements use an extreme label, 5.5 times the State Senate Democrat average of 0.8%.

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

746 classified statements: 746 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 | Peters | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.6% | 2.4% | 37 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 11.5% | 10.3% | 117 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 44.6% | 42.9% | 166 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 3.4% | 245 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 15.0% | 16.1% | 161 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 4.6% | 0.8% | 15 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 23% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Labor and Employment 20% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Democrats 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.93 (standard error 0.02), from 782 donors and 1,063 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 84% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 68 bills: 68 reached committee, 27 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 188. 44.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 30 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 750: COMMENDS-DR. JO ANN ROBERTS (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR750/
- SB 4054: $DCEO-JTED (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4054/
- SB 4045: END TEAR GAS EXPOSURES ACT (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4045/
- SB 3798: MENTAL HEALTH 9-1-1 CALLS (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3798/
- SB 3814: CIVIL PROCEDURE-NAME CHANGE (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3814/
- SB 3935: DOM VIOLENCE-ORDERS (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3935/
- SB 3685: $ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3685/
- SB 3686: DHS-EVICTION RESOLUTION GRANTS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3686/
- SB 3354: CD CORR-SENTENCE CREDITS (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3354/
- SB 3353: DIGITAL AD TAX ACT (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3353/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $69.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 60% 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 · https://x.com/senpetersil RobertJPeters/status/2114508811017027805
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/senpetersil RobertJPeters/status/2114504226869231987
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/senpetersil RobertJPeters/status/2110173766428897778
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/senpetersil RobertJPeters/status/2110217702753063359
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/senpetersil RobertJPeters/status/2110395055903223818
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/senpetersil RobertJPeters/status/2109844070478536851
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senpetersil RobertJPeters/status/2109987528925171747
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/senpetersil RobertJPeters/status/2109114096322793630
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/senpetersil RobertJPeters/status/2109126834629890253
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/senpetersil RobertJPeters/status/2109127093237809378

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3132
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorrobertpeters.com/ https://petersforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/senpetersil
- X: https://x.com/RobertJPeters
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorrobertpeters/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobJPeters
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobertPetersForSenate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertjamespeters/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjamespeters/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86ee52dd-dc32-4895-bf16-746eb76df012