# Sonya Harper

Sonya Harper is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 6.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 6
- Serving since: 2015-10-20
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8a39d16f-edbf-454b-8a77-33030fa9a8c2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a39d16f-edbf-454b-8a77-33030fa9a8c2 (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 Harper’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.79 (standard error 0.05), from 24 donors and 1,434 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 1 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 81 bills: 80 reached committee, 32 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 183. 50.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 46 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1016: MEMORIAL-REV. DAVID COLEMAN (introduced, 2026-08-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1016/
- HB 5792: MUNI CD-TICKET RESALE TAX (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5792/
- HJR 67: CONDOMINIUM TASK FORCE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR67/
- HB 5752: $AGRIC-ALT-PROTEIN-RESEARCH (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5752/
- HR 825: MEMORIAL-BARBARA & KALEB DEER (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR825/
- HJR 60: CONDOMINIUM TASK FORCE (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR60/
- HR 726: BLACK FARMERS AND GROWERS WEEK (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR726/
- HR 687: CPS PORK PRODUCT BAN (passed one chamber, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR687/
- HJR 55: FARMLAND-DEVELOPMENT (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR55/
- HR 667: URBAN-RURAL FOOD PARTNERSHIPS (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR667/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3097
- Campaign site: https://www.repsonyaharper.com/
- X: https://x.com/SonyaMHarper
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repsonyaharper
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repsonyaharper/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyamarieharper/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a39d16f-edbf-454b-8a77-33030fa9a8c2