# Li Arellano

Li Arellano is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 37
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8f61ddbc-3976-49b0-8c80-1d24cca80dc0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8f61ddbc-3976-49b0-8c80-1d24cca80dc0 (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 Arellano’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.02), from 89 donors and 272 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 95.4% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 94.6% (95.3%). 47 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 174. 29.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 48 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 58: DENY-SCHOOL CODE WAIVER (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR58/
- SB 3618: MINOR-SA SERVICES VOUCHER (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3618/
- SB 3616: LOCAL GOV ADVISORY BOARD (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3616/
- SB 3617: LOCAL GOV FRAUD TASK FORCE ACT (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3617/
- SB 3389: PEN CD-TRS-SELF-MANAGED PLAN (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3389/
- SB 3388: PEN CD-ACCEL BENEFIT PAYMENT (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3388/
- SB 2768: EMPLOYMENT-EFFECTIVE DATE (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB2768/
- HB 4382: VEH CD-GRADUATED LICENSES (passed one chamber, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4382/
- SB 2736: EPA-NATURAL GAS PEAKER PLANTS (in committee, 2025-10-29) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB2736/
- SB 2716: INC TX-PASS THROUGH ENTITY (in committee, 2025-10-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB2716/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $59.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=104&MemberID=3383
- Campaign site: https://www.arellanoforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/liandroarellano
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectArellano
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liandro-arellano-234aab37/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8f61ddbc-3976-49b0-8c80-1d24cca80dc0