# La Shawn Ford

La Shawn Ford is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 8.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 8
- Serving since: 2007-01-10
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/91164a3d-fc17-4252-a31f-a8d0d113b74b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/91164a3d-fc17-4252-a31f-a8d0d113b74b (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

Ford missed 18% of 1,468 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Illinois House (average 92.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.03), from 410 donors and 1,342 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 82% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 99.5% (96.7%). 3 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 64 bills: 59 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 157. 45.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 61 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1053: COMMENDS-ENOCH MUHAMMAD (introduced, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1053/
- HR 1054: CELEBRATE-WORLD POLIO DAY (introduced, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1054/
- HB 5815: CANNABIS-IL FREEDOM FUND (introduced, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5815/
- HB 5812: $SOS-COSMETOLOGY CIVICS (introduced, 2026-09-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5812/
- HR 1022: MEMORIAL-JACQUELINE CHAPPELL (introduced, 2026-08-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1022/
- HR 961: CONGRATS-CONGRESSMAN DAVIS (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR961/
- HR 947: MEMORIAL-JULIUS C. THOMAS III (passed one chamber, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR947/
- HR 929: IDR-PROPERTY TAX STUDY (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR929/
- HR 869: CONGRATS-IRISH CARDIAC SOCIETY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR869/
- HR 846: MEMORIAL-BARBARA DEER (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR846/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/rep.asp?MemberID=3036
- Campaign site: https://lashawnkford.com/
- X: https://x.com/FordLaShawnK
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FordLaShawnK
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lashawnkford/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/la-shawn-k-ford-21915526/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/91164a3d-fc17-4252-a31f-a8d0d113b74b