# Laura Ellman

Laura Ellman is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9bc8c9e8-ed36-42a1-ae80-4b2dfe591839

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9bc8c9e8-ed36-42a1-ae80-4b2dfe591839 (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 Ellman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

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

72 classified statements: 72 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 | Ellman | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 5.6% | 10.3% | 199 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 54.2% | 42.9% | 106 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 3.4% | 211 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 5.6% | 16.1% | 257 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 33% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 13% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Agriculture and Food 7.7% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Education 7.7% (State Senate Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.77 (standard error 0.05), from 58 donors and 946 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% 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 100 bills: 100 reached committee, 43 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 79. 51.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 17 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 810: SCOLIOSIS AWARENESS MONTH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR810/
- SR 798: CONGRATS-A. JORDAN & T. PRABHU (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR798/
- SR 671: CONGRATS-DR. VAN OYEN (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR671/
- SB 4063: MUNI CD-BUILDING PLANS/INSPECT (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4063/
- SB 3815: INS-PAST DUE PREMIUMS (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3815/
- SB 3977: DIGITAL AGE ASSURANCE (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3977/
- SB 3556: EPA-FEDERAL BACKSTOP (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3556/
- SB 3520: IDOT-SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3520/
- SB 3689: LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3689/
- HB 5290: SALES FINANCE AGENCY-VARIOUS (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5290/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $415.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% 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.

- 2025-07-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EllmanForIL senatorellman/status/1949876961884393722
- 2025-06-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/EllmanForIL senatorellman/status/1929044776738828686
- 2025-05-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/EllmanForIL senatorellman/status/1925340825686282413
- 2025-04-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/EllmanForIL senatorellman/status/1917564596451250584
- 2025-04-30 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/EllmanForIL senatorellman/status/1917585054043365569
- 2025-04-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EllmanForIL senatorellman/status/1916115046406754732
- 2025-04-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EllmanForIL senatorellman/status/1915752663406567739
- 2025-04-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EllmanForIL senatorellman/status/1915813056451330127
- 2025-04-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/EllmanForIL senatorellman/status/1915027889982181401
- 2025-04-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/EllmanForIL senatorellman/status/1915045822070427735

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3128
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorlauraellman.com/ https://ellmanforillinois.com/
- X: https://x.com/EllmanForIL
- X: https://x.com/senatorellman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorellman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EllmanforIL/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ellmancampaign5089
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraellman1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9bc8c9e8-ed36-42a1-ae80-4b2dfe591839