# Larry Walsh

Larry Walsh is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 86.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 86
- Serving since: 2012-04-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9eda7be9-b2c6-45e6-bea6-098bd7f47595

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9eda7be9-b2c6-45e6-bea6-098bd7f47595 (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

Walsh reported $336.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.40 (standard error 0.01), from 22 donors and 1,431 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 97.1% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 96.4% (96.7%). 18 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 52 bills: 52 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 56. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 48 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 928: CONGRATS-RICHARD KWASNESKI (passed one chamber, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR928/
- HB 5773: PROP TX-FARMLAND (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5773/
- HR 860: CONGRATS-WOODRUFF GOLF COURSE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR860/
- HR 836: CONGRATS-RIALTO SQUARE THEATRE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR836/
- HR 673: COMMENDS-DAVID J. SILVERMAN (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR673/
- HB 5459: SOLAR ENERGY-VARIOUS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5459/
- HB 5555: REVENUE-TECH (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5555/
- HB 5210: CMS-MEDICARE AUDIT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5210/
- HB 5194: INC TAX-ENERGY CHOICE (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5194/
- HB 5195: DCEO-ENERGY CHOICE (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5195/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $336.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 88% 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=3059
- Campaign site: https://friendsforlarrywalshjr.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRepLarryWalshJr/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsforLarryWalshJr/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/statereplarrywalshjr/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-walsh-95062b80/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9eda7be9-b2c6-45e6-bea6-098bd7f47595