# Nick Smith

Nick Smith is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 34.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 34
- Serving since: 2018-01-26
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a5e32db2-c1a9-4b4a-b42e-d2d541bd5825

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a5e32db2-c1a9-4b4a-b42e-d2d541bd5825 (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

0% of Smith’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

124 classified statements: 124 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Smith | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 40.3% | 39.2% | 378 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.6% | 2.9% | 420 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 4.0% | 14.4% | 587 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 16% (State House Democrats 15%); Energy 10% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 8.0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 8.0% (State House Democrats 9.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.04), from 18 donors and 1,323 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 15 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 81. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 16 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 995: CONGRATS-ALFONSO QUIROZ (introduced, 2026-07-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR995/
- HB 5273: $DCEO-JTED (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5273/
- SB 3290: CYCLE SAFETY-PROVIDERS-GRANTS (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3290/
- HR 430: CONGRATS-LINCOLN ESD 156 (passed one chamber, 2025-10-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR430/
- HB 4059: HIGHER ED-LEGIS SCHOLARSHIPS (in committee, 2025-10-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4059/
- HR 238: CONGRATS-OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE (passed one chamber, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR238/
- HR 162: MEMORIAL-ANNIE PEARL HOWARD (passed one chamber, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR162/
- HR 146: MEMORIAL-JOSEPH H. HOLIFIELD (passed one chamber, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR146/
- HB 3108: TICKETS-CONSUMER PROTECTIONS (in committee, 2025-04-11) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB3108/
- HB 3290: EPA-UST FUND-DEDUCTIBLES (became law, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB3290/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $203.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 0% 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.

- 2025-11-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepSmith34/status/1991597414097265037
- 2025-11-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSmith34/status/1990805206309716377
- 2025-11-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSmith34/status/1988637918056034602
- 2025-11-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSmith34/status/1988275531826221426
- 2025-11-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSmith34/status/1985376425566679493
- 2025-10-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSmith34/status/1983549390762676680
- 2025-10-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSmith34/status/1982824612716228819
- 2025-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSmith34/status/1982099832857833886
- 2025-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepSmith34/status/1981375056149434628
- 2025-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepSmith34/status/1980650285480509828

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3118
- Campaign site: https://www.repsmith34.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepSmith34
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repsmith34/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repsmith34/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niksmith/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a5e32db2-c1a9-4b4a-b42e-d2d541bd5825