# Margaret Croke

Margaret Croke is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 12.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 12
- Serving since: 2021-01-13
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/adf823d2-7e3e-4a4d-898c-2dd404679012

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/adf823d2-7e3e-4a4d-898c-2dd404679012 (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

Croke reported $2.5M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.70 (standard error 0.04), from 739 donors and 856 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 96.3% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 99.6% (96.7%). 2 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 133. 71.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 4 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 916: RECOGNIZES-POPE LEO XIV (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR916/
- HR 760: DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST DAY (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR760/
- HR 753: NUTRITION/DIETETICS TECH DAY (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR753/
- HR 754: NUTRITION MONTH (in committee, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR754/
- HR 695: OPPOSES-IL SB3572 (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR695/
- HB 5623: INC TX-PHARMACY WITHHOLDING (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5623/
- HB 5384: FINANCIAL REG-FEES-INVESTIGATE (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5384/
- HB 5191: INC TX-ENTITY BASE (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5191/
- HB 5290: SALES FINANCE AGENCY-VARIOUS (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5290/
- HB 4754: PRIVATE EDUCATION LOANS-REPORT (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4754/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2.5M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% 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=3176
- Campaign site: https://www.repcroke.com/ https://crokeforillinois.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepMargaretCroke/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crokeforillinois/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crokeforillinois/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@margaretcrokeforillinois5248
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@repmargaretcroke
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-croke/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/adf823d2-7e3e-4a4d-898c-2dd404679012