# Justin Cochran

Justin Cochran is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 55.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 55
- Serving since: 2025-12-30
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/afff2974-37d0-428c-be7a-0240395544f6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/afff2974-37d0-428c-be7a-0240395544f6 (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 Cochran’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.10), from 5 donors and 147 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

661 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 67. 52.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 42 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5778: FOIA-STUDENT COMMS (in committee, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5778/
- HR 693: CONDEMNS-UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR693/
- HB 5485: FAIR ACCESS TO HOUSING (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5485/
- HB 5289: SCH CD-CIVIC ENGAGEMENT EDUC (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5289/
- HB 5199: CRIM PRO-PRETRIAL DETENTION (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5199/
- SB 3258: INS-RENTAL VEHICLE COVERAGE (became law, 2026-08-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3258/
- HB 4918: LONG-TERM CARE TRUST ACT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4918/
- HB 4919: ELEC CD-CAMPAIGN FREE ZONES (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4919/
- SB 3295: INS-DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3295/
- HB 4750: SOCIAL MEDIA-MENTAL HEALTH (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4750/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $310.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/afff2974-37d0-428c-be7a-0240395544f6