# John Cabello

John Cabello is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 90.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 90
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b442db35-fab4-4318-a07b-0e88c314fbaa

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b442db35-fab4-4318-a07b-0e88c314fbaa (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

40% of Cabello’s statements contain a personal attack, 14.0 times the State House Republican average of 2.9%.

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

757 classified statements: 757 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Cabello | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 40.4% | 2.9% | 1 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 34.6% | 9.3% | 24 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 60.2% | 31.9% | 48 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.1% | 1.8% | 554 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.3% | 12.7% | 700 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.3% | 1.4% | 257 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 43% (State House Republicans 11%); Taxation 43% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Economics and Public Finance 39% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (State House Republicans 18%); Immigration 13% (State House Republicans 4.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.01), from 78 donors and 1,107 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 95.7% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 98.0% (96.7%). 51 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 48 bills: 44 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 109. 22.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 101 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1049: MEMORIAL-MIKE DITKA (introduced, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1049/
- HB 5816: FIRE PROT DIST-TRUSTEE REMOVAL (introduced, 2026-09-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5816/
- HR 1025: CONGRATS-CAPT. A. F. CIGANEK (introduced, 2026-09-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1025/
- HB 5798: DIGITAL ASSET TAX ACT-REPEAL (introduced, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5798/
- HR 950: CONGRATS-WINNEBAGO COUNTY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR950/
- HB 5762: TRUST ACT-LAW ENFORCEMENT (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5762/
- HB 5749: TREY'S LAW-NONDISCLOSURE (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5749/
- HB 5743: INTERCHANGE FEE-REPEAL (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5743/
- HJRCA 25: CONAMEND-RECALL OFFICIALS (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJRCA25/
- HB 5149: VEH CD-TOW TRUCK WEIGHT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5149/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $91.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/JohnCabello/status/2114151934596989161
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JohnCabello/status/2114481288593744216
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JohnCabello/status/2114045350344278382
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/JohnCabello/status/2113691561422659602
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JohnCabello/status/2113081647939653818
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JohnCabello/status/2112378295237083437
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JohnCabello/status/2112245547906277887
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JohnCabello/status/2111856344919912812
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JohnCabello/status/2111857833046093911
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/JohnCabello/status/2110436672177655847

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3239
- Campaign site: https://repcabello.com/ https://johncabello.com/
- X: https://x.com/JohnCabello
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnmcabello
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cabelloforstaterep/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnBtf0WqxAGopUeZ9m_oy5Q
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-cabello-81b70330/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b442db35-fab4-4318-a07b-0e88c314fbaa