# Neil Anderson

Neil Anderson is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for district 47.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 47
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b676c70e-0bc2-45d2-bd4c-9f3fa70bf60e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b676c70e-0bc2-45d2-bd4c-9f3fa70bf60e (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 Anderson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

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

9 classified statements: 9 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Anderson | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 11.1% | 37.3% | 327 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 11.1% | 1.3% | 6 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 100% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.01), from 58 donors and 1,254 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 95.5% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 99.5% (95.3%). 64 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 146 bills: 146 reached committee, 74 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 114. 52.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 12 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 669: MEMORIAL-JOHN W. SCHOON (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR669/
- SR 670: MEMORIAL-SCOTT MCFARLAND (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR670/
- SR 660: MEMORIAL-ROY D. HOPPER (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR660/
- SR 658: MEMORIAL-EDWARD A. CONWAY (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR658/
- SR 666: MEMORIAL-JAMES E. MARTINDALE (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR666/
- SR 659: MEMORIAL-JAMES REID (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR659/
- SR 657: MEMORIAL-JOHN A. GLEASON (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR657/
- SR 663: RECOGNIZES-MICHAEL GRIFFIN (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR663/
- SR 665: MEMORIAL-DALE R. YOUNG (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR665/
- SR 656: MEMORIAL-DR. JOHN B. DALE (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR656/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $79.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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.

- 2025-11-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/Neil4Senate SenNeilAnderson/status/1986222241722290492
- 2025-04-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/Neil4Senate SenNeilAnderson/status/1913931872721162299
- 2025-04-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/Neil4Senate SenNeilAnderson/status/1907105370281021903
- 2025-03-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/Neil4Senate SenNeilAnderson/status/1904903132007583911
- 2025-02-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/Neil4Senate SenNeilAnderson/status/1893039862401409188
- 2025-02-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/Neil4Senate SenNeilAnderson/status/1893040378535669985
- 2025-02-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Neil4Senate SenNeilAnderson/status/1889324875732398376
- 2025-01-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/Neil4Senate SenNeilAnderson/status/1884053949558448201
- 2025-01-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Neil4Senate SenNeilAnderson/status/1882258665866166352

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3092
- Campaign site: https://senatorneilanderson.com/
- X: https://x.com/Neil4Senate
- X: https://x.com/SenNeilAnderson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenNeilAnderson/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorneilanderson/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@andersonforillinois52
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@neilanderson6474

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b676c70e-0bc2-45d2-bd4c-9f3fa70bf60e