# Steve Stadelman

Steve Stadelman is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 34.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 34
- Serving since: 2013-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ba9c4927-bf9b-4bd5-879f-c515a12a046c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ba9c4927-bf9b-4bd5-879f-c515a12a046c (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 Stadelman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

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

22 classified statements: 22 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Stadelman | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 9.1% | 10.3% | 150 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 86.4% | 42.9% | 1 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 59.1% | 16.1% | 1 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 21% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Education 16% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Labor and Employment 11% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%); Transportation and Public Works 11% (State Senate Democrats 5.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.52 (standard error 0.03), from 25 donors and 1,266 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 61 bills: 61 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 78. 50.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 18 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 784: CONGRATS-WINNEBAGO COUNTY (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR784/
- SR 775: CONGRATS-SEVERSON DELLS (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR775/
- HJR 59: VETS HOMES TASK FORCE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR59/
- SB 3922: UTILITIES-VARIOUS (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3922/
- SB 4039: SOLAR ENERGY-VARIOUS (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4039/
- SB 3600: CD CORR-EXCESSIVE SPEEDING (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3600/
- SB 3606: EPA-HEAT RATE (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3606/
- SB 3603: CONSUMERS–DATA PROCESSING (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3603/
- SB 3605: $PUBLIC BROADCASTING (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3605/
- SB 3604: CEMETERY RELIEF FUND (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3604/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $57.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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.

- 2025-04-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenStadelman/status/1917637870287782228
- 2025-04-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenStadelman/status/1914718584930021791
- 2025-04-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenStadelman/status/1912523169933443318
- 2025-04-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenStadelman/status/1910714562644500521
- 2025-04-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenStadelman/status/1910348169835069501
- 2025-04-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenStadelman/status/1909970912209748005
- 2025-04-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenStadelman/status/1910005800883355950
- 2025-04-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenStadelman/status/1907435853363732484
- 2025-03-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenStadelman/status/1902761477561344315
- 2025-03-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenStadelman/status/1902364015189197056

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3069
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorstadelman.com/ https://www.stevestadelman.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenStadelman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steve.stadelman.1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorStadelman/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VoteforSteve2012
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-stadelman-453b8912/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ba9c4927-bf9b-4bd5-879f-c515a12a046c