# Carol Ammons

Carol Ammons is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 103.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 103
- Serving since: 2015-01-14
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bc409660-f360-4624-914f-ba785bbf9b7b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bc409660-f360-4624-914f-ba785bbf9b7b (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

Ammons missed 47% of 1,468 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Illinois House (average 92.6%).

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

509 classified statements: 509 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Ammons | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 5.1% | 10.4% | 478 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 41.1% | 39.2% | 366 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.2% | 2.9% | 357 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 18.3% | 14.4% | 264 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 1.0% | 310 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 18% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Education 17% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 11% (State House Democrats 15%); Water Resources Development 11% (State House Democrats 1.3%); Environmental Protection 9.1% (State House Democrats 3.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 48 donors and 1,116 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 53% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 98.6% (96.7%). 7 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 27 bills: 27 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 176. 55.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 33 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 872: CONGRATS-UOFI WHEELCHAIR TEAMS (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR872/
- HR 730: MEMORIAL-DR. B. LAFAYETTE JR. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR730/
- HB 5705: $UNIV CIVIL SERV-OPER EXPENSES (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5705/
- HB 5486: STUDY-GENEALOGIC AFFAIR OFFICE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5486/
- HB 5453: EPA-CCR MANAGEMENT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5453/
- HB 5126: ELEC CD-LOST MAIL BALLOT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5126/
- SB 3632: SURGICAL INSTITUTE-REPEAL (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3632/
- HB 4851: MEDICAID-MUIR RATE-VA CARE (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4851/
- HB 4795: SCH-CD-LICENSE-EARLY CHILDHOOD (passed both chambers, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4795/
- HB 4713: SCH CD-ED LICENSE-COMPUTER SCI (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4713/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $56.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 79% 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.

- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL StateRepAmmons/status/2108965785636835768
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL StateRepAmmons/status/2108276321617064121
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL StateRepAmmons/status/2107168948521414913
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL StateRepAmmons/status/2105674107555643416
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL StateRepAmmons/status/2103522417146827051
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL StateRepAmmons/status/2102832041100464604
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL StateRepAmmons/status/2102858040298885542
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL StateRepAmmons/status/2102459379832304070
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL StateRepAmmons/status/2102473007998652555
- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL StateRepAmmons/status/2102095517115396606

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/rep.asp?MemberID=3086
- Campaign site: https://www.carolammons.com/ https://www.staterepcarolammons.com/
- X: https://x.com/CarolAmmons4IL
- X: https://x.com/StateRepAmmons
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolammons4IL
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staterepammons/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carol.ammons.904
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolammons4il/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepammons/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rep.carolammons8373
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-ammons-7b836737

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bc409660-f360-4624-914f-ba785bbf9b7b