# Jaime Andrade

Jaime Andrade is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 40
- Serving since: 2013-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c0d481c5-9d31-4780-b2b0-bc5327291d6b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c0d481c5-9d31-4780-b2b0-bc5327291d6b (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

Andrade reported $1.4M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

276 classified statements: 276 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 | Andrade | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 1.1% | 10.4% | 644 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 39.9% | 39.2% | 386 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 17.0% | 14.4% | 282 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 17% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Crime and Law Enforcement 10% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Environmental Protection 10% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Education 8.2% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.63 (standard error 0.03), from 85 donors and 1,352 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 76% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 1 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 120. 46.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 57 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 965: CONGRATS-BONNIE LOPEZ (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR965/
- HR 859: COMMENDS-CENTRO SAN BONIFACIO (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR859/
- HB 5528: REPORT TENANT RENT-HISTORY (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5528/
- HB 5606: FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMERS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5606/
- HB 5229: SCH CD-BLOCKED WEBSITE-APPEAL (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5229/
- HB 5230: SOCIAL MEDIA CLEAN SLATE ACT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5230/
- HB 5231: VEH CD-ALPR (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5231/
- HB 5226: VEH CD-TOW TRUCK REGISTRATION (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5226/
- HB 4719: INS-IMPROPER CLAIMS PRACTICE (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4719/
- HR 622: CONDEMNS-ICE-EXCESSIVE FORCE (passed one chamber, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR622/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.4M (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% 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.

- 2026-03-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VoteJAndrade RepAndrade40/status/2033623605943132297
- 2026-03-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/VoteJAndrade RepAndrade40/status/2032971820979179653
- 2026-03-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/VoteJAndrade RepAndrade40/status/2031899319763161217
- 2026-03-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VoteJAndrade RepAndrade40/status/2032170087503778220
- 2026-03-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/VoteJAndrade RepAndrade40/status/2031867921257902303
- 2026-03-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/VoteJAndrade RepAndrade40/status/2031139431315300626
- 2026-03-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/VoteJAndrade RepAndrade40/status/2030827047740657715
- 2026-03-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/VoteJAndrade RepAndrade40/status/2031006916877357145
- 2026-03-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/VoteJAndrade RepAndrade40/status/2031156142676595140
- 2026-03-08 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/VoteJAndrade RepAndrade40/status/2030682207757439079

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3084
- Campaign site: https://www.staterep40.com/ https://www.andrade4staterep.com/
- X: https://x.com/VoteJAndrade
- X: https://x.com/RepAndrade40
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepAndrade40/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repandrade40/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votejandrade/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaime-m-andrade-jr-48975412/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c0d481c5-9d31-4780-b2b0-bc5327291d6b