# Dan Didech

Dan Didech is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 59.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 59
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c5786e99-12fd-41eb-b40e-372187dde261

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5786e99-12fd-41eb-b40e-372187dde261 (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

24% of Didech’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

27 classified statements: 27 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 | Didech | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.4% | 2.5% | 83 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 18.5% | 10.4% | 145 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 44.4% | 39.2% | 311 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 29.6% | 14.4% | 91 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 3.7% | 1.0% | 55 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 25% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 17% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Education 17% (State House Democrats 15%); Taxation 17% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Crime and Law Enforcement 8.3% (State House Democrats 8.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.57 (standard error 0.03), from 82 donors and 1,171 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 99.4% (96.7%). 3 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 123 bills: 122 reached committee, 32 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 160. 34.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 86 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 978: CONGRATS-JALEN BRUNSON (introduced, 2026-07-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR978/
- HB 5733: FOIA-POLICE (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5733/
- HB 5405: TERMINATION-PARENTAL RIGHTS (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5405/
- HB 5399: CD CORR-PRISONER MINIMUM WAGE (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5399/
- HB 5398: SCH CD-DISABLE HISTORY/AWARE (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5398/
- HB 5404: HUMAN RTS-EDUCATIONAL ARTICLE (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5404/
- HB 5396: HEALTHY SOILS TASK FORCE (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5396/
- HB 5402: SOLAR ENERGY-SHARED ROOFS (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5402/
- HB 5403: FIREARMS-RESTRAINING ORDER (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5403/
- HB 5400: PERMANENT STANDARD TIME (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5400/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $281.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 24% 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.

- 2025-12-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDidech/status/2003271949397762212
- 2025-12-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDidech/status/2001445203832418808
- 2025-12-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDidech/status/2001744192230281336
- 2025-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDidech/status/1981006486563336396
- 2025-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDidech/status/1963274636835082328
- 2025-08-29 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/RepDidech/status/1961252380554690981
- 2025-08-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDidech/status/1961391053455446315
- 2025-08-29 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDidech/status/1961391995890417751
- 2025-06-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDidech/status/1933982202028556733
- 2025-06-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDidech/status/1932544019378114725

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3136
- Campaign site: https://www.repdidech.com/ https://www.danieldidech.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepDidech
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/didechforrep/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepDidech
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repdidech/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-didech-207b527a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5786e99-12fd-41eb-b40e-372187dde261