# Karina Villa

Karina Villa is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 25.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 25
- Serving since: 2021-01-13
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ca80672a-9d02-4287-9cd2-d2a7d08f604a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ca80672a-9d02-4287-9cd2-d2a7d08f604a (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

Villa reported $1.6M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

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

1 classified statements: 1 post 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 | Villa | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 42.9% | 328 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.92 (standard error 0.05), from 386 donors and 861 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 1 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 76 bills: 76 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 287. 47.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 24 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 793: CONGRATS-FF-EMT GINO CASCIOLA (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR793/
- SR 772: RECOGNIZES-RAPID RESPONDERS (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR772/
- SR 763: RECOGNIZES-RAPID RESPONDERS (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR763/
- SR 754: CONGRATS-FF-EMT GINO CASCIOLA (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR754/
- SR 737: RECOGNIZES-RAPID RESPONDERS (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR737/
- SJR 64: RECOGNIZES-RAPID RESPONDERS (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR64/
- SB 4165: PROCUREMNT CD-IMMIGRATION ACTS (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4165/
- HB 5435: SOCIAL WORK LICENSURE REQS (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5435/
- HB 5463: SOCIAL WORK/SCH COUNSEL LOAN (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5463/
- HB 5460: EDUC-SCH SOCIAL WORK SCHLRSHP (became law, 2026-08-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5460/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.6M (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 91% 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.

- 2025-08-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/Citizens4Karina/status/1961551774273458599

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3177
- Campaign site: https://karinavilla.com/ https://senatorvilla.com/
- X: https://x.com/Citizens4Karina
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/statesenatorkvilla/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kvilla433/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorkarinavilla/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/citizensforkarinavilla
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@karinavilla4876
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karinavillamsw/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ca80672a-9d02-4287-9cd2-d2a7d08f604a