# Javier Cervantes

Javier Cervantes is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 1.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/caf27c44-2fec-4e26-a102-e6a30ca56be0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/caf27c44-2fec-4e26-a102-e6a30ca56be0 (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 Cervantes’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.77 (standard error 0.06), from 30 donors and 579 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% 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%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 60 bills: 60 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 304. 41.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 33 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 801: MEMORIAL-JEFFREY J. WALIK (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR801/
- HJR 57: ADJOURN HOUSE & SENATE (passed both chambers, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR57/
- SB 4064: MUNI CD-RESIDENTIAL PARKING (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4064/
- SB 3979: UTILITIES-REGULATORY TAKINGS (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3979/
- HJR 54: REGIONAL STORMWATER COMMISSION (passed one chamber, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR54/
- SB 3500: AOIC GRANTS-LEGAL DESERTS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3500/
- SB 3730: LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3730/
- SB 3794: LOC GOV-RESIDENTIAL ENERGY (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3794/
- HB 5269: GUARDIANSHIP-VARIOUS (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5269/
- SB 3630: MUNI-CIGARETTE/TOBACCO REVENUE (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3630/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $124.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3206
- Campaign site: https://www.cervantesforilsenate.com/ https://www.senatorcervantes.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cervantesforstatesenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorCervantes/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/javycervantes82/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javier-loera-cervantes-9959a7173/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/caf27c44-2fec-4e26-a102-e6a30ca56be0