# John Curran

John Curran is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for district 41.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 41
- Serving since: 2017-07-26
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cb63cb04-f84b-4fc9-91cf-05c4e1f93345

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cb63cb04-f84b-4fc9-91cf-05c4e1f93345 (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

Curran reported $2.4M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.04 (standard error 0.01), from 122 donors and 1,110 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.8% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 72% (95.3%). 61 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 391 bills: 391 reached committee, 25 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 61. 78.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 2 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 832: THANKS-SEN. DALE FOWLER (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR832/
- SB 4195: CRIM PRO-REVOC PRETRIAL RELEAS (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4195/
- SR 623: MEMORIAL-DANNY L. EGLER (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR623/
- SR 615: SUPPORT-TRIBUTE TO VALOR FNDN (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR615/
- SB 3867: STATE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3867/
- SB 3850: EDUC CHOICE FOR CHILDREN ACT (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3850/
- SB 3856: BIPA-SECURITY PURPOSE (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3856/
- SB 3852: TREASURER-CHILD CARE FUND (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3852/
- SB 3845: SPORTS WAGERING-TAX PER WAGER (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3845/
- SB 3858: SCH CD-LIBRARY MATERIALS DATA (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3858/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2.4M (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% 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=3115
- Campaign site: https://senatorcurran.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenJohnCurran
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorjohncurran
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-curran-24b854145/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cb63cb04-f84b-4fc9-91cf-05c4e1f93345