# Dave Severin

Dave Severin is a Republican member of the Illinois House for district 116.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois House, district 116
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cbbd1430-7c0b-4be0-9d45-deabdb0c3d0f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cbbd1430-7c0b-4be0-9d45-deabdb0c3d0f (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

Severin reported $243.9K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.01), from 246 donors and 1,437 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 97.2% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 98.8% (96.7%). 38 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 107. 37.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 79 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 919: COMMEND-ALPHA & OMEGA/LOWE'S (passed one chamber, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR919/
- HB 5769: STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5769/
- HJR 62: LCPL JONATHAN PRICE MEM. HWY (passed both chambers, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HJR62/
- HB 5525: ESTATE TAX-EXCLUSION AMOUNT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5525/
- HB 5524: UTILITY CHARGE TRANSPARENCY (became law, 2026-07-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5524/
- HB 4621: WILDLIFE CD-SNAP DEER PERMIT (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4621/
- SJR 46: SGT. BOLINSKI MEMORIAL RD (passed one chamber, 2026-05-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR46/
- HR 511: CONGRATS-TOM MILLER (passed one chamber, 2025-10-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR511/
- HB 4087: ENERGY-TASK FORCE/CARBON INFRA (in committee, 2025-10-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4087/
- HB 4088: REPEAL-ENERGY ACT (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4088/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $243.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3110
- Campaign site: https://daveseverin.com/ https://repseverin.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepSeverin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.severin.94
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votedaveseverin/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@daveseverin611
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-severin-64190b27/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cbbd1430-7c0b-4be0-9d45-deabdb0c3d0f