# Christopher Belt

Christopher Belt is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 57.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 57
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ce79408a-9923-4ab4-9c3a-805a2b4162d5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce79408a-9923-4ab4-9c3a-805a2b4162d5 (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

Belt reported $1.4M in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

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

12 classified statements: 12 posts 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 | Belt | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 58.3% | 42.9% | 87 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.3% | 3.4% | 27 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 33.3% | 16.1% | 34 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 29% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Labor and Employment 29% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%); Commerce 14% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%); Energy 14% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%); Families 14% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.03), from 104 donors and 1,057 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 94.4% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 94.6% (95.3%). 10 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 110 bills: 110 reached committee, 56 passed one chamber, 31 passed both, 29 became law. Cosponsored 194. 60.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 8 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 66: FANNIE JONES MEMORIAL HGHWY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR66/
- SR 729: CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENTS (in committee, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR729/
- SR 697: CONGRATS-JAY HARRINGTON (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR697/
- SR 683: LINKS DAY (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR683/
- SR 652: MEMORIAL-LYNNIE R. TAYLOR (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR652/
- SR 627: MEMORIAL-MINNIE PEARL TAYLOR (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR627/
- SR 628: MEMORIAL-LEE A. COLEMAN II (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR628/
- SB 4058: MUNI ASSIST PERMIT REFORM ACT (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4058/
- SB 4022: ELECTRONIC TRANSACT-GOVERNMENT (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4022/
- SB 4023: DFPR-HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4023/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1.4M (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 92% 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.

- 2025-04-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CBelt4Senate senatorbelt/status/1912872975541354746
- 2025-04-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CBelt4Senate senatorbelt/status/1908165288228438470
- 2025-03-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CBelt4Senate senatorbelt/status/1902354244587462723
- 2025-02-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CBelt4Senate senatorbelt/status/1894774717619282244
- 2025-02-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/CBelt4Senate senatorbelt/status/1891900765121171893
- 2025-02-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CBelt4Senate senatorbelt/status/1890069104104821227
- 2025-01-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CBelt4Senate senatorbelt/status/1884262156537061388
- 2025-01-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/CBelt4Senate senatorbelt/status/1881368085484929047
- 2025-01-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/CBelt4Senate senatorbelt/status/1879984701441733117
- 2025-01-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/CBelt4Senate senatorbelt/status/1875682171668853000

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3125
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorbelt.com/ https://beltforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/CBelt4Senate
- X: https://x.com/senatorbelt
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.belt.33
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorbelt/
- Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/christopherbeltforsenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christophbeltforilsenate/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce79408a-9923-4ab4-9c3a-805a2b4162d5