# Ram Villivalam

Ram Villivalam is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 8.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d01a10b0-e391-4c65-ba1f-304ee6130f5c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d01a10b0-e391-4c65-ba1f-304ee6130f5c (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

0% of Villivalam’s statements contain a personal attack, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Democrats (average 2.4%).

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

341 classified statements: 341 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 | Villivalam | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 2.4% | 10.3% | 243 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 44.9% | 42.9% | 164 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.1% | 3.4% | 102 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 20.2% | 16.1% | 109 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Transportation and Public Works 35% (State Senate Democrats 5.4%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Education 12% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Health 10% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Labor and Employment 8.5% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.04), from 0 donors and 1,103 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 135 bills: 135 reached committee, 54 passed one chamber, 34 passed both, 31 became law. Cosponsored 130. 45.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 27 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 828: MEMORIAL-H. P. MANGROLA (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR828/
- SR 743: AAPI HERITAGE MONTH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR743/
- SB 4189: $ST BD ED-FAITH BY PLATE (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4189/
- SR 700: ASSYRIAN HERITAGE MONTH (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR700/
- SR 653: HOLI DAY (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR653/
- SB 4016: HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS (in committee, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4016/
- SB 4050: IEMA-SMALL BUSINESS GRANT (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4050/
- SB 3826: HATE CRIMES-UNIFORM REPORTING (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3826/
- SB 4025: EPA-LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACE (became law, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4025/
- SB 3825: EPA-ISSUE BONDS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3825/

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RamForSenate senvillivalam/status/2098465455811735849
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RamForSenate senvillivalam/status/2098465802890432977
- 2026-07-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RamForSenate senvillivalam/status/2075683002965766252
- 2026-07-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RamForSenate senvillivalam/status/2072372912728822171
- 2026-04-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/RamForSenate senvillivalam/status/2040181641134395901
- 2026-03-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/RamForSenate senvillivalam/status/2038277500892000363
- 2026-03-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/RamForSenate senvillivalam/status/2037907571600937021
- 2026-03-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RamForSenate senvillivalam/status/2037213105323663419
- 2026-03-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RamForSenate senvillivalam/status/2030448419953578471
- 2026-03-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/RamForSenate senvillivalam/status/2030667355877978384

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3134
- Campaign site: http://www.senatorram.com/ https://www.ramforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/RamForSenate
- X: https://x.com/senvillivalam
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorram/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorvillivalam/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramvillivalam/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d01a10b0-e391-4c65-ba1f-304ee6130f5c