# Dave Syverson

Dave Syverson is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for district 35.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 35
- Serving since: 2013-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d02beb7e-1f30-48f2-8418-4c9287452562

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d02beb7e-1f30-48f2-8418-4c9287452562 (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

Syverson missed 6.2% of 1,502 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Illinois Senate (average 95.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.01), from 55 donors and 1,231 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 93.8% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 94.8% (95.3%). 28 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 27 bills: 27 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 138. 40.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 34 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 4205: USE/OCC TX-MOTOR FUEL (in committee, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4205/
- SR 783: CONGRATS-HARVARD MILK DAYS (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR783/
- SR 715: CONGRATS-BELVIDERE LIONS CLUB (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR715/
- SR 676: MEMORIAL-SUNIL PURI (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR676/
- SB 3839: UTILITIES-VARIOUS (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3839/
- SB 3483: INC TX-VEHICLE LOANS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3483/
- SB 3639: DFPR-CONTINUING ED TRACKING (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3639/
- SB 3759: SCH CD-STAFF SHOWERING POLICY (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3759/
- SB 3648: NETWORK ADEQUACY-DIRECTORY (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3648/
- SB 3356: MENTAL HEALTH TRANSPARENCY (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3356/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $164.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 98% 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=3025
- Campaign site: https://senatordavesyverson.com/ https://www.syversonforsenate.com/meet_dave
- X: https://x.com/SenDaveSyverson
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/senatorsyverson/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatordavesyverson
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senator_davesyverson35/
- Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@Senatedave
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davesyverson

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d02beb7e-1f30-48f2-8418-4c9287452562