# Steve McClure

Steve McClure is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for district 54.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 54
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d3450848-4552-4b8f-97dc-fb3c26c2566c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d3450848-4552-4b8f-97dc-fb3c26c2566c (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

76% of the 173 bills McClure sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Illinois Senate.

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

3 classified statements: 3 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | McClure | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 33.3% | 2.3% | 1 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 33.3% | 9.5% | 10 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 66.7% | 37.3% | 19 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 33.3% | 15.4% | 37 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 50% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Education 50% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Government Operations and Politics 50% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Immigration 50% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.13 (standard error 0.01), from 60 donors and 946 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 95.7% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 94.4% (95.3%). 17 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 173 bills: 173 reached committee, 128 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 57. 75.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 3 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 864: MEMORIAL-RONALD J. WARD (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR864/
- SR 862: MEMORIAL-LUKE W. PETERSON (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR862/
- SR 806: MEMORIAL-KAY LANDGREBE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR806/
- SR 807: MEMORIAL-KATHY HICKEY-HEIMLICH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR807/
- SR 781: MEMORIAL-EUGENIA C. MCCARTHY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR781/
- SR 779: MEMORIAL-HOWARD L. BEAGLES (passed one chamber, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR779/
- SR 780: MEMORIAL-DAVID L. SHAW (passed one chamber, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR780/
- SR 778: MEMORIAL-JOHN SQUIBB, PHD (passed one chamber, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR778/
- SR 748: MEMORIAL-NANCY K. OLSEN (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR748/
- SJR 61: CW2 DONALDSON MEM'L OVERPASS (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR61/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $117.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 78% 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.

- 2025-04-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenSteveMcClure/status/1909284637676863664
- 2025-03-28 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenSteveMcClure/status/1905425461485646129
- 2025-03-27 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/SenSteveMcClure/status/1905061209876934884

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3131
- Campaign site: https://senatormcclure.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenSteveMcClure
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senstevemcclure/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevemcclureil/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-mcclure-9b760577/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d3450848-4552-4b8f-97dc-fb3c26c2566c