# Jason Plummer

Jason Plummer is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for district 55.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 55
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d868bc8f-f51c-4f5b-a9a3-3608b8b44b29

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d868bc8f-f51c-4f5b-a9a3-3608b8b44b29 (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

42% of Plummer’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans.

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

19 classified statements: 19 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 | Plummer | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 26.3% | 2.3% | 1 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 31.6% | 9.5% | 13 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 52.6% | 37.3% | 77 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 10.5% | 15.4% | 203 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 5.3% | 1.3% | 21 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 40% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 30% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 30% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Immigration 20% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Armed Forces and National Security 10% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.55 (standard error 0.02), from 66 donors and 1,015 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 97.6% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 99.0% (95.3%). 75 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 169. 13.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 55 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 830: CONGRATS-RYAN GOWER, PH.D. (in committee, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR830/
- SJR 53: SGT. LEVI RIDGLEY MEM HGWY (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SJR53/
- SB 3982: VEH CD-LEGIS/EXEC PLATES (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3982/
- SB 3996: FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3996/
- SB 3992: GOV OPERATIONS PROTECTION ACT (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3992/
- SB 3991: FOREIGN ADVERSARY DIVESTMENT (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3991/
- SB 3988: CD CORR-DRUG SCREENING (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3988/
- SB 3990: UNMANNED AERIAL DRONE SECURITY (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3990/
- SB 3983: NO PRIVATE PAY FOR PUBLIC WORK (in committee, 2026-07-20) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3983/
- SB 3987: HUMAN TRAFFICKING (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3987/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $72.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 42% 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.

- 2026-05-16 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA/status/2055618124674695641
- 2026-04-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA/status/2042773291245395996
- 2026-01-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA/status/2009255124271522052
- 2025-07-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA/status/1946663454116348243
- 2025-07-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA/status/1941342279559676381
- 2025-06-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA/status/1933639893114093579
- 2025-06-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA/status/1933122708209819839
- 2025-06-11 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA/status/1932823852263866559
- 2025-05-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA/status/1924462734772486147
- 2025-05-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA/status/1924464677767045319

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3133
- Campaign site: https://www.jasonplummer.com/ https://senatorjasonplummer.com/
- X: https://x.com/JasonPlummerUSA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasonplummerusa/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenJasonPlummer/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@plummerforillinois
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-plummer-734914137/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d868bc8f-f51c-4f5b-a9a3-3608b8b44b29