# Sue Scherer

Sue Scherer is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 96.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 96
- Serving since: 2013-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e9bf3918-daaa-4fa4-b58d-538c147335dd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e9bf3918-daaa-4fa4-b58d-538c147335dd (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

Scherer missed 53% of 1,468 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 116 in the Illinois House (average 92.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.31 (standard error 0.01), from 22 donors and 1,285 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 47% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 99.2% (96.7%). 2 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 14 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 77. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 16 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1057: CONGRATS-NICHOLAS BROOKS (introduced, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR1057/
- HR 828: CONGRATS-DECATUR CATHOLIC (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR828/
- HR 799: COMMEND-KEN HENDRIKSEN (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR799/
- HR 757: MEMORIAL-DELORES SHOWALTER (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR757/
- HR 719: MEMORIAL-CINTHIA D. SMITH (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR719/
- HR 691: CONGRATS-SPFLD PARK DISTRICT (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR691/
- HB 5292: TENANT-TERMINATION OF LEASE (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5292/
- HB 4711: PROVENANCE DATA REQUIREMENTS (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4711/
- HB 4642: NEUROLOGIST-AUTISM-PAMPHLET (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4642/
- HB 4638: LOC GOV-MICROTRANSIT PAYMENTS (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4638/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $108.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3080
- Campaign site: https://sueschererforstaterep.com/
- X: https://x.com/staterepsue96
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staterepsue/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staterepsue96/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnFEXuVwAPQnQIvD_5In2sA
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@staterepsuescherer

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e9bf3918-daaa-4fa4-b58d-538c147335dd