# Rachel Ventura

Rachel Ventura is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 43.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 43
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ed666567-961a-43f1-8ca3-ddd29e07f8af

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed666567-961a-43f1-8ca3-ddd29e07f8af (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

Ventura has served since 2023.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.03), from 148 donors and 554 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 99.5% (95.3%). 4 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 105 bills: 105 reached committee, 49 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 427. 50.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 19 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 814: RACE AMITY DAY (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR814/
- SR 815: MEMORIAL-DOROTHY LUGIBILL (passed one chamber, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR815/
- SR 796: MEMORIAL-MARILYN K. HERTKO (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR796/
- SR 797: MEMORIAL-JUDITH GEORGANTAS (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR797/
- SR 786: CONGRATS-BOLINGBROOK FD (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR786/
- SR 755: MEMORIAL-KAREN WARD, ED.D. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR755/
- SR 738: CONGRATS-RIALTO SQUARE THEATRE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR738/
- SR 698: RECOGNIZES-SUE BUSTIN (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR698/
- SB 3830: DATA CENTERS-VARIOUS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3830/
- SB 3829: TIF/REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3829/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $140.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 90% 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=3214
- Campaign site: https://www.rachelfventura.com/ https://www.senatorventura.com/
- X: https://x.com/RachelFVentura
- X: https://x.com/SenatorVentura
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/electventura/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorventura/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electventura/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ElectVentura
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/electventura/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed666567-961a-43f1-8ca3-ddd29e07f8af