# Cristina Castro

Cristina Castro is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 22.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2017-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f5add4b7-0c7e-4909-8e31-3042698f5b49

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f5add4b7-0c7e-4909-8e31-3042698f5b49 (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

Castro reported $534.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

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

318 classified statements: 318 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Castro | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.9% | 2.4% | 32 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 4.1% | 10.3% | 218 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 61.0% | 42.9% | 57 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 3.4% | 215 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 13.5% | 16.1% | 172 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 38% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Education 13% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Armed Forces and National Security 10% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Government Operations and Politics 8.8% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Families 7.2% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.69 (standard error 0.04), from 135 donors and 1,349 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 99 bills: 99 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 21 passed both, 20 became law. Cosponsored 191. 34.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 39 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 794: CONGRATS-CAROL GIESKE (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR794/
- SR 684: ALS AWARENESS MONTH (passed one chamber, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR684/
- SB 4062: MUNI CD-IMPACT MITIGATION FEES (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4062/
- HB 5393: LIMITED HEALTH SERVICE ORGS (became law, 2026-07-10) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5393/
- SB 4040: CHARTER SCH-CONTRACT TRANSFER (passed one chamber, 2026-05-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4040/
- SB 3909: PROCUREMENT-FIREARMS (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3909/
- SB 3803: DESIGN BUILD PROCUREMENT ACT (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3803/
- SB 3707: VISION BENEFIT MANAGERS (became law, 2026-08-21) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3707/
- SB 3417: HOME RULE USE TAX COLLECTION (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3417/
- HB 4890: UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB4890/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $534.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 84% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/senatorcastro CastroforIL22/status/2114801682471170171
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senatorcastro CastroforIL22/status/2114009025842999750
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorcastro CastroforIL22/status/2113676827562594448
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senatorcastro CastroforIL22/status/2113697949070807107
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorcastro CastroforIL22/status/2112710362906632243
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorcastro CastroforIL22/status/2112952054364643764
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senatorcastro CastroforIL22/status/2112559466742677527
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senatorcastro CastroforIL22/status/2112227274678571058
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/senatorcastro CastroforIL22/status/2112257475739341109
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/senatorcastro CastroforIL22/status/2111864894010310699

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3101
- Campaign site: https://castroforstatesenate.org/ https://www.senatorcristinacastro.com/
- X: https://x.com/senatorcastro
- X: https://x.com/CastroforIL22
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cristinacastro1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/castroforstatesenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorCastro/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristinacastro/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f5add4b7-0c7e-4909-8e31-3042698f5b49