# Mike Hastings

Mike Hastings is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for district 19.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois Senate, district 19
- Serving since: 2013-01-09
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fb433923-65ca-475a-b106-7293c3483c57

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb433923-65ca-475a-b106-7293c3483c57 (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

Hastings reported $256.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.49 (standard error 0.02), from 184 donors and 1,263 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,502 roll calls. Attendance 96.2% (Illinois Senate 95.4%). Party unity 97.1% (95.3%). 6 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 81 bills: 81 reached committee, 40 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 92. 51.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois Senate 42.1%; rank 16 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 861: MEMORIAL-CLARENCE R. WIRTH (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR861/
- SR 860: MEMORIAL-SPENCER LEAK JR. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR860/
- SR 833: MEMORIAL-KATHLEEN S. HOLLAND (passed one chamber, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR833/
- SR 725: MEMORIAL-GERALD J. GROHN (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR725/
- SB 4168: PREDICTION MARKETS REGULATION (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB4168/
- SR 648: LEGAL EDUC.-GUARDIANS AD LITEM (in committee, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR648/
- SR 629: MEMORIAL-DAPHANIE LOVE (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR629/
- SR 616: MEMORIAL-ARADIA CLARK (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SR616/
- SB 3827: INS-FIRE & EXTENDED COVERAGE (in committee, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3827/
- HB 5595: ISP-SEPARATE JUVENILE DATABASE (passed one chamber, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5595/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $256.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 89% 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=3065
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorhastings.com/ https://hastingsforillinois.com/
- X: https://x.com/HastingsforIL
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorMichaelEHastings/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HastingsforIL/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hastingsforil
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@michaelhastings668
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelehastings/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb433923-65ca-475a-b106-7293c3483c57