# Barbara Hernandez

Barbara Hernandez is a Democratic member of the Illinois House for district 50.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Illinois House, district 50
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: IL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fb481641-3999-4fe4-9bac-878becdde97d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb481641-3999-4fe4-9bac-878becdde97d (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

100% of Hernandez’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Illinois, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

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

13 classified statements: 13 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hernandez | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 46.2% | 39.2% | 283 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 23.1% | 14.4% | 178 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 67% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 33% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Transportation and Public Works 17% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.05), from 84 donors and 1,096 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IL 2025–26 session)

1,468 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Illinois House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (96.7%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (IL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 44 bills: 43 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 308. 45.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Illinois House 44.4%; rank 60 of 116).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 5821: UNLAWFUL VISITATION INTRFERNCE (introduced, 2026-10-14) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5821/
- HB 5772: MUNI CD-TELEHEALTH SERVICES (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5772/
- HR 782: YOUTH MINDS MATTER SPIRIT WEEK (passed one chamber, 2026-05-30) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HR782/
- HB 5729: $IMSA-EXPENSES (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5729/
- SB 3936: STROKE CARE MODERNIZATION (passed one chamber, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3936/
- HB 5482: ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE ACT (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5482/
- HB 5586: NONCITIZEN POLICE OFFICERS (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5586/
- HB 5494: STROKE CARE MODERNIZATION (became law, 2026-07-31) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/HB5494/
- SB 3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (became law, 2026-08-26) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3484/
- SB 3336: LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLE (passed both chambers, 2026-07-02) https://openstates.org/il/bills/104th/SB3336/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $152.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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.

- 2026-01-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/barbara_isabel/status/2017350380804284836
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/barbara_isabel/status/2016871635563761689
- 2025-08-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_isabel/status/1960394843043017080
- 2025-08-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_isabel/status/1955692924609409148
- 2025-07-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_isabel/status/1948187082242859480
- 2025-07-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/barbara_isabel/status/1948075199745626458
- 2025-05-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/barbara_isabel/status/1922324919544676543
- 2025-04-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_isabel/status/1911882624022327488
- 2025-04-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/barbara_isabel/status/1910408251239260354
- 2025-04-08 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/barbara_isabel/status/1909426695364358320

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=103&MemberID=3159
- Campaign site: https://www.staterepresentativebarbarahernandez.com/home
- X: https://x.com/barbara_isabel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepHernandez50th
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbara_I_hernandez/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.bhernandez/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rep.bhernandez50
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rep.bhernandez?_t=8oGu93BTF9S&_r=1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbarahernandez1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb481641-3999-4fe4-9bac-878becdde97d