Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

IL Scorecard 2019-2020

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Illinois Legislature in 2019-2020 and ranks their State Senators and House Representatives based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

The selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate

House of Representatives

1. Election Integrity

Good Vote: No

HB3994 Election integrity (Passed 99 to 3 on 03/04/2021). Would make elections in Illinois susceptible to corruption and problems. This would include vote by mail ballots with insufficient postage.

2. Labor Unions

Good Vote: No

SB1784 Labor Unions (Passed 93 to 23 on 10/29/2019). Would make it harder for employers to run their businesses in the state of Illinois and give more power to corrupt unions. This would also allow unions to coerce workers who may not want to be in a union to have to join, which cedes authority and privacy.

3. Deer Hunting

Good Vote: Yes

HB2783 Deer Hunting (Passed 100 to 10 on 4/9/2019). Would allow hunters in counties of 500,000+ to use rifles while deer hunting.

4. Sanctuary State

Good Vote: No

HB1637 Sanctuary State (Passed 67 to 50 on 5/27/2019). Disallows Law enforcement from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This makes residents of Illinois less safe.

5. Abortion

Good Vote: No

SB0025 Abortion (Passed 64 to 50 on 5/28/2019). Would further cement support for abortion in the state of Illinois, and requires that abortion be covered by insurance providers in the state of Illinois.

6. Forced Union

Good Vote: No

SB1474 Forced Union (Passed 101 to 8 on 5/28/2019). This bill would force unions upon working people in Illinois, and overstep governmental boundaries.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Carol Ammons	D	HD-103	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
Jaime Andrade	D	HD-040	20%	.	-	+	-	-	-
Luis Arroyo	D	HD-003	25%	.	.	+	-	-	-
Mark Batinick	R	HD-097	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Avery Bourne	R	HD-095	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Dan Brady	R	HD-105	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Monica Bristow	D	HD-111	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Kambium Buckner	D	HD-026	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Kelly Burke	D	HD-036	20%	-	-	+	-	.	-
Timothy Butler	R	HD-087	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
John Cabello	R	HD-068	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Jonathan Carroll	D	HD-057	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Kelly Cassidy	D	HD-014	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
Dan Caulkins	R	HD-101	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Lakesia Collins	D	HD-009	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Deborah Conroy	D	HD-046	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melissa Conyears-Ervin	D	HD-010	NA	.	.	+	.	.	-
Terra Costa Howard	D	HD-048	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Jerry Costello	D	HD-116	NA	.	.	.	.	.	-
Fred Crespo	D	HD-044	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Margaret Croke	D	HD-012	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
John D'Amico	D	HD-015	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Gary Daugherty	R	HD-066	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Christopher Davidsmeyer	R	HD-100	75%	.	-	+	+	+	.
William Davis	D	HD-030	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Anthony DeLuca	D	HD-080	20%	.	-	+	-	-	-
Tom Demmer	R	HD-090	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Daniel Didech	D	HD-059	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Eva Dina Delgado	D	HD-003	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
James Durkin	R	HD-082	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Marcus Evans	D	HD-033	0%	-	-	.	-	-	.
Paul Evans	D	HD-102	NA	.	.	+	.	.	-
Mary Flowers	D	HD-031	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
LaShawn Ford	D	HD-008	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Randy Frese	R	HD-094	80%	-	+	+	+	+	.
Robyn Gabel	D	HD-018	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz	D	HD-017	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Edgar Gonzalez	D	HD-021	NA	-	.	.	.	.	.
Jehan Gordon	D	HD-092	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Amy Grant	R	HD-042	80%	.	+	+	+	+	-
Latoya Greenwood	D	HD-114	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Will Guzzardi	D	HD-039	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Jackie Haas	R	HD-079	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Brad Halbrook	R	HD-102	100%	.	+	+	+	+	+
Norine Hammond	R	HD-093	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Sonya Harper	D	HD-006	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Gregory Harris	D	HD-013	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Barbara Hernandez	D	HD-083	20%	.	-	+	-	-	-
Elizabeth Hernandez	D	HD-024	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Jay Hoffman	D	HD-113	33%	-	-	+	-	+	-
Frances Hurley	D	HD-035	20%	-	-	+	-	.	-
Thaddeus Jones	D	HD-029	25%	.	-	+	-	.	-
Yehiel Kalish	D	HD-016	25%	.	-	+	-	.	-
Jeff Keicher	R	HD-070	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Stephanie Kifowit	D	HD-084	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Lindsey LaPointe	D	HD-019	NA	.	-	.	.	.	.
Linda LaVia	D	HD-083	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Camille Lilly	D	HD-078	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
Michael Madigan	D	HD-022	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
Theresa Mah	D	HD-002	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Natalie Manley	D	HD-098	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Michael Marron	R	HD-104	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Joyce Mason	D	HD-061	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Rita Mayfield	D	HD-060	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Deanne Mazzochi	R	HD-047	75%	.	-	+	+	+	.
Michael McAuliffe	R	HD-020	75%	.	.	+	+	+	-
Tony McCombie	R	HD-071	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Margo McDermed	R	HD-037	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
David McSweeney	R	HD-052	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Charles Meier	R	HD-108	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Debbie Meyers-Martin	D	HD-038	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Chris Miller	R	HD-110	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Anna Moeller	D	HD-043	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Morgan	D	HD-058	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Thomas Morrison	R	HD-054	80%	-	+	+	+	+	.
Martin Moylan	D	HD-055	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Mike Murphy	R	HD-099	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Michelle Mussman	D	HD-056	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Ortiz	D	HD-001	20%	.	-	+	-	-	-
Tim Ozinga	R	HD-037	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lindsay Parkhurst	R	HD-079	60%	-	-	+	+	+	.
Jonathan Pizer	D	HD-012	NA	-	.	.	.	.	.
Delia Ramirez	D	HD-004	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Steven Reick	R	HD-063	67%	-	-	+	+	+	+
Nathan Reitz	D	HD-116	50%	-	-	.	+	+	.
Robert Rita	D	HD-028	20%	-	-	+	-	-	.
Lamont Robinson	D	HD-005	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Sue Scherer	D	HD-096	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Dave Severin	R	HD-117	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Allen Skillicorn	R	HD-066	100%	.	+	.	+	+	+
Justin Slaughter	D	HD-027	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Nicholas Smith	D	HD-034	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Keith Sommer	R	HD-088	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Joe Sosnowski	R	HD-069	100%	.	+	+	+	+	+
Ryan Spain	R	HD-073	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Anne Stava-Murray	D	HD-081	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bradley Stephens	R	HD-020	NA	-	-	.	.	.	.
Katie Stuart	D	HD-112	33%	-	-	+	+	-	-
Daniel Swanson	R	HD-074	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Curtis Tarver	D	HD-025	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Andre Thapedi	D	HD-032	20%	-	-	+	.	-	-
Arthur Turner	D	HD-009	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Dan Ugaste	R	HD-065	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Michael Unes	R	HD-091	75%	-	.	+	+	+	.
Mark Walker	D	HD-053	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lawrence Walsh	D	HD-086	33%	-	-	+	-	+	-
Tom Weber	R	HD-064	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Grant Wehrli	R	HD-041	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Emanuel Welch	D	HD-007	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
David Welter	R	HD-075	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Maurice West	D	HD-067	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Keith Wheeler	R	HD-050	67%	-	+	+	+	+	-
Blaine Wilhour	R	HD-107	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Ann Williams	D	HD-011	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Jawaharial Williams	D	HD-010	0%	-	-	.	-	-	.
Kathleen Willis	D	HD-077	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Patrick Windhorst	R	HD-118	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Lance Yednock	D	HD-076	50%	-	-	+	+	+	-
Sam Yingling	D	HD-062	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Zalewski	D	HD-023	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	16.8%
Republican	67.6%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution