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Eric Sorensen

U.S. Representative, IL-17

Democratic Illinois since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, IL-17 current
Illinois
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IL-17
Illinois
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District IL-17
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.240, social dim. 0.236. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 845 — Pet and Livestock Protection Act Yea Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1366 — Mining Regulatory Clarity Act Nay Dec 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1366 — Mining Regulatory Clarity Act Yea Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4776 — SPEED Act Nay Dec 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4776 — SPEED Act Yea Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4776 — SPEED Act Nay Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4776 — SPEED Act Nay Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4776 — SPEED Act Nay Dec 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3492 — Protect Children’s Innocence Act Nay Dec 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3492 — Protect Children’s Innocence Act Yea Dec 17, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6703 — Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act Nay Dec 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6703 — Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act Yea Dec 17, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3616 — Reliable Power Act Nay Dec 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 64 — To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress. Yea Dec 17, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 61 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with… Yea Dec 17, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 953 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6703) to ensure access to affordable health insurance; providing for consideration of the… Nay Dec 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 953 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6703) to ensure access to affordable health insurance; providing for consideration of the… Nay Dec 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3632 — Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025 Nay Dec 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3632 — Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025 Yea Dec 16, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4371 — Kayla Hamilton Act Nay Dec 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4371 — Kayla Hamilton Act Yea Dec 16, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 951 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions… Nay Dec 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 951 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions… Nay Dec 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3187 — To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, and for other… Yea Dec 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 284 — Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act Yea Dec 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,072 recorded contributions totalling $5,388,758. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 504 of 1072 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Super PAC 73 $2,083,899 39%
Big donor 414 $1,288,324 24%
Corporate PAC 17 $208,350 4%
Unclassified 568 $1,808,185 34%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$799,877 FAIRSHAKE Super PAC Sep 18, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$799,877 FAIRSHAKE Super PAC Sep 18, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$38,395 EQUALITY PAC Super PAC Oct 21, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$38,395 EQUALITY PAC Super PAC Oct 21, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$37,815 EQUALITY PAC Super PAC Sep 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$37,815 EQUALITY PAC Super PAC Sep 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$32,003 EQUALITY PAC Super PAC Oct 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$32,003 EQUALITY PAC Super PAC Oct 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$28,500 ERIC SORENSEN VICTORY FUND ERIC SORENSEN FOR ILLINOIS Corporate PAC Aug 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$27,195 EQUALITY PAC Super PAC Nov 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$23,000 ERIC SORENSEN VICTORY FUND ERIC SORENSEN FOR ILLINOIS Corporate PAC Sep 19, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,000 DEMOCRACY SUMMER 2024 ERIC SORENSEN FOR ILLINOIS Corporate PAC Mar 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$18,000 ILLINOIS NEVADA 2023 FUND ERIC SORENSEN FOR ILLINOIS Corporate PAC Sep 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$17,292 FAIRSHAKE Super PAC Sep 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$17,292 FAIRSHAKE Super PAC Sep 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

Social media

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