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Eric Sorensen

U.S. Representative, IL-17

Democratic Illinois since Jan 3, 2025

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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
HRES 873 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year… Nay Nov 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 873 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year… Nay Nov 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 719 — Honoring the life and legacy of Charles "Charlie" James Kirk. Yea Sep 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Nay Sep 19, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Sep 19, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1047 — GRID Power Act Nay Sep 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3015 — National Coal Council Reestablishment Act Nay Sep 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3062 — Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act Nay Sep 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 713 — Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and removing her from the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on the… Yea Sep 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5143 — District of Columbia Policing Protection Act of 2025 Yea Sep 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5125 — District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025 Nay Sep 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 722 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other… Nay Sep 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 722 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5371) making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other… Nay Sep 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5140 — To lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age. Nay Sep 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4922 — D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act of 2025 Nay Sep 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2721 — Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025 Yea Sep 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 707 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of… Nay Sep 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 707 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of… Nay Sep 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3400 — TRAVEL Act of 2025 Yea Sep 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 117 — Relating to a national emergency by the President on July 30, 2025. Nay Sep 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3486 — Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025 Nay Sep 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Sep 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Nay Sep 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Sep 10, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Sep 10, 2025 Agreed to 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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