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U.S. Representative · Illinois 17th District
Eric Sorensen
DemocratDistrict D+3119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score68#46 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Eric Sorensen’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1314 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1317
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 5 signals
- StrongBacks 46 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 46 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 12, H.R. 309, H.R. 452, H.R. 516, H.R. 539 and 41 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 12 Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 309 National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 516 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 539 Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 3.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AgricultureMinority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
- Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
- House Committee on Armed ServicesMinority · 20th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Readiness
- Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Sorensen← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.240 is 0.15 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 451–500 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 861Disaster Assistance Simplification ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 70
| Middle |
| S. 1626 |