A Texas judge threw out the registration rules for silencers and short-barreled rifles. Six days later, Andrew Clyde — who owns two gun stores — led a letter asking DOJ to skip the appeal and stop enforcing the law nationwide. Thirty-three of the signers have report cards here.
ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that deliver painful electric shocks — ten times what Susan Collins points to as the de-escalation reform that justified her vote. Here are the 201 Republicans with report cards on this site who voted for the money.
When he said it in March 2026, the Granite City mill had about 1,110 workers and neither blast furnace was making steel. One had been down since 2019 — a year after the tariffs. And the plant isn't in his district anymore.
Harris won Illinois with 54.4% of the vote to 43.5%, a margin of 10.9 points. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
3 of 19 — 16%. In the U.S. House, Illinois has 3 Republicans and 14 Democrats; in the Senate, 0 Republicans and 2 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from Illinois, on Wikipedia.)
Illinois ranks #25 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
You can compare Illinois directly to other states on our Compare States page.
4, listed above. We grade Republicans running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost Illinois. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — 81 days away. Check your registration and polling place at vote.org.
