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U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 3rd District

Delia C. Ramirez

Democrat 2nd term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.6M raised · top PACs: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Union, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
99LoyaltyMed 98
95AttendMed 98
7BipartMed 12
3BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Veterans' Affairs 5th minority
  • Homeland Security 6th minority
Age
43

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1713005486743
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1415761,2357

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 28% 13%
Immigration 39% 30%
Armed Forces and National Security 8% 23%

StatementsBills

Words go to Immigration, Government Operations and Politics and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Immigration and Armed Forces and National Security.

  • She talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Government Weaponization (Government Operations and Politics), Cost of Living (Taxation), Election Security (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 30 bills sponsored, most on Immigration.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberCybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection SubcommitteeHomeland Security
Ranking memberOversight and Investigations SubcommitteeVeterans' Affairs
MemberVeterans' Affairs Committee5th minority
MemberHomeland Security Committee6th minority

Ranking member on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee, more senior than 18% of the House, in the minority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Republican bills

5% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Ramirez.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

5% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in her party: Lee and Ocasio-Cortez.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on her own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 20 · expected 19
Action in committee 10 · expected 5
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 278 of 433 in the House

0.45expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

0 of 20 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.45 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.50

With her party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 9 of the 10 she voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 3 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.50, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 1 of 13, Environmental Protection 1 of 26, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Ramirez$1.6M raised15%54%26%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

68% of what she raised came from individuals; 15% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.6M raised, 26% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 34.6 points.

42 PACs of the 63 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace and Taxation.

  1. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% D
  2. Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Union100% D
  3. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America84% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

241 bills

Ramirez voted Yea on 22, Nay on 88, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 127 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.