#1 is the best, #50 is the worst
Andrew Clyde led a brief filed September 4 telling the justices that a rifle's usefulness in war is a reason to protect it, not a reason to restrict it. Fifty-seven of the signers have a report card on this site.
The House returned from recess and spent its week on socialism resolutions, mining permits, whales, the Supreme Court, and a bill punishing colleges for boycotting Israel. Nobody voted on the premiums that just went up 58%. Here is every Republican with a report card who voted yes.
H.Res. 1490 passed 220-192. It changes no law and spends no money. Its one concrete demand is the SAVE America Act, a proof-of-citizenship rule of the kind Kansas tried — where 31,089 people could not register, against 39 confirmed noncitizens the state found in the previous 14 years. 189 members with a page on this site voted yes.
Harris won Illinois with 54.4% of the vote to 43.5%, a margin of 10.9 points, with 63.5% of eligible voters turning out. (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 #24 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.
We grade Republican incumbents 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 — 53 days away. Check your registration and polling place at vote.org.
