Laura Murphy

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Latest coverage: “Consumer advocacy groups oppose Illinois American Water $142.4M rate hike and potential major…” (Chicago Sun-Times — Illinois, Jun 4, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Senator, District 28 (Illinois) since Oct 2015. github.com ↗

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Shor-McCarty · votesLiberal

More liberal than 61% of Illinois Senate members

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Score−0.54 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.15 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.69)

Compared with201 members of Illinois Senate members (1996–2022)

Covers2015–2022

● This person Democrats (109) Republicans (92)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 67% of 2022 Illinois Senate candidates

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Score−0.72 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.01 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.73)

Compared with97 members of 2022 Illinois Senate candidates

Covers1998–2022

● This person Democrats (54) Republicans (43)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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Consumer advocacy groups oppose Illinois American Water $142.4M rate hike and potential major acquisitionChicago Sun-Times — Illinois · Jun 4, 2026

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