Mark Walker

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114 roll-call votes on record - 108 yes, 5 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Read the list: 44 lawmakers included in Jack Smith's text sweep as his legal reckoning grows” (Fox News Politics, Jul 23, 2026) - one of 20 stories across the spectrum (Left 7 · Center 8 · Right 5). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Senator, District 27 (Illinois) since May 2024. github.com ↗

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114

Roll-call votes on record.

114 votes · 108 yes · 5 not voting · 1 no. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · May 31, 2026

LATEST: YESDHS-DSP PILOT PROGRAMSB 3255 · May 31, 2026

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesCenter-Left

More liberal than 56% of Illinois House members

Details

Score−0.46 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.46 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.91)

Compared with420 members of Illinois House members (1996–2022)

Covers2009–2022

● This person Democrats (228) Republicans (192)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 65% of 2022 Illinois House candidates

Details

Score−0.73 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.02 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.75)

Compared with215 members of 2022 Illinois House candidates

Covers2008–2022

● This person Democrats (115) Republicans (100)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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Coverage

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Left · 5

A victory for ‘the right to tell people what they do not want to hear’Florida Phoenix · Jul 20, 2026

State puts a hold on listing organizations with ‘terror’ designationsWGCU (NPR/PBS SW Florida) — Government & Politics · Jul 14, 2026

DeSantis labels antifa, CAIR Florida as a domestic terrorist groups under new lawCreative Loafing Tampa · Jul 2, 2026

DeSantis designates specific groups as terrorist organizations as new law goes into effectWGCU (NPR/PBS SW Florida) — Government & Politics · Jul 2, 2026

DeSantis announces CAIR as a domestic terrorist group under new lawFlorida Phoenix · Jul 1, 2026

Center · 8

State puts a hold on listing organizations with ‘terror’ designationsWGCU — Southwest Florida NPR (Government & Politics) · Jul 14, 2026

DeSantis: Florida set to label Muslim civil rights nonprofit a terrorist group under new lawWLRN — South Florida NPR (Government & Politics) · Jul 2, 2026

DeSantis designates groups, including CAIR, as terrorist organizationsWUSF — Tampa Bay NPR (Local & State) · Jul 2, 2026

DeSantis designates specific groups as terrorist organizations as new law goes into effectWGCU — Southwest Florida NPR (Government & Politics) · Jul 2, 2026

DeSantis designates CAIR, other groups as terrorist organizationsNBC 6 South Florida · Jul 1, 2026

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 5.7.26Florida Politics · May 7, 2026

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 5.4.26Florida Politics · May 4, 2026

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Zooming alongFlorida Politics · May 2, 2026

Right · 4

Read the list: 44 lawmakers included in Jack Smith's text sweep as his legal reckoning growsFox News Politics · Jul 23, 2026

‘Terror’ Designations on HoldTallahassee Reports · Jul 15, 2026

Group sues DeSantis over Florida domestic terrorist lawFOX 13 Tampa Bay · Jul 6, 2026

DeSantis Designates Groups as Terrorist OrganizationsTallahassee Reports · Jul 2, 2026

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