Representative · IL-17 · Democrat · since Jan 2023

Eric Sorensen

Bills authored 9Missed votes 5 of 524Party unity 53% derived

Counted from 524 roll calls and 102 sponsorship records on file.

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Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Born in Rockford, Illinois, Sorensen studied communications and meteorology at Northern Illinois University.^{Source 2: Official website of Eric Sorensen}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)} He worked as a television meteorologist for more than two decades, broadcasting for stations in Texas and Illinois.^{Source 2: Official website of Eric Sorensen}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)} After retiring from television in 2021, he took a communications position with a health care system.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)}

Sorensen ran for the United States House of Representatives in 2022, winning the election for Illinois's 17th congressional district.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)} Sworn into office in 2023, he became the first openly gay member of Congress from Illinois.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)} He was reelected in 2024 and has served on the Agriculture and Armed Services committees.^{Source 2: Official website of Eric Sorensen}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)}

In their own words

“One of the greatest joys of my life was helping him receive the victory medals that he spent almost his entire life waiting for.”

Congressional Record · Mar 24, 2026 · Source

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The path here

1976
Born in Rockford, Illinois.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)}
1999-2021
Works as a television meteorologist in Texas and Illinois.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)}
2021
Retires from television and works in communications for UnityPoint Health.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)}
2022
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois's 17th congressional district.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)}
2023-Present
Serves as U.S. representative for Illinois's 17th congressional district.^{Source 1: Eric Sorensen — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)}

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general · in 51 days

99.05% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

3 sources

1Eric Sorensen — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
2Official website of Eric Sorensenofficial profileopen source
3Wikipedia: Eric Sorensen (politician)wikipediaopen source archived copy

Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

3.7YRS

In office · 2nd term · since Jan 2023

27,694VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 8.85%

Certified result

99.05%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

1976 Born in Rockford, Illinois.
1999-2021 Works as a television meteorologist in Texas and Illinois.
2021 Retires from television and works in communications for UnityPoint Health.
2022 Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois's 17th congressional district.
2023-Present Serves as U.S. representative for Illinois's 17th congressional district.

House Committee on AgricultureHouse Committee on Armed ServicesHouse Committee on Agriculture · Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology subcommitteeHouse Committee on Agriculture · General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit subcommitteeHouse Committee on Armed Services · Readiness subcommitteeHouse Committee on Armed Services · Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee9 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

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6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

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How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

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Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$2.2MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $60.0K · 38 units, rounded up

PAC contributions$848.3K · 38.0%
Itemized individual$1.1M · 49.3%
Small-dollar (≤$200)$185.9K · 8.3%
All other$98.3K · 4.4%

FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.239

Social (dim 2)0.225

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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