Bill Cunningham

Democrat · Senate District 18

Influence: 26 / 100
Low Influence #126 overall · #41 in Senate

At a Glance

Bill Cunningham ranks #126 overall in the Illinois General Assembly, They have passed 3 laws with a 4% effectiveness rate, and collaborate with 160 different legislators.

Where Bill Cunningham's Influence Comes From

36%
Moneyball
Bill effectiveness, network size, institutional power
15%
Bridge Influence
Connects different legislative blocs
0%
Swing Votes
Vote pivotality on close roll calls
41%
Sponsor Pull
ML-predicted effect of sponsorship on bill success

Campaign finance

This is SBE campaign receipts, not Moneyball. Moneyball scores legislative effectiveness. These figures are donations to matched candidate committees in the disclosure window.

2025-01-01 – 2026-09-13. Linked via Friends of Bill Cunningham

$416,371.76 Total received
208 Receipts
1 Committees

Committees

Committee Party Status Match
Friends of Bill Cunningham 22807 Democratic Active Office + district + name (95%)

Top donors

Donor Occupation Employer Receipts Total
Illinois Laborers' Legislative Committee — — 2 $11,500.00
Davita — — 2 $10,000.00
Illinois Venture Capital Association — — 1 $10,000.00
Marquis Energy LLC — — 1 $10,000.00
Nicor Gas — — 1 $7,500.00
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC — — 2 $7,500.00
Verizon — — 1 $7,500.00
Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees PAC — — 2 $7,500.00
Bridge Structural & Reinforcing PAC — — 1 $7,000.00
Chicago Journeymen Plumbers' L.U. 130 PAC — — 2 $6,750.00
CAR of Illinois PAC — — 3 $6,500.00
Ameren Illinois — — 3 $5,968.12
NRG Energy — — 2 $5,500.00
Illinois Federation of Teachers COPE — — 2 $5,300.00
Advocus National Title Insurance Co — — 1 $5,250.00
Amazon.com Services LLC — — 2 $5,007.93
Google — — 1 $5,000.00
LIUNA Charitable Foundation — — 1 $5,000.00
Illinois Risk Management Services, Inc. — — 1 $5,000.00
Enterprise Holdings PAC — — 2 $5,000.00
Constellation Energy Generation — — 1 $5,000.00
Solar Energy Industries Association, Inc. — — 1 $5,000.00
Cozen O'Connor — — 1 $5,000.00
Realtor Political Action Committee — — 1 $5,000.00
Illinois Corn Growers Association Political Involvement Fund — — 1 $5,000.00

Recent receipts

Date Contributor Committee Amount
2026-04-07 CSX Accounts Payable Account J682 Calumet City, IL Friends of Bill Cunningham $500.00
2026-04-07 NRG Energy Romeoville, IL Friends of Bill Cunningham $2,500.00
2026-03-17 Steven Bills self · self San Fransico, CA Friends of Bill Cunningham $1,000.00
2026-03-17 Daniel Ziegler self · self Truckee, CA Friends of Bill Cunningham $1,000.00
2026-03-17 Gill, Friends of Mary Chicago, IL Friends of Bill Cunningham $175.00
2026-03-17 O'Shea, Friends of Matt Chicago, IL Friends of Bill Cunningham $175.00
2026-02-26 Zeneca Inc. Wilmington, DE Friends of Bill Cunningham $1,500.00
2026-02-19 Molson Coors Beverage Company Milwaukee, WI Friends of Bill Cunningham $1,000.00
2026-02-19 Illinois CPAs for Political Action Chicago, IL Friends of Bill Cunningham $500.00
2026-02-19 AGC of Illinois Springfield, IL Friends of Bill Cunningham $1,500.00
2026-02-19 Machinist's Non Partisan Political League PAC Upper Marlboro, MD Friends of Bill Cunningham $2,500.00
2026-02-04 Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers Local 17 Tinley Park, IL Friends of Bill Cunningham $2,500.00
2026-01-29 Microsoft Corporation Stakeholders Voluntary PAC Redmond, WA Friends of Bill Cunningham $250.00
2026-01-15 Uber Technologies, Inc. San Rafael, CA Friends of Bill Cunningham $2,500.00
2026-01-06 Pepsico New Castle, DE Friends of Bill Cunningham $750.00
2026-01-06 William Cunningham Chicago, IL Friends of Bill Cunningham $366.96
2026-01-06 Committee to Expand the Middle Class San Rafael, CA Friends of Bill Cunningham $1,000.00
2025-12-30 Entertainment Software Association Washington, DC Friends of Bill Cunningham $2,000.00
2025-12-30 McLane Company, Inc. Temple, TX Friends of Bill Cunningham $2,500.00
2025-12-30 Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Mayetta, KS Friends of Bill Cunningham $1,000.00
2025-12-30 Deloitte Political Action Committee Washington, DC Friends of Bill Cunningham $500.00
2025-12-16 NRG Energy Romeoville, IL Friends of Bill Cunningham $3,000.00
2025-12-16 Google Mountain View, CA Friends of Bill Cunningham $5,000.00
2025-12-16 Pfizer Inc. Memphis, TN Friends of Bill Cunningham $500.00
2025-12-16 Community Currency Exchange Ass of IL PAC Oak Lawn, IL Friends of Bill Cunningham $2,000.00

Legislative Effectiveness (Moneyball)

3 Laws Passed
4% Effectiveness Rate
0.9 Avg Co-sponsors / Law
6% Cross-Party Bills
160 Unique Collaborators
36.3 Moneyball Score
Network Hub Wide Tent

Value Assessment

ML model predicts legislative effectiveness from network position, demographics, and topic profile, then compares to actual performance. View full recruitment rankings →

4% Predicted Effectiveness
4% Actual Effectiveness
+0% Residual
Fairly Valued Value Pctl: 54

Notable Bills

Highest probability bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Bill Cunningham.

Bill Description Predicted Dest. P(Advance) Forecast Stage Status
SB1348 SHERIFF-PROCESS SERVICE FEES Became Law 100% 100% High Signed into Law PASSED
SB1701 PUBLIC LABOR-POLICE SUPERVISOR Became Law 100% 100% High Signed into Law PASSED
SB2394 FIRST 2025 GENERAL REVISORY Became Law 100% 99% High Signed into Law PASSED
SB1180 IL RACING BOARD-VARIOUS Stuck 34% — Floor Vote OPEN
SB3270 VIDEO GAMING TERMINAL PAYOUTS Stuck 13% — In Committee OPEN
SB2648 TITLE INSURANCE TRANSFER Stuck 13% 1% Low In Committee OPEN
SB2396 POLICE-ENFORCEMENT UNIT Stuck 12% — In Committee OPEN
SB4019 VIDEO GAMING TERMINAL PAYOUTS Stuck 12% — In Committee OPEN
SB3293 BROWNFIELD PHOTOVOLATIC REGS Stuck 10% — In Committee OPEN
SB4042 VIDEO GAMING-VARIOUS Stuck 10% — In Committee OPEN

Voting Bloc

Member of Opposition Democrat Caucus — 36 members (36D/0R) (36 members, 0% cohesion).