Darin LaHood
RRep. IL-16 · U.S. House · 6 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, LaHood sits more conservative than 68% of the House and more liberal than 32%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what LaHoodsays they stand for so you can hold it against the record above. We don't put words in anyone's mouth or declare a promise “kept” or “broken” — where there's no published, structured position to compare, we leave it to you rather than invent a verdict.
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade$15K
- THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMPAC)Corporate$10K
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership$10K
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATIONCorporate$10K
- FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$10K
- CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$10K
- UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PACCorporate$10K
- EXELON CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$10K
- Corporate58%
- Trade23%
- Membership8%
- Other / unclassified8%
- Labor2%
- Cooperative1%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Finance & banking$152K
- Energy & utilities$121K
- Insurance$118K
- Health & medicine$118K
- Agriculture$87K
- Pharma & biotech$58K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 40% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleLaHood's campaign has spent $1.9M across 493 reported disbursements.
- Events & fundraising$702K 37%
- Payroll & admin$586K 31%
- Consulting & research$490K 26%
- Advertising & media$103K 5%
- Travel & lodging$3K 0%
- 814 CONSULTING LLC$523K
- PNC BANK$344K
- FORD, JAKE$173K
- CLAYMORE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS$166K
- IMGE$74K
- THE NEWBERG GROUP$72K
- DENZLER, MARK DSPRINGFIELD, IL$4K
- BAKER, CHRISTIAN JSPRINGFIELD, IL$884
These are the venues, caterers, and hotels the campaign paidfor events — the money trail to where fundraising happened, with the vendor's city and state. It is not a guest list or attendance: who came, who hosted, and “what the crowd was like” aren't in any public record, so we don't guess at them.
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents Illinois's 16th district · age 58 · from Peoria.
Darin McKay LaHood is an American attorney and politician who has served as a U.S. representative from Illinois since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, LaHood has represented the 16th district since 2023, and previously represented the 18th district from 2015 to 2023, a district which was once represented by House Minority Leader Robert H. Michel. The son of Republican Ray LaHood, who represented this district from 1995 until 2009, previously served in the Illinois Senate from the 37th legislative district from 2011 to 2015, before being elected to Congress in a special election…
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file for LaHood in the current House disclosure index.
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- House Committee on Ways and Means
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this House seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle- Paul NolleyDemocratChallenger$237Kraised ↗
- Joe AlbrightDemocratChallenger$19Kraised ↗
- Brendyn MorganDemocratChallenger$3Kraised ↗
+ 3 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How Darin actually voted · last 15 bills live
- Yea23-Jul-2026H R 8884On Passage
- Nay23-Jul-2026H CON RES 89On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Yea22-Jul-2026H CON RES 113On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Passage
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Motion to Recommit
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Passage
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Motion to Recommit
- Aye22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Aye22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Aye22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Aye22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yea21-Jul-2026H R 9770On Passage
- Yea21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Passage
- Nay21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Motion to Recommit
- No21-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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