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Lauren Underwood

Lauren Underwood

DemocratIL-14 · Representative
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Lauren Underwood

Lauren Underwood

DemocratIL-14 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.594)
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Lauren Underwood is a Democrat Representative from IL, District 14. She has served 7 years in Congress across 4 terms. Based on her voting record, she is rated as liberal, voting with her party 98.9% of the time.

7
Years in Office
4
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

98.9%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
5 votes against party
0.4%
Missed Votesⓘ
470 total votes
6
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Lauren Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+2.9% vs avg
98.9%
Avg: 96.0%
Missed Votes-3.2% vs avg
0.4%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-1.2 vs avg
6
Avg: 7.2

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeMemberAppropriations CommitteeMemberDepartment of Homeland Security SubcommitteeMember

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-02-25

$1,174,013
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,719,428
Total Receiptsⓘ
$1,600,518
Disbursementsⓘ
$1,320,832
Individual Donors
$219,500
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2019–2027House · IL-14 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

IL-14 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

759,546
Population
$93,186
Median Income
37.0
Median Age
33.1%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 65.0%Black 9.5%Hispanic 23.4%Asian 5.2%