Representative · Illinois's 16th district
Darin LaHood
Darin LaHood is a Republican representative for Illinois's 16th district, in Congress since 2015. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 38, and cast 435 of 444 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Current
- In Congress since
- Sep 17, 2015
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027

Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressHouse of Representatives | 675 | 5.6%38 of 675 · rank 65 of 439 | 98%435 of 444 · rank 247 of 439 | 380 became law | 12%23 of 188 |
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 3.4%41 of 1,222 · rank 159 of 442 | 93%766 of 826 · rank 338 of 442 | 373 became law | 18%43 of 233 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 0.8%8 of 997 · rank 256 of 443 | 97%552 of 568 · rank 279 of 443 | 230 became law | 49%102 of 210 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 214–216· Against party
- Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
- Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
- Apr 17, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 200–220· Against party
- Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
- Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 164–268· Against party
- Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
- Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 163–257· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
98 sponsored · 3 became law
How far they got
- Introduced8688%
- Reported by committee44.1%
- Passed one chamber55.1%
- Became law33.1%
Policy areas
- Taxation44
- Health7
- Commerce6
- Education6
- Public Lands and Natural Resources5
- Social Welfare5
- Armed Forces and National Security4
- Environmental Protection3
Latest activity
- H.R. 10499 Meals for Communities Tax Credit ActIntroduced· Taxation· Sep 17, 2026
- H.R. 5470 Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation ActIntroduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 2, 2026
- H.R. 10075 First-Time Homebuyer Affordability ActIntroduced· Taxation· Aug 10, 2026
- H.R. 9518 Health Savings for Families Act of 2026Introduced· Taxation· Jun 29, 2026
- H.R. 9150 Boxing Therapy for Parkinson’s Access ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 23, 2026
- H.R. 9100 Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds ActIntroduced· Taxation· Jun 2, 2026
- H.R. 8933 Dietary Supplements Access ActIntroduced· Taxation· May 20, 2026
- H.R. 7432 Fostering the Future ActPassed one chamber· Families· May 20, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
- Work and WelfareChair
- Central Intelligence AgencyVice Chairman
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to Illinois's 16th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $502M
- Per resident
- $649
- Rank in Illinois
- 6 of 17
- Contract actions
- 31.8K
- New awards: 30.1K
By fiscal year
- 474.4MFY2017
- 605.5MFY2018
- 445.7MFY2019
- 370.9MFY2020
- 325.1MFY2021
- 417.2MFY2022
- 558.9MFY2023
- 675.5MFY2024
- 766.8MFY2025
- 502MFY2026
Top buyers
- Defense Logistics Agency$443.4M88%Department of Defense
- Federal Acquisition Service$15.3M3.0%General Services Administration
- Department of the Army$11.4M2.3%Department of Defense
- Department of the Navy$9.4M1.9%Department of Defense
- Department of the Air Force$4.6M0.9%Department of Defense
- Federal Aviation Administration$3.4M0.7%Department of Transportation
- Department of Justice
- Agricultural Marketing Service$2.3M0.5%Department of Agriculture
Top recipients
- SUPPLYCORE LLC$419.3M84%26,010 awards
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION$26.4M5.3%664 awards
- WOODWARD, INC.$14.6M2.9%29 awards
- EVAC NORTH AMERICA INC$8.9M1.8%717 awards
- PROALLIANCE CORP$3.1M0.6%2,018 awards
- GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC$3.1M0.6%91 awards
- AHTNA BUILDERS, LLC$2.4M0.5%1 award
- SENECA FOODS CORP$2.3M0.5%2 awards
- DCX-CHOL ENTERPRISES, INC.$2M0.4%123 awards
- 1 award
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $3.7M
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $6.7M
- From committees
- $1.8M
- 453 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $528K
- 116 PACs · 29% of committee money
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee | $10K | AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization | $78.5K |
| american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac) | $10K | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation | $10K | CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $713.4K |
| abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee | $10K | ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $90M |
| united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac) | $10K | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $685.7K |
| motorola solutions, inc.motorola solutions, inc. political action committee | $10K | MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $165.2M |
| american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee | $10K | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| eli lilly and companyeli lilly and company political action committee | $10K | ELI LILLY AND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $286.4K |
| archer daniels midland companyarcher daniels midland company - adm pac | $10K | ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $22.8M |
| honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac) | $10K | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $260.5M |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.7M | $1.8M | $528K116 PACs · 29% of committee money |
| 2024 | $3.8M | $2.1M | $547K120 PACs · 26% of committee money |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $2.1M | $559.3K113 PACs · 27% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- House · Illinois's 16th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
- House · Illinois's 16th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · Illinois's 18th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Illinois's 18th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · Illinois's 18th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
- House · Illinois's 18th districtSep 17, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- lahood.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-6201
- Office
- 503 Cannon House Office Building
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.