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
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

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.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6755.6%38 of 675 · rank 65 of 43998%435 of 444 · rank 247 of 439380 became law12%23 of 188
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2223.4%41 of 1,222 · rank 159 of 44293%766 of 826 · rank 338 of 442373 became law18%43 of 233
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.8%8 of 997 · rank 256 of 44397%552 of 568 · rank 279 of 443230 became law49%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.

Liberal −1+0.46+1 Conservative

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.

  1. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 214–216· Against party
  2. Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
  3. Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
  4. Apr 17, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 200–220· Against party
  5. Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
  6. Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 164–268· Against party
  7. Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
  8. 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.

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. 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

  1. Introduced8688%
  2. Reported by committee44.1%
  3. Passed one chamber55.1%
  4. Became law33.1%

Policy areas

  1. Taxation44
  2. Health7
  3. Commerce6
  4. Education6
  5. Public Lands and Natural Resources5
  6. Social Welfare5
  7. Armed Forces and National Security4
  8. Environmental Protection3

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10499 Meals for Communities Tax Credit Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Sep 17, 2026
  2. H.R. 5470 Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 2, 2026
  3. H.R. 10075 First-Time Homebuyer Affordability Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Aug 10, 2026
  4. H.R. 9518 Health Savings for Families Act of 2026
    Introduced· Taxation· Jun 29, 2026
  5. H.R. 9150 Boxing Therapy for Parkinson’s Access Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 23, 2026
  6. H.R. 9100 Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Jun 2, 2026
  7. H.R. 8933 Dietary Supplements Access Act
    Introduced· Taxation· May 20, 2026
  8. H.R. 7432 Fostering the Future Act
    Passed 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.

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

  1. 474.4MFY2017
  2. 605.5MFY2018
  3. 445.7MFY2019
  4. 370.9MFY2020
  5. 325.1MFY2021
  6. 417.2MFY2022
  7. 558.9MFY2023
  8. 675.5MFY2024
  9. 766.8MFY2025
  10. 502MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. General Services Administration
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Defense
  6. Department of Transportation
  7. Department of Justice
  8. Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

  1. SUPPLYCORE LLC$419.3M84%
    26,010 awards
  2. 664 awards
  3. WOODWARD, INC.$14.6M2.9%
    29 awards
  4. 717 awards
  5. 2,018 awards
  6. 91 awards
  7. 1 award
  8. 2 awards
  9. 123 awards
  10. 1 award
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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
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee$10KAMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization$78.5K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$10KAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$10KCHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee$10KABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$90M
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$10KUNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
motorola solutions, inc.motorola solutions, inc. political action committee$10KMOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$165.2M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
eli lilly and companyeli lilly and company political action committee$10KELI LILLY AND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$286.4K
archer daniels midland companyarcher daniels midland company - adm pac$10KARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$22.8M
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$10KHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom 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.

  1. House · Illinois's 16th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Illinois's 16th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Illinois's 18th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Illinois's 18th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Illinois's 18th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Illinois's 18th districtSep 17, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017

Contact

Official channels, as published.

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.