Representative · Illinois's 14th district

Lauren Underwood

Lauren Underwood is a Democratic representative for Illinois's 14th district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 3, and cast 467 of 469 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2019
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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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	0.4%3 of 675 · rank 370 of 439	100%467 of 469 · rank 44 of 439	380 became law	14%35 of 258
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	1.2%15 of 1,222 · rank 309 of 442	100%835 of 839 · rank 19 of 442	290 became law	18%41 of 226
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.2%2 of 997 · rank 389 of 443	98%563 of 572 · rank 182 of 443	290 became law	5%16 of 294

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 −1−0.60+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.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 227–193· Against party
H.R. 1338: SAT Streamlining ActYea
Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party
H.R. 3935: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024Nay
Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 243–191· Against party
H.R. 277: Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023Nay
Jun 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 151–285· Against party
H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023Nay
Jul 14, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 170–257· Against party
H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023Nay
Jul 14, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 155–273· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

House Committee on Appropriations
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Homeland Security

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Illinois's 14th 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: $167.1M
Per resident: $222
Rank in Illinois: 12 of 17
Contract actions: 23.3K; New awards: 22.6K

By fiscal year

43.8MFY2017
83.8MFY2018
94MFY2019
56.9MFY2020
79.5MFY2021
121.2MFY2022
71.2MFY2023
118MFY2024
77.1MFY2025
167.1MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Army$133.1M80%
Department of Defense
Federal Acquisition Service$13.4M8.0%
General Services Administration
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$5.6M3.3%
Department of Labor
Department of Veterans Affairs$5M3.0%
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$2.6M1.5%
Department of Justice
Defense Logistics Agency$1.9M1.1%
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy$853K0.5%
Department of Defense
Environmental Protection Agency$814.7K0.5%

Top recipients

J. F. BRENNAN COMPANY, INC.$111M66%
2 awards
S & S FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC$17.9M11%
1 award
DOCUMENT IMAGING DIMENSIONS INC.$13.8M8.2%
22,093 awards
MANAGEMENT & TRAINING CORPORATION$3.5M2.1%
1 award
DAE SUNG LLC$2.7M1.6%
4 awards
INTEGRITY FEDERAL SERVICES, INC$2.2M1.3%
1 award
STRATEGIX MANAGEMENT LLC$2M1.2%
1 award
CHENEGA EXP FEDERAL JV, LLC$2M1.2%
1 award
ARDL INC$1.5M0.9%
5 awards
KAY KAY LLC$1.2M0.7%
27 awards

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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: $2.4M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $1.1M
From committees: $428.2K; 112 committees
From contractor PACs: $36K; 10 PACs · 8% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$10K	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280
american psychological association services inc. (apasi)psychology pac of american psychological association services inc.	$7,500	AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$710.8K
international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee	$7,000	INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization	—
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$3,500	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$2,500	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
walgreen cowalgreen co pac (walgreenspac)	$2,500	WALGREEN CO.AI match · 99% · the same organization	-$15.4M
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee	$1,000	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization	$78.5K
cargill, incorporatedcargill, incorporated political action committee	$1,000	CARGILL, INCORPORATEDAI match · 100% · the same organization	$35.4M
american association of airport executivesamerican association of airport executives	$1,000	AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$12.3K
american psychiatric associationamerican psychiatric association political action committee	$1,000	AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$645K

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$2.4M	$428.2K	$36K10 PACs · 8% of committee money
2024	$4.2M	$501.6K	$25.5K7 PACs · 5% of committee money
2022	$6.9M	$839.3K	$24.5K4 PACs · 3% 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 14th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Illinois's 14th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Illinois's 14th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Illinois's 14th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: underwood.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-2976
Office: 2228 Rayburn 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.