Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Darin LaHood

Official portrait of Darin LaHood
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Illinois’s 16th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Peoria, IL
Born
1968
In Congress
House since 2015 · 11 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
LAHOOD, DARIN MCKAY
Next election
Primary March 17, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Illinois with the current district highlighted

Illinois, District 16

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Illinois District 16IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6IL18088 · Principal campaign committee: LAHOOD FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Illinois District 16$4,205,602.32General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Illinois District 16$3,753,031.58Won the general election (99.9%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Illinois District 16$3,915,556.68Won the general election (66.3%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Illinois District 18$3,260,958.75Won the general election (70.41%)
Total raised$4,205,602.32
Total spent$3,738,426.54
Cash on hand$5,988,458.85
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $932,192.16PACs and other committees: $2,030,372.37Party committees: $100.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,036,023.23Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $206,914.56
  • Individual contributions$932,192.1622%
  • PACs and other committees$2,030,372.3748%
  • Party committees$100.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,036,023.2325%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$206,914.565%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$109,701.596%
  • Contributions over $200$1,703,221.2894%
  • Itemized from inside Illinois$770,551.0345%
  • Itemized from other states$946,969.3355%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $168,048.77 · Florida $125,523.60 · California $93,910.01 · District of Columbia $91,489.59 · New York $86,401.37. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$6.7M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $824,439.50APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $462,479.06JULY QUARTERLY: raised $688,213.56JULY QUARTERLY: spent $338,488.93OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $617,240.59OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $384,307.93YEAR-END: raised $399,663.35YEAR-END: spent $365,849.41PRE-PRIMARY: raised $111,717.16PRE-PRIMARY: spent $227,717.21APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $472,534.24APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $173,785.73JULY QUARTERLY: raised $558,930.56JULY QUARTERLY: spent $492,773.02OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $486,334.78OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $916,436.622025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea491
Voted nay145
Did not vote38 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored38
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored189

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 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 Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 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 Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10499 Meals for Communities Tax Credit Act
    Introduced Sep 17, 2026 · Latest action Sep 17, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 10075 First-Time Homebuyer Affordability Act
    Introduced Aug 10, 2026 · Latest action Aug 10, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 9518 Health Savings for Families Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 29, 2026 · Latest action Jun 29, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 9150 Boxing Therapy for Parkinson’s Access Act
    Introduced Jun 4, 2026 · Latest action Jun 23, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • H.R. 9100 Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act
    Introduced Jun 2, 2026 · Latest action Jun 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 8933 Dietary Supplements Access Act
    Introduced May 20, 2026 · Latest action May 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.Res. 1171 Supporting the designation of the week of April 20 through April 24, 2026, as "National Home Visiting Week".
    Introduced Apr 14, 2026 · Latest action Apr 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.Res. 1127 Expressing support for the designation of the week of March 22, 2026, through March 28, 2026, as "National Cleaning Week".
    Introduced Mar 19, 2026 · Latest action Mar 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 7620 CHEERS Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 20, 2026 · Latest action Feb 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 7594 Workforce Development Through Post-Graduation Scholarships Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 17, 2026 · Latest action Feb 17, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

455 committees reported giving $1,853,335.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Darin McKay Lahood$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Darin McKay Lahood$1,041.40

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Illinois U.S. House, District 16, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Darin McKay Lahood (R)$4,205,602.32$5,988,458.852026-10-14
Paul Nolley (D)$603,606.19$287,654.332026-09-30
Joe Albright (D)$19,033.92$0.002026-03-31
Brendyn Morgan (D)$3,455.00$3,455.002025-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RDecember 5, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 15, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: LAHOOD FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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