Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Lauren Underwood
- Office
- U.S. representative for Illinois’s 14th district
- Party
- Democrat
- Hometown
- Naperville, IL
- Born
- 1986
- In Congress
- House since 2019 · 7 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- UNDERWOOD, LAUREN
- Next election
- Primary March 19, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Illinois, District 14
Official websiteX (Twitter)FEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H8IL14174 · Principal campaign committee: LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Illinois District 14 | $2,848,041.74 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Illinois District 14 | $4,158,558.79 | Won the general election (44.9%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Illinois District 14 | $6,889,213.25 | Won the general election (54.2%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Illinois District 14 | $7,862,452.21 | Won the general election (50.67%) |
Total raised$4,158,558.79
Total spent$3,890,542.92
Cash on hand$1,055,102.02
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$3,321,444.5180%
- PACs and other committees$509,056.1612%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$419.390%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$230,488.246%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$97,150.492%
Self-funding: $419.39 (0% of money raised): $419.39 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Appropriations
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Homeland Security
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
137 committees reported giving $509,667.00 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.
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$11,500.00
- EMILYS LISTConnected PAC$10,350.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALPAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- LOCAL 881 UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUNDPAC$10,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENConnected PAC$9,000.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- GROWTH ENERGY PACPAC$7,500.00
Show all 137 committees
- 314 ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC$7,500.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC')Hybrid PAC$6,500.00
- MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$6,500.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,500.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NURSE-MIDWIVES MIDWIVES-PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ILLINOIS CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND-FEDERALConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PSYCHOLOGY PAC OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC. Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PERIMETER PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SERVE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- JANE FONDA CLIMATE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- THE BENCHConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL PACConnected PAC$4,100.00
- NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$3,503.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,499.00
- SPIKE PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- FIGHT LIKE HELL PACHybrid PAC$3,300.00
- ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY PAC, INC. (AKA AKA 1908 PAC)Connected PAC$3,300.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS INC. POLITICAL ACTION FOR CANDIDATE ELECTION (PACE) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) Company pagePAC$3,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,757.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 150 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION (SENIORS HOUSING PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION PAC (AAHOA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FAA MANAGERS ASSOCIATION INC. PACPAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BARNES & THORNBURG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S GIVING COLLECTIVE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE SEASONAL EMPLOYER PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SQUARE ONE POLITICSHybrid PAC$2,383.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION PAC (ASHA PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ILLINOIS POLITICAL ACTIVE LETTER CARRIERS Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAC (SOYPAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF ELIZABETH ESTYCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, (ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- THE WINNER'S CIRCLE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- AMERICA'S PHYSICIAN GROUPS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- MEDICAID HEALTH PLANS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$1,500.00
- FUTURE FORUM PACConnected PAC$1,500.00
- TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTAPAC)PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - COAL MINERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS-PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC. PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. PAC (AHIP PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION - OSTEOPATHIC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$1,000.00
- UNITED EGG ASSOCIATION EGGPACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP (APKS) PARTNERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS PLASTYPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED PILOTS PAC/UNITED AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC WOMEN PACPAC$1,000.00
- FRATERNITY & SORORITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FAMMEDPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- IMMIGRANTS' LISTConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- ALZHEIMERS IMPACT MOVEMENT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NRDC ACTION FUND INC PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BARRAGAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ONWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- RESIST RECLAIM REBUILD PACPAC$1,000.00
- PERFORMANCE RACING, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- THE LONG RUN PACPAC$1,000.00
- HEALTHCARE FOR ACTION PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY AFFILIATED PLANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- PRO PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- FAEGRE DRINKER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FAEGRE DRINKER PAC)PAC$500.00
- IVYPACPAC$500.00
- THEIR FUTURE PACHybrid PAC$500.00
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC)Connected PAC$375.00
- NATIONAL ASSN. OF DENTAL PLANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$250.00
- DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PACConnected PAC$25.00
- PEARLPACPAC$25.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Lauren Underwood$198.25
- Independent expenditures opposing Lauren Underwood$0.00
- Company and union communications to members about Lauren Underwood$6,748.01
FEC totals for the 2024 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.
- GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSupporting$187.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
Illinois U.S. House, District 14, 2024 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren Underwood (D) | $4,158,558.79 | $1,055,102.02 | 2024-12-31 |
| James Thomas Marter (R) | $326,753.53 | $4,043.84 | 2024-12-31 |
| Charles Kim (R) | $85,421.44 | $0.00 | 2024-12-31 |
| Matthew Leiv (R) | $63,209.62 | $776.53 | 2023-09-30 |
| Jack Lombardi II (R) | $511.42 | $511.42 | 2023-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois (retrieved October 23, 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: LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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