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DemocratLauren Underwood
U.S. Representative · Illinois
Illinois's 14th district
U.S. Representative from Illinois
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How they won their seat
Lauren Underwood won the 2024 U.S. House election in Illinois (District 14) with 55.1% of the vote (183,446 votes).
- Lauren Underwood · Democrat55.1%183,446
- \"James T. \\"\"Jim\\"\" Marter\" · Republican44.9%149,464
- 2 Other Candidates0%19
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
The record includes sponsorship of bills related to health care, maternal health, and rural development, as evidenced by the sponsorship of bills such as the Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act (HR 8807) and the Prioritizing Rural Hospitals Act (HR 4272). Additionally, the record includes sponsorship of bills related to veterans' issues, demonstrated by the sponsorship of the ACE Veterans Act (HR 5665) and the Ensuring Veterans Timely Access to Anesthesia Care Act (HR 2234). Focus areas (from the record): health care · maternal health · veterans' issues · rural development · climate health Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against the inferred activity patterns. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the politician's unlogged work or advocacy outside of official records; The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess alignment with constituents' views. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Lauren Underwood has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2024. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Lauren Underwood has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$290K13%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.5M70%
- PAC / committee$365K17%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on AppropriationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Appropriations — Homeland SecurityOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
122 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,960,791, spent $1,690,021, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9538: Residential Recovery for Seniors Act ↗Jun 30, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9257: Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2026 ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8807: Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act ↗May 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8778: EV Charging Accessibility Act ↗May 13, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8397: Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Act ↗Apr 21, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8070: Child Suicide Prevention Act ↗Mar 25, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7973: Momnibus Act ↗Mar 18, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7782: American Passport Card Accessibility Act ↗Mar 4, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1010: Recognizing 2026 as "The Year of The Power of Nurses" in Celebration of the 130th Anniversary of the American Nurses Association. ↗Jan 20, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6775: New Markets for Farmers and Families Act ↗Dec 17, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6776: Farmers to Families Act ↗Dec 17, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6607: FAAN Act ↗Dec 11, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 122 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 272
- Nay
- 380
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Nay
- HR1501Nay
- HJRES1Nay
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HR9436Yea
- HRES1490Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HR6500Nay
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Nay
- HCONRES89Yea
- HCONRES113Nay
- HR7008Nay
- HR7008Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
1 position on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
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