RepublicanMike Bost
U.S. Representative · Illinois
Illinois's 12th district
U.S. Representative from Illinois
1 tracked promise, 1 rated
How they won their seat
Mike Bost won the 2024 U.S. House election in Illinois (District 12) with 74.2% of the vote (272,754 votes).
- Mike Bost · Republican74.2%272,754
- Brian Roberts · Democrat25.8%94,875
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
Mike Bost's record shows a concentration on veterans' affairs, agriculture, and infrastructure. He has sponsored multiple bills related to veterans' healthcare and support, such as the 'Take Care of America’s Veterans Act' and the 'Veterans Appeals Efficiency Act of 2025', alongside significant involvement in agricultural issues through his committee memberships and sponsorship of related legislation. Focus areas (from the record): Veterans Affairs · Agriculture · Infrastructure · Mental Health · Transportation Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Bost's declared position on immigration and border security is consistent with his voting record, as he voted in favor of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act. However, the majority of his sponsored bills focus on veterans and agriculture. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills that became law; There is no information on the impact of his committee work; The absence of statements limits understanding of his public communication and advocacy strategies. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Mike Bost 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 2016. 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 Mike Bost 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)$128K4%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.3M43%
- PAC / committee$1.6M52%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on AgricultureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chair, House Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Committee on Agriculture — General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and CreditOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous MaterialsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Water Resources and EnvironmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Highways and TransitOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+25 · based on 1 rated promise
- Attempted 1
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2019 · 1 rated promiseThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 25 |
| Jan 2027 | 25 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept1
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
1 promise across 1 topicWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Immigration & Border Security1 promise
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)1100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
1 tracked promise
“Secure the U.S. southern border, including building a wall along the southern border and enforcing the "Remain in Mexico" policy; Bost voted to pass H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act.”
Verified record
128 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 $1,107,544, spent $753,405, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act ↗Jun 10, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9214: TSP Modernization Act ↗Jun 9, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1301: Supporting the designation of May 29, 2026, as "Mental Health Awareness in Agriculture Day" to raise awareness around mental health in the agricultural industry and workforce and to continue to reduce stigma associated with mental illness. ↗May 19, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6779: USDA Loan Modernization Act ↗Dec 17, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6733: VISN Reform Act of 2025 ↗Dec 16, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6710: Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act ↗Dec 15, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4633: USPS Act ↗Jul 23, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4585: Agricultural and Rural Road Improvement Program Act ↗Jul 22, 2025
- Sponsored HR 4217: VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act ↗Jun 27, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 508: Supporting the designation of the week of September 14 through September 20, 2025, as "National Truck Driver Appreciation Week". ↗Jun 12, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3862: Clean Water SRF Parity Act of 2025 ↗Jun 10, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3835: Veterans Appeals Efficiency Act of 2025 ↗Jun 9, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 128 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 509
- Nay
- 135
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 11
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Yea
- HR1501Yea
- HJRES1Yea
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HRES1490Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Yea
- HCONRES89Nay
- HCONRES113Yea
- HR7008Yea
- HR7008Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
3 positions 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.
- Immigration & Border SecurityStated position
Secure the U.S. southern border, including building a wall along the southern border and enforcing the "Remain in Mexico" policy; Bost voted to pass H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act.
SourcesMike Bost for Congress (campaign website)· archivedU.S. House Clerk, Roll Call 209 (2023) - H.R. 2 Secure the Border Act, On Passage· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting YEA in the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Perry Amendment No. 221 to H.R. 8870, an amendment providing that a recipient of assistance under title 23, United States Code, may not use automated license plate readers for any purpose other than tolling. The amendment was not agreed to, 20 yeas to 44 nays.
SourcesCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 119th Congress, Full Committee Record of Committee Votes 75 to 127 on H.R. 8870 (markup of May 21, 2026); Vote 104 on Perry Amendment No. 221, restricting automated license plate reader use by recipients of title 23 highway assistance. Not agreed to, 20 yeas to 44 nays.View position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting AYE 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.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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