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Lauren Underwood

Lauren Underwood is a Democratic incumbent in Illinois's 14th district. $2.4M raised, $2.4M spent, $1.1M cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$2.4Mraised
$2.4Mspent
$1.1Mcash on hand
Campaign finance$2.4M raised

Flags are rules applied to FEC totals, not judgements. Reported

Raised$2.4M
Spent$2.4M
Cash on hand$1.1M
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$2,417,082
Spent (disbursements)$2,365,620
Cash on hand$1,106,564
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 40 · 4 terms · votes right of 2% of the House
40age on Election Day
4House terms (since 2019)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeUnderwood
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.60
Votes more conservative than2% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted570

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Financial disclosureassets $19K to $112K

Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-05-13.

$19K to $112Kreported assets (ranges added up)
$250K to $500Kreported liabilities
none reportedearned income (exact amounts)

Assets minus liabilities: between -$481K and -$138K Estimate

Assets

Largest assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
D : Sale less than $1,000 Fidelity Investment ⇒ Vanguard 500 Index Fd Admiral Shs (VFIAX)MFself$15K to $50K
DuPage Credit UnionBAself$1,001 to $15K
D : Savings and Checking account Government Printing Office Federal Credit UnionBAself$1,001 to $15K
, Dividends $15,001 - $50,000 Vanguard Roth IRA ⇒ Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund Admiral Shares (VFTAX)MFself$1,001 to $15K
Vanguard Roth IRA ⇒ Vanguard Target Retirement 2070 Fund (VSVNX)MFself$1,001 to $15K
Alliant Credit UnionBAself$1 to $1,000
Fidelity Health Savings Account ⇒ FDIC InsuredBAself$1 to $1,000
D : Gross Distribution: $7,710 Fidelity Health Savings Account ⇒ Fidelity 500 Index Fund (FXAIX)MFselfnone
D : Sales less than $1,000 Fidelity Health Savings Account ⇒ Fidelity U.S. Sustainability Index Fund (FITLX)MFselfnone
Fidelity Health Savings Account ⇒ Nuveen Winslow Large-Cap Growth ESG Fund Class A (NWCAX)MFselfnone

Liabilities

Liabilities
Liability as filedAmount range
Freedom Mortgage December 2020 Mortgage on personal residence$250K to $500K

Outside positions: Board Chair Lifting Up All Families; C : Formerly known as Level Up Action Fund

Reported Parsed automatically from the official report; check the PDF for anything that matters. Values are bands, so totals are ranges. A personal residence and personal vehicles are normally not reported, and a spouse’s information is limited. Type codes: legend. Open the official report (PDF)

Public attention4,201 views in 30 days
4,201Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#232 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Lauren Underwood on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 75%PACs and other committees 15%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 10%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$1,800,96174.5%
PACs and other committees$365,00015.1%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$251,12110.4%
This raceIL-14, rank #1 of 2

Lauren Underwood ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.

IL-14 · Illinois · Democratic candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jun 30, 2026. FEC ID H8IL14174, committee C00652719. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.