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Lauren Underwood

Democratic · Representative, IL ·14

Lauren Underwood is the Democratic U.S. Representative (IL's 14th congressional district). The platform has 6 voting records on file (2025-2026) and 42 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Score Components
43 LOW
Connection Density 20%
50 → 10
Donor Influence 15%
31 → 5
Silence Risk 25%
31 → 8
Contradiction Risk 25%
48 → 12
Intelligence Volume 15%
52 → 8
Constituency Deviation 0%
49 → 0
Voting Misalignment 0%
0 → 0
% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 37.3
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 5.2%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 13.5% (103k)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 23.9% (182k)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 57.9% (442k)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 763,833 (2024)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median property value: $280,800
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 34.1%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 76.2%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 6.8% (2024)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $95,523 (2024)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Illinois Amendment — Transportation Funds Lockbox (2016) — passed, margin 79% to 21%
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Illinois Constitutional Amendment 1 — Workers' Rights Amendment (Right to Collective Bargaining) (2022) — passed, margin 58.3% to 41.7%
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 - Manufacturing (share 0.1)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (share 0.1)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.12)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.15)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Edward Hospital (Naperville) (3000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Northwestern Medicine (multiple locations in district) (4000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont) (3400 employees)
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Ropes & Gray donor Top contributing organization to Underwood's 2024 campaign, giving $21,300.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) voting record Underwood voted Nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) on July 3, 2025, which she described as 'devastating cuts to Medicaid, SNAP... to provide tax-cuts…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) voting record Underwood voted against the DHS Appropriations Act (2026) calling it 'a blank check with no accountability for DHS's outrageous abuses,' explicitly opposing…
House Appropriations Committee membership Underwood serves on the House Appropriations Committee, which allowed her to secure $10,954,800 in Community Project Funding for her district in FY2026…
Jane Fonda Climate PAC donor $5,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00806893/
Defend The Vote donor $5,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00764233/
Black Economic Alliance PAC donor $5,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00672576/
314 Action Fund donor $5,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00633248/
Local 881 United Food & Commercial Workers Political Action Fund donor $10,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00590471/
Psychology PAC Of American Psychological Association Services Inc. donor $7,500 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00522094/
American Association Of Nurse Practitioners Political Action Committee donor $10,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00358903/
American College Of Nurse-Midwives Midwives-PAC donor $7,500 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00358812/
National Air Traffic Controllers Assoc PAC donor $8,500 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00238725/
American Association Of Nurse Anesthetists Separate Segregated Fund (Crna-PAC) donor $10,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00173153/
National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC (Nbwa PAC) donor $5,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00144766/
American Crystal Sugar Company PAC donor $5,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00110338/
Air Line Pilots Assoc. International PAC donor $5,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00035451/
National Association Of Realtors PAC donor $5,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00030718/
Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union Of Operating Engineers donor $5,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00029504/
International Association Of Firefighters Interested In Registration And Education PAC donor $5,000 to Lauren Underwood's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00029447/
BillVoteDateAlignment
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood… Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Ratepayer Protection Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
Water Resources Development Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
PROOF Act Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United… Nay 2026-09-16 unknown
Retire through Ownership Act Yea 2026-09-16 unknown
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers… Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing… Nay 2026-09-15 unknown
Whistleblower Protection Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
GUARD Act Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in… Yea 2026-09-15 unknown
Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act Yea 2026-09-14 unknown
National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act Yea 2026-09-14 unknown
Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act Nay 2026-09-03 unknown
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require… Nay 2026-09-02 unknown
Protecting Domestic Mining Act Nay 2026-09-02 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period… Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards Yea 2026-09-01 unknown
AGOA Extension Act Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 1501, H.R. 9436, and H.R… Nay 2026-09-01 unknown
Local Access to Courts Act Yea 2026-08-31 unknown
Last contradiction analysis: Never
position_evolution 60/100
Platform: "Underwood voted Nay on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, Roll Call 190) on July 3, 2025. She described it as 'devastating cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other important social safety programs to provide tax-cuts to…
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Underwood voted Nay on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, Roll Call 190) on July 3, 2025. She described it as 'devastating cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other important social safety programs to provide tax-cuts to the rich.' Her AFL-CIO scorecard records her as voting 'Right' (with working people) against the bill.
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Vote: on "In April 2019, Underwood co-sponsored legislation (H.R. 1757) to raise the SALT deduction cap for…"
Underwood championed raising the SALT deduction cap from 2019 onward as a core local priority for her Illinois district, co-sponsoring legislation to raise the cap to $30,000. When the Big Beautiful Bill raised the cap even higher — to $40,000 — she voted against it, prioritizing opposition to the bill's Medicaid and…
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Underwood championed raising the SALT deduction cap from 2019 onward as a core local priority for her Illinois district, co-sponsoring legislation to raise the cap to $30,000. When the Big Beautiful Bill raised the cap even higher — to $40,000 — she voted against it, prioritizing opposition to the bill's Medicaid and SNAP cuts over the SALT relief her constituents and prior platform sought.
statement_vs_disclosure 60/100
Platform: "Underwood voted Nay on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7147) on January 23, 2026, and Nay on its Senate amendment disposition (H.Res. 1142) on March 28, 2026. She stated: 'The 2026 Homeland Security…
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Underwood voted Nay on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7147) on January 23, 2026, and Nay on its Senate amendment disposition (H.Res. 1142) on March 28, 2026. She stated: 'The 2026 Homeland Security funding bill... is an easy NO for me. It's a blank check with no accountability for DHS's outrageous abuses.'
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Vote: on "On February 23, 2026, Underwood's office announced she had 'secured $10,954,800 in Community…"
Underwood voted against the DHS appropriations bill (H.R. 7147) and the broader consolidated appropriations package, calling DHS funding 'an easy NO.' Yet she subsequently claimed credit for $10.95 million in Community Project Funding 'from the recently enacted FY2026 Appropriations bills' — the very spending…
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Underwood voted against the DHS appropriations bill (H.R. 7147) and the broader consolidated appropriations package, calling DHS funding 'an easy NO.' Yet she subsequently claimed credit for $10.95 million in Community Project Funding 'from the recently enacted FY2026 Appropriations bills' — the very spending packages she had opposed. This 'vote no and take the dough' pattern echoes similar contradictions identified in other members.
Last silence detection: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:44:51 GMT (via scheduled run)
party committees
Democratic Future Fund (amounts: $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: party committees
ideological & single-issue
Women'S Political Committee Federal, EMILY's List, Progressive Turnout Project, Black Economic Alliance PAC, Elect Democratic Women, Defend The Vote, Jane Fonda Climate PAC, Vote Save America, 314 Action Fund, End Citizens United (amounts: $10,000 (2024)…
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Women'S Political Committee Federal, EMILY's List, Progressive Turnout Project, Black Economic Alliance PAC, Elect Democratic Women, Defend The Vote, Jane Fonda Climate PAC, Vote Save America, 314 Action Fund, End Citizens United (amounts: $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $9,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: ideological & single-issue
other / unclassified
National Assn Of Landscape Professionals PAC, Psychology PAC Of American Psychological Association Services Inc., Onward Together Committee, Resist Reclaim Rebuild PAC, Democratic Future Fund (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $7,500 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000…
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National Assn Of Landscape Professionals PAC, Psychology PAC Of American Psychological Association Services Inc., Onward Together Committee, Resist Reclaim Rebuild PAC, Democratic Future Fund (amounts: $5,000 (2026), $7,500 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: other / unclassified
colleagues' leadership pacs
Perimeter PAC, Serve America PAC, Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC, AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs
Democratic Future Fund Party committees $5,000 (2024)
National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC (Nbwa PAC) Alcohol & tobacco $5,000 (2026)
Democratic Future Fund Other / unclassified $5,000 (2024)
Vote Save America Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2026)
Jane Fonda Climate PAC Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2026)
Defend The Vote Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2026)
Resist Reclaim Rebuild PAC Other / unclassified $5,000 (2026)
Elect Democratic Women Ideological & single-issue $9,000 (2024)
Black Economic Alliance PAC Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2026)
Onward Together Committee Other / unclassified $5,000 (2026)
314 Action Fund Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2026)
Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC Colleagues' leadership PACs $10,000 (2024)
Local 881 United Food & Commercial Workers Political Action Fund Labor unions $10,000 (2026)
Progressive Turnout Project Ideological & single-issue $10,000 (2024)
End Citizens United Ideological & single-issue $5,000 (2026)
TopicPriorityAlignmentDeviation
Education Funding & Early Childhood/Educator Tax Relief 82 -40 60
Judicial Structure & Constitutional Amendments 45 -50 55
Immigration & Border Security 78 20 45
Government Accountability, Fraud Enforcement & Whistleblower Protection 74 40 45
Foreign Policy & War Powers Oversight 55 60 25
Taxes & Cost of Living / Middle-Class Relief 79 55 25
Environment, Water Resources & Clean Air 80 75 20
Tech, Financial Services & Regulatory Modernization 60 65 20
Healthcare Access & ACA Protections 88 85 15
Energy Affordability & Ratepayer Protection 68 75 15
Infrastructure, Transportation & Water Resources 72 85 12
Reproductive Freedom & Women's Health 85 90 10
No platform commitments archived
No committee memberships recorded
Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

ComponentWeightSignal
Contradiction Risk30%Stated positions contradicted by the record (recent findings boosted)
Donor Influence20%Distinct documented donors (FEC Schedule A PACs); inferred donors do not count
Connection Density20%Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups; donor links excluded
Silence Risk15%Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Intelligence Volume15%Documented facts from verified sources
Constituency Deviation0%Shown, not weighted — a model estimate, not a record
Voting Misalignment0%Shown, not weighted — needs platform commitments almost nobody has; the roll-call record on /votes is the vote signal

Each component is the member's standing among all scored members of Congress, and the weighted sum is the overall score. Tiers are ranks: Critical is the top 5%, High the next 10%, Elevated the next 20%, Moderate the next 30%, and Low the rest.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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Calculation Methodology

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