SCORECARD · DARIN LAHOOD accountability readout

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82/100
HIGH CAPTURE-RISK INDEX
How this number is built ↓
Silence risk25%
95
Contradiction risk25%
91
Connection density20%
62
Donor influence10%
93
Fact density10%
65
Constituency deviation5%
31
Voting misalignment5%
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Weighted composite, 0–100. Identical to the figure on the Congress monitor. Each bar is the component's normalised 0–100 contribution before weighting.

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Silence on donor-funded topics 8

Topics where donors have documented interests but the official has no public statement on record. Silence is the absence of expected speech — not proof of intent.

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Vote-vs-platform contradictions 5

Roll-call votes that contradict the official's own stated platform commitments. Each links to the bill and the contradiction rationale.

62.5% of 8 rated votes contradicted the stated platform
  • H.R. 1 / H.Con.Res. 14 (119th Congress) ↗ YEA 2025-05-22
    One Big Beautiful Bill Act — $4.5 trillion reconciliation package with hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts, SNAP work requirements, permanent extension of 2017 tax cuts
    why contradicted?
    [against_constituent] LaHood voted yes, calling it 'rocket fuel for the economy.' Constituents delivered 2,000+ petition signatures calling on him to oppose Medicaid and SNAP cuts. Citizen Action's director said: 'If he keeps voting for these cuts taking away health care and food to make tax breaks for billionaires and large corporations.' The bill passed 215-214.
  • H.Res. ___ (118th Congress) ↗ YEA 2023-12-14
    Authorization of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden
    why contradicted?
    [reversal] LaHood voted to authorize an impeachment inquiry into Biden while having voted against both Trump impeachments. He said there was 'evidence to support a Biden impeachment inquiry' despite the inquiry later collapsing without producing impeachment articles.
  • H.R. 5376 ↗ NAY 2022-08-12
    Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 — Medicare drug price negotiation, $35/month insulin cap for Medicare, clean energy tax credits, ACA premium subsidy extension
    why contradicted?
    [against_constituent] Voted against allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices. His district skews older (median age 41.7, largest cohort 60-69 at 13.1%), meaning a large share of constituents rely on Medicare and would benefit from lower drug prices.
  • H.R. 3684 ↗ NAY 2021-11-05
    Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — $1.2 trillion for roads, bridges, broadband, water, and transit
    why contradicted?
    [reversal] LaHood called the bill 'irresponsible' but 11 days later celebrated a $13.5M RAISE grant for Springfield rail funded by it. His district is car-dependent (78.8% drive alone) with 23.5-min average commute. Illinois received billions from the bill.
  • H.R. 1628 ↗ YEA 2017-05-04
    American Health Care Act of 2017 — Partial ACA repeal; CBO projected 23 million more uninsured; permitted states to waive essential health benefits including pre-existing condition protections
    why contradicted?
    [against_constituent] LaHood claimed the bill would 'protect Americans with pre-existing conditions' but the CBO and independent analyses confirmed states could waive those protections. The bill passed 217-213. His district has a median age of 41.7 with many residents on employer-based and federal health programs.
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03

Broken promises 0

Documented public commitments paired with the documented action that broke them. Each carries a primary-source citation for the violation.

No documented broken promises on file.

04

Documented contradictions 3

Stated-position-vs-revealed-conduct contradictions analysed against the official's commitments, scored by strength of the contradiction.

  • statement_vs_disclosure SCORE 90
    LaHood signed the Texas amicus brief attempting to overturn the 2020 election, then voted to certify the same results weeks later. Republican Accountability noted he 'was never clear with his constituents that Joe Biden was going to be the next President' and gave him an F democracy score. A constituent letter asked: 'What changed for Darin LaHood this month?'
  • statement_vs_disclosure SCORE 90
    LaHood claimed the AHCA would 'continue to protect Americans with pre-existing conditions' and that such coverage was 'guaranteed,' but the CBO projected 23 million would lose coverage and the bill permitted states to waive essential health benefits. Constituents noted he voted before the CBO score was even released.
  • statement_vs_disclosure SCORE 90
    LaHood denounced the bipartisan infrastructure bill as 'irresponsible' and voted against it, then just 11 days later celebrated a $13.5 million RAISE grant funded by that same bill for a rail project in his district — without addressing the contradiction. The Illinois Democratic Party noted that LaHood and other Illinois Republicans 'pick politics over constituents in opposing infrastructure deal.'
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What this scorecard does and doesn't claim

Every figure above is a count of records the platform already holds, each click-through-able to its source. The scorecard adds no inference, no forecast, and no narrative — it aggregates what is documented.

A populated scorecard is not a finding of corruption. It documents the volume of stated-vs-revealed tension, donor-adjacent silence, and broken commitments on the public record for this official. Silence in particular is the absence of an expected statement; it can have innocent explanations and is never presented as proof. Read each item's source before drawing conclusions.

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