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U.S. Representative · Illinois 14th District
Lauren Underwood
DemocratDistrict D+3119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score26#308 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Lauren Underwood’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2228 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1314
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 4 signals
- StrongBacks 16 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 16 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 452, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 1065, H.R. 1329 and 11 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 452 Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1065 Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1329 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 7.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 20th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Underwood← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.597 is 0.20 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 401–450 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 528GLRI Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 35
| Middle |