U.S. House · Illinois, District 16

Rep. Darin LaHood

Republican Serving since Sept. 17, 2015Term ends Jan. 3, 2027Missed 6% of votes (38 of 674) · How this is measured
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Votes with own party 98% About as expected Lower than 121 of 219 House Republicans Votes with the President 100% About as expected 100% on legislation only Bipartisan bills led 31 More than 85% of House members Liberal-to-conservative rank 67thpercentile in all of Congress · 35th percentile among Republicans

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
LaHood
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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Darin LaHood's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress67thpercentile
More conservative than 66% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
178th most conservative of 531
Republicans in Congress35thpercentile
More liberal than 65% of Republicans in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
95th most liberal of 272
The House67thpercentile
More conservative than 67% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
142nd most conservative of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
98%
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 96%

Lower than 121 of 219 House Republicans.

Actual98%
Expected97%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Darin LaHood. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 445 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 97%See the 445 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
100%all votes
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 100%

Highest of all 219 House Republicans.

Actual100%
Expected99%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Darin LaHood. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 140 votes100% on legislation onlySee the 140 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Darin LaHood went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Darin LaHood voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

How this is measured
DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

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How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 37.9%Trump 60.5%

Illinois's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.

Issue by issue

How often Darin LaHood votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Darin LaHood sides with their party least often on Agriculture and Food (88%).

Darin LaHoodAverage for House Republicans
  1. Agriculture and Food 88%Average 87% · 8 votes
  2. Economics and Public Finance 92%Average 91% · 63 votes
  3. Public Lands and Natural Resources 94%Average 100% · 18 votes
  4. Armed Forces and National Security 96%Average 96% · 25 votes
  5. Congress 99%Average 99% · 104 votes
  6. Energy 100%Average 100% · 38 votes
  7. Crime and Law Enforcement 100%Average 100% · 26 votes
  8. Environmental Protection 100%Average 98% · 27 votes
  9. International Affairs 100%Average 98% · 16 votes
  10. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 100% · 20 votes
  11. Immigration 100%Average 100% · 15 votes
  12. Finance and Financial Sector 100%Average 99% · 13 votes
  13. Education 100%Average 100% · 12 votes
  14. Labor and Employment 100%Average 97% · 12 votes
  15. Commerce 100%Average 100% · 8 votes
  16. Law 100%Average 100% · 6 votes
  17. Health 100%Average 100% · 7 votes

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Emergency Management (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

2 passed their chamber · 0 became law

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How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Contact and committees

Contact

D.C. office phone
202-225-6201
Office
503 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1316
Official website
lahood.house.gov

Committees

  • Committee on Ways and Means
    2 subcommittees
    • Work and Welfare Chair
    • Trade
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
    3 subcommittees
    • National Security Agency and Cyber Chair
    • Central Intelligence Agency Vice chair
    • National Intelligence Enterprise
  • Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

Committee data: the congress-legislators project (public domain), refreshed with every update. Chair and ranking-member roles as published there.

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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