Darin McKay Lahood

American politician (born 1968)

IncumbentU.S. House — IL-16RepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-JK5-WFRX FEC H6IL18088

Running for U.S. House, IL-16, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/darin-mckay-lahood

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · lahood.house.gov

Darin McKay Lahood — Portrait — Portrait · lahoodforcongress.com

Darin McKay Lahood — On the trail — On the trail · lahood.house.gov

Darin McKay Lahood — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, IL-16 · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, IL-16 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, IL-16 · General · Republican · won · 197,621 votes (66.3%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, IL-18 · General · Republican · won · 261,840 votes (70.4%) · source
2018 · U.S. House, IL-18 · General · Republican · won · 195,927 votes (67.2%) · source

Background

Darin McKay LaHood is an American attorney and politician who has served as a U.S. representative from Illinois since 2015.

A member of the Republican Party, LaHood has represented the 16th district since 2023, and previously represented the 18th district from 2015 to 2023, a district which was once represented by House Minority Leader Robert H. Michel.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-19 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood

In the news

Trump CMS faces bipartisan pushback over Medicare proposal tied to Biden-era drug pricing lawFox News · Sep 28

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Campaign finance

$3,672,739total raised (2026 cycle)

$2,445,401total spent (2026 cycle)

$6,748,621cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

Campaign contact: info@lahoodforcongress.com · source

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-19 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5222780
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6IL18088/
photo_headshot — https://lahood.house.gov/about
photo_full_body — https://www.lahoodforcongress.com/about/
photo_action — https://lahood.house.gov

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