Lauren Underwood

How to contact Lauren Underwood

Official website (its contact page takes messages from constituents)

Washington office: 2228 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1314 · 202-225-2976

District offices:

• Joliet District Office, 116 N. Chicago Street, Suite 201, Joliet, IL 60432 · 630-549-2190

Official accounts: X

The member's official government offices and accounts, from Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain). Calls and messages from constituents usually go to staff, who log them by issue; say you're a constituent and give your town or ZIP.

Where Lauren Underwood falls, left to right

Strongly left, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) · Voteview. 8th from the left of 431

Voting record, 119th Congress

Rankings: 35th of 431 (1st = votes with their party most often) · 361st of 430 (1st = most votes missed)

Legislation, 119th Congress

Sponsored 38 bills and resolutions; 2 passed a chamber; 0 became law. Most often about health, armed forces and national security and agriculture and food. 91st of 433 (1st = most bills sponsored)

Most recent

• Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act May 14, 2026
• EV Charging Accessibility Act May 13, 2026
• Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Act April 21, 2026

From Congress.gov. Counts bills where they're the primary sponsor.

Committees

• House Committee on Appropriations
  Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies · Homeland Security

Service

• In the House since 2019
• Current term ends January 3, 2027
• Born 1986

From Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain).

Who gives money to Lauren Underwood

The political action committees that gave to Lauren Underwood's campaign, and the groups that forwarded bundled gifts, January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.

Largest direct PAC givers

1. Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers · $20,000
2. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee · $20,000
3. American Nurses Association PAC (FEC) · $20,000
4. Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners · $20,000
5. Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers Political Action Fund (FEC) · $20,000
6. NEA Fund for Children and Public Education · $20,000
7. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee · $20,000
8. American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E · $20,000
9. American Association of Nurse Practitioners Political Action Committee (FEC) · $20,000
10. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Separate Segregated Fund (CRNA-PAC) (FEC) · $20,000

Largest bundlers

1. EMILYs List · $5,845
2. Zinc Collective PAC · $3,500
3. Spike PAC (FEC) · $3,300
4. Reproductive Freedom for All PAC (FEC) · $1,800

From reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Two kinds of money are counted, separately: direct contributions from a PAC's own account to a member's campaign, and bundled (earmarked) gifts: donations from individuals, each earmarked for a particular candidate, that a group collected and forwarded to the campaign. "Received" means the campaign got the money; it doesn't mean the group controls how the member votes. Super PAC spending isn't counted, since it isn't given to a campaign. What's a PAC? · How we count.

Quick answers

Who gives money to Lauren Underwood?

Lauren Underwood's campaign raised $7 million from January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports. $933,464 (13%) came directly from 165 PACs; the largest were the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ($20,000), the National Association of Realtors ($20,000) and American Nurses Association PAC ($20,000). Groups also forwarded $14,445 in bundled gifts from their donors, most from EMILYs List ($5,845), Zinc Collective PAC ($3,500) and Spike PAC ($3,300). From FEC filings.

How do I contact Lauren Underwood?

Call the Washington office at 202-225-2976 or the district office (Joliet 630-549-2190), or write through the official website, https://underwood.house.gov.

Is Lauren Underwood liberal or conservative?

By voting record, Lauren Underwood is strongly left: a DW-NOMINATE score of -0.60 on a scale from −1 (left) to +1 (right), from every roll-call vote in the 119th Congress (Voteview, UCLA); 8th from the left of 431 representatives.

How often does Lauren Underwood vote with their party, and miss votes?

Lauren Underwood voted with their party on 99.6% of 470 party-line votes and missed 0.4% of 674 roll-call votes in the 119th Congress (Voteview).

What bills has Lauren Underwood passed?

Lauren Underwood sponsored 38 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 0 became law (Congress.gov).

How much PAC money has Lauren Underwood received?

$933,464 directly from 165 PACs since January 2023, plus $14,445 in bundled gifts that groups forwarded.

What is a PAC?

A political action committee: a group registered with the Federal Election Commission that raises money and spends it on elections, including by giving to candidates. Corporations, labor unions, trade associations and membership groups can sponsor one, which may raise money only from people tied to the sponsor (its employees, members or shareholders, for example). Independent (nonconnected) PACs can raise from the public, and many politicians have a leadership PAC to give to other candidates. In 2025–26 a PAC that gives to several candidates can give each one up to $5,000 per election.

What is a super PAC?

A committee that can raise unlimited sums from individuals, corporations, unions and other PACs, but only to spend independently: ads and other activity not coordinated with a campaign. It doesn't give to campaigns, so super PAC money isn't in the PAC totals here.

What is a bundled (earmarked) donation?

A donation from an individual that a group collects and passes on to the candidate it's earmarked for. Under federal rules it counts as that individual's own contribution (up to $3,500 per election in 2025–26), and the campaign reports it as earmarked through the group. It's separate from the PAC's own direct contributions.