LAHOOD, DARIN MCKAY

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 16 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH6IL18088

Overview

Raised: $4.2Mvs $3.8M 2023–2024
Spent: $3.7Mvs $2.2M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $6Mvs $5.5M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe R
Predicted margin: R+16.3

VotePredictor gives Darin McKay Lahood a 99% chance of winning as of October 30, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Darin McKay Lahood’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Oct 30, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Illinois · District 16
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: LAHOOD FOR CONGRESS (C00575050)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Darin McKay Lahood? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$832K
Unitemized individual contributions$100.2K
Other committees$2M
Party committees$100
Other receipts$206.9K

Top contributors

TEAM LAHOODRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$931.3K12 contributions
CAREY LAHOOD FITZPATRICK MALLIOTAKIS VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$104.7K2 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$3.1M
Contribution refunds$15.9K
Other disbursements$659.5K

Largest transfers and contributions to committees

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMixed activity · 46% Democratic / 54% RepublicanInferred from activity$1,000

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Largest operating payments

CLAYMORE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS$166KSTRATEGY CONSULTING · Jan 2, 2025
814 CONSULTING LLC$91.6KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Apr 15, 2025
814 CONSULTING LLC$75.4KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Apr 21, 2026
814 CONSULTING LLC$72.9KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · May 12, 2026
814 CONSULTING LLC$66.7KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Sep 9, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Illinois · District 16
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 11607 N GLENSHIRE DR · DUNLAP, Illinois, 61525
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

TEAM LAHOODC00619486 Joint fundraising participantLAHOOD FOR CONGRESSC00575050
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1688388Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
CAREY LAHOOD FITZPATRICK MALLIOTAKIS (CLFM) VICTORY FUNDC00898502 Joint fundraising participantLAHOOD FOR CONGRESSC00575050
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1878782Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSC00575050 Authorized candidateLAHOOD, DARIN MCKAYH6IL18088
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSC00575050 Connected organizationTEAM LAHOODReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACC00631051 Leadership PAC sponsorLAHOOD, DARIN MCKAYH6IL18088
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1882581Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $15,903
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash604ca1b97a2c8d9955103d3edafa324fb6a111694b7b8effb529ca27e3e0164d

View official FEC record

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$5,053	$0
Feb 25	$33,475	$0
Mar 25	$342,113	$0
Apr 25	$41,800	$0
May 25	$53,774	$0
Jun 25	$223,820	$0
Jul 25	$29,000	$0
Aug 25	$19,875	$0
Sep 25	$313,081	$0
Oct 25	$27,303	$0
Nov 25	$27,452	$0
Dec 25	$116,603	$0
Jan 26	$16,064	$0
Feb 26	$15,606	$0
Mar 26	$199,730	$30,000
Apr 26	$17,878	$0
May 26	$26,260	$5,000
Jun 26	$153,263	$1,000

LAHOOD, DARIN MCKAY

Overview

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Candidate & race

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest transfers and contributions to committees

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Over time

Financial timeline

Records

FEC-reported relationships

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Top employers

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Money network

Race forecast