UNDERWOOD, LAUREN

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Illinois · District 14 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH8IL14174

Overview

Raised: $2.8Mvs $4.2M 2023–2024
Spent: $2.7Mvs $3.9M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $1.2Mvs $1.1M 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 D
Predicted margin: D+13.9

VotePredictor gives Lauren Underwood a 99% chance of winning as of November 3, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Lauren Underwood’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	95%
Oct 1, 2026	95%
Oct 6, 2026	95%
Oct 10, 2026	96%
Oct 16, 2026	96%
Oct 24, 2026	96%
Oct 25, 2026	97%
Oct 26, 2026	99%
Nov 3, 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 indicators

2 open

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).

0 receipt eligibility · 2 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $47,251
HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC received 53.0% of positive itemized operating spending in LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 31, 2026
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-05-06, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: May 6, 2026

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

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Illinois · District 14
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESS (C00652719)

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 Lauren Underwood? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.8M
Unitemized individual contributions$337.6K
Other committees$450.8K
Party committees$1,500
Transfers from affiliates$249.9K
Other receipts$33.9K

Top contributors

LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUNDDemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participants$249.9K11 contributions
BRESLIN, JOHN X.DemocraticDerived from contributions$10.5K8 contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$2.2M
Contribution refunds$32.3K
Other disbursements$527.8K

Largest operating payments

AUTHENTIC CAMPAIGNS$50KLIST ACQUISITION · Jan 30, 2025
JENNER & BLOCK LLP$25KLEGAL SERVICES · Jan 29, 2026
PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING$23.9KPAYROLL · Jan 3, 2025
PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING$22.6KPAYROLL · Apr 30, 2025
PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING$22.5KPAYROLL · Jun 13, 2025
PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING$22.5KPAYROLL · Jun 30, 2025
PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING$22.5KPAYROLL · May 15, 2025
PAYROLL DATA PROCESSING$22.5KPAYROLL · May 30, 2025
CAPITAL ONE

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$8,769	$0
Feb 25	$62,828	$0
Mar 25	$209,578	$0
Apr 25	$155,078	$0
May 25	$110,036	$0
Jun 25	$116,370	$0
Jul 25	$45,396	$5,000
Aug 25	$39,829	$0
Sep 25	$155,789	$0
Oct 25	$65,863	$0
Nov 25	$80,016	$0
Dec 25	$87,516	$100,000
Jan 26	$55,066	$1,000
Feb 26	$60,184	$0
Mar 26	$151,906	$0
Apr 26	$47,359	$375,000
May 26	$128,894	$0
Jun 26	$140,686	$2,426

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Illinois · District 14
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 13400 S ROUTE 59 · STE 116 BOX 248 · PLAINFIELD, Illinois, 60585
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.

LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUNDC00688168 Joint fundraising participantLAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESSC00652719
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1486972Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
DEMOCRATIC FUTURE LEADERSHIP FUNDC00845289 Joint fundraising participantLAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESSC00652719
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1791623Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESSC00652719 Authorized candidateUNDERWOOD, LAURENH8IL14174
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
LAUREN UNDERWOOD FOR CONGRESSC00652719 Connected organizationLAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUNDReported 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.
AMERICAN MOSAIC PACC00694471 Leadership PAC sponsorUNDERWOOD, LAURENH8IL14174
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1517889Official 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: $32,324
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash3fea0c76324fd3266f509d2d7bba4b65a3f852fb3e2489563d33d6573e67d137

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UNDERWOOD, LAUREN

Overview

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Candidate & race

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