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Lauren Underwood
IL-14 scores 20.6 on the expanded model: deep-blue structure, incumbent alignment, and reported cash-on-hand evidence. V0.10 refreshes incumbent finance from the FEC candidate summary through 2026-06-30, leaving the score unchanged.
Priority score20.6#3,158 of 5,726Tie of 6
THE MEMBER
Record
Lauren Underwood (born 1986) has served in the U.S. House since 2019-01-03. The retained record shows 7.6 cumulative years of House service, 7.6 in the current uninterrupted stretch, 0 district changes, and 0 material service breaks.
- First House service
- Jan 3, 2019
- District changes
- 0
- Alignment gap
- 41.6
- Bioguide record
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THE DISTRICT
IL-14
IL-14 had a retained 2024 presidential Democratic margin of D+5.2. Incumbent cash on hand is $1.1M as of 2026-08-04. The incumbent reported $1,106,564 cash on hand through 2026-06-30.
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+5.2
- Cash on hand
- $1,106,564
- Receipts / disbursements
- $2,417,082 / $2,365,620
- Finance through
- Jun 30, 2026
- Route
- Deep blue
- Baseline score
- 11.3
SCORE ANATOMY
What makes the score
Blue baseline
0.7
District Democratic baseline contributes 0.7 points; the retained 2024 presidential margin is D+5.2.
Primary feasibility
35.9
Current partial feasibility evidence contributes 35.9 points and remains incomplete.
AIPAC support
0.0
Retained FEC AIPAC evidence contributes 0.0 points; tracker labels are context only and are not double counted.
Incumbent alignment gap
41.6
The retained voting trackers produce a 41.6-point alignment gap.
Cash vulnerability
32.7
The FEC candidate summary snapshot (2026-06-30) reports $1,106,564 cash on hand, replacing the $1,106,564 release aggregate. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.
HOUSE HISTORY
Recorded service
2019–2021IL-14Completed term
2021–2023IL-14Completed term
2023–2025IL-14Completed term
2025–nowIL-14Current at source cutoff