US Midterms 2026
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Darin LaHood, a Republican attorney who has served in the U.S. House since 2015 and represented Illinois's 16th congressional district since 2023, seeks re-election in 2026 against Democrat Paul Nolley, a nonprofit executive.
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Darin LaHood is a native of Peoria, Illinois, and the eldest of four children of Kathy and Ray LaHood, who served as the 16th United States secretary of transportation and earlier as a U.S. representative. He attended the Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute, graduated from Loras College in Iowa and received his Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School.
LaHood began his legal career as a prosecutor in the Tazewell County state's attorney's office and in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada in Las Vegas. He returned to Peoria in 2005 to practice law privately and ran for Peoria County state's attorney in 2008, losing to incumbent Kevin Lyons. He was appointed to the Illinois Senate on February 27, 2011, won a full term unopposed in 2012 and represented the 37th legislative district until 2015.
After Aaron Schock resigned from the 18th congressional district, LaHood won the July 7, 2015, Republican primary over Mike Flynn, 69% to 28%, and the September 10 special election over Democrat Rob Mellon.
He was sworn in on September 17, 2015, and won re-election to the 18th district in 2016, 2018 and 2020. When the 18th district was eliminated in the 2022 redistricting, he ran in the 16th district, which he has represented since 2023.
LaHood sits on the Ways and Means Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, and on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where he chairs the Subcommittee on National Security Agency and Cyber.
Darin LaHood is seeking re-election in Illinois's 16th district, which is based in the rural areas of northern Illinois. He was re-elected unopposed in 2024 and was again unopposed in the 2026 Republican primary, receiving 52,914 votes. His Democratic opponent is Paul Nolley, a nonprofit executive who was also unopposed for the Democratic nomination. The general election takes place on November 3, 2026.
