US Midterms 2026
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Lauren Underwood, a Democrat and registered nurse who has represented Illinois's 14th congressional district since 2019, seeks re-election in 2026 against Republican James Marter, an Oswego Public Library Board member.
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Lauren Underwood was born on October 4, 1986, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, and moved with her family to Naperville, Illinois, at age 3. She graduated from Neuqua Valley High School in 2004.
At eight years old she was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, a condition that later shaped her views on health policy.
Underwood earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Michigan in 2008, then received a Master of Science in Nursing and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University in 2009.
Underwood worked in health policy before seeking office. In 2014 she became a senior advisor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she worked to implement the Affordable Care Act, and from 2017 she was senior director of strategy and regulatory affairs at Next Level Health while teaching as an adjunct instructor at the Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies.
In 2018 she won the March 20 Democratic primary with 57% of the vote and defeated Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren with 52.5% in November, becoming the youngest Black woman to serve in Congress.
She was re-elected in 2020 over Jim Oberweis, in 2022 with 54% after redistricting, and in 2024 with 55% against Republican Jim Marter.
Underwood has co-chaired the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee since December 2022, and in April 2019 she founded the Black Maternal Health Caucus with Representative Alma Adams. On the Appropriations Committee she is ranking member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
Lauren Underwood is seeking re-election in Illinois's 14th district, which covers the western exurbs of Chicago, including Aurora, DeKalb, Joliet, Naperville, Oswego and Plainfield. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary, receiving 56,414 votes.
Her Republican opponent is James Marter, an Oswego Public Library Board member and perennial candidate who won the Republican primary with 74.9% over Gary Vician, a realtor and former Naperville township supervisor. The general election takes place on November 3, 2026.
