Darin LaHood

Darin LaHood was born in Peoria, Illinois, on July 5, 1968. He earned a B.A. from Loras College in 1990 and a J.D. from John Marshall Law School in 1997. A lawyer in private practice, he also worked on the staff of Representative Jerry Lewis of California from 1990 to 1994, as a county prosecutor in Cook County (1997-1999) and Tazewell County (1999-2001), and as a federal prosecutor in Nevada from 2001 to 2005.

LaHood was a member of the Illinois state senate from 2011 to 2015. He was elected as a Republican to the 114th Congress by special election after the resignation of Representative Aaron Schock, and has served since September 10, 2015. He represents the 16th District and represented the 18th until 2023. He sits on the Ways and Means Committee, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the select committee on competition with the Chinese Communist Party.