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Illinois House race, District 16

Darin LaHood holds this seat and is running to keep it against Paul Nolley.

The November ballot

LaHood
$3.7M
Nolley
$416K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Darin LaHood

Republican · Holds the seat now

1
Trades disclosed
$8K
Estimated volume
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Illinois

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 28 days before (16 days if online), or same-day through Election Day in person.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 38,665 votes

  • Paul NolleyWon100%38,665

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$4.1M
Outside money
$1.1K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting LaHood-
Opposing LaHood$1K
Supporting Nolley$10
Opposing Nolley-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

2%$88KSmall donors$110K26%
21%$757KLarge donors$241K58%
48%$1.7MPACs$61K15%
29%$1.1MOther$0<1%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 2 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

5 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
749K
Median household income
$84K
Unemployment
4.5%
Living below the poverty line
8.2%
Without health insurance
4.4%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

Unopposed in 2024

  • Darin LahoodWon99.9%

311,108 votes for candidates. The other 0.1% is write-in and scattered votes, counted in that total. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.