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U.S. House, District 14: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
James T. "Jim" Marter

James T. "Jim" Marter

Running for U.S. House · Illinois District 14

NationalRepublican

In the role now
Lauren Underwood

Lauren Underwood

U.S. House · Illinois District 14

NationalDemocrat

James T. "Jim" MarterCandidateLauren UnderwoodCurrent rep

Job fit

James T. "Jim" Marter

Offices held

  • Oswego Library District Board Trustee (2021-2025) 1

Education

  • Jim is a 1984 graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management and a minor in Computer Science. 1

Lauren Underwood

Other work

  • Prior to her election to Congress, she served as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 2

Education

  • She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

James T. "Jim" Marter

  • Health care costs
    Healthcare: The Affordable Care Act gave us less choice and dramatically higher prices. We need to repeal it. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Economy: We need free market principles and smart trade policy. The government should not politicize industries, picking winners and threatening competition. 3
  • Guns
    Second Amendment: I firmly support your Second Amendment rights. 3

No public stance found on: Crime & safety

Lauren Underwood

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

James T. "Jim" Marter

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Lauren Underwood

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • Abortion and reproductive care → Protecting access (2 of 2 votes) 4

Who pays them

James T. "Jim" Marter

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorsmembership organizationspolitical allies (same party)
small donors$25Klarge donors$115Kmembershiporganizations$250political allies(same party)$104$140K raised
$25,1855Small individual donors
$115,0815Large individual donors

Lauren Underwood

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorslabor unionsindustry associationsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$290Klarge donors$1.5Mlabor unions$128Kindustryassociations$104Kmembershiporganizations$74KOther kinds ofdonors$79K$2.2M raised
$289,5695Small individual donors
$1,511,3925Large individual donors

Checks

James T. "Jim" Marter

No voting record to check yet

Lauren Underwood

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Meet Jim – Marter For Congress (text extraction; raw HTML retained) · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  2. Biography | Representative Lauren Underwood · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  3. marter4congress.us used in: Top issues
  4. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money