WASHINGTON — Republican Darin LaHood won election to a U.S. House seat representing Illinois on Tuesday. He ran unopposed both in the primary and general election.
He was first elected to Congress in a special election in 2015 to replace disgraced former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock. LaHood is a former state legislator and the son of Ray LaHood, a former U.S. Transportation Secretary and Illinois congressman.
The district stretches along the border Illinois shares with Wisconsin and cuts into north-central Illinois. It covers much of the western part of the News 8 viewing region, including Henry and Bureau counties.
The Associated Press declared LaHood the winner.
