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14th Congressional District
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Event addresses hopes for widening scope of diversity
Jan 21, 2019 9:22 PM - On a day celebrating diversity on a national scale, a smaller group of students, activists and a congresswoman gathered in a Geneva church sanctuary to game plan ways to be deliberately inclusive in their everyday activities. For Lauren Underwood, the newly elected Democrat representing the 14th Congressional District, that means engaging constituents who've felt underrepresented and disconnected from the country they live in. -
'Unbought, unbossed' -- Underwood echoes legendary Chisholm, advocates bipartisanship
Jan 12, 2019 6:34 PM - Lauren Underwood, the newly sworn U.S. Representative for Illinois 14th district and the youngest black woman elected to Congress, echoed the words of the first black woman elected to Congress -- Shirley Chisholm, the celebrated, seven-term U.S. Representative from New York -- during a ceremonial swearing in Saturday at Underwood's alma mater, Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville. -
Underwood, Casten make history in Washington and in the suburbs
Jan 3, 2019 7:39 PM - Two new suburban members of the U.S. House, Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten, made history on several fronts Thursday when they took the oath of office. -
Suburban congressional newbies adjust to life in Washington
Dec 17, 2018 5:30 AM - Learning to vote, renting apartments, navigating D.C. Sean Casten and Lauren Underwood, Democratic freshman members of Congress from the suburbs, are ready for a monumental session. -
Suburbs' congressional representatives all Democrats
Nov 7, 2018 6:04 PM - The Election Night ouster of Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren means the entire congressional delegation is Democratic in a suburban area that not so long ago was represented by legendary conservatives like Henry Hyde and Phil Crane. -
Underwood pledges a pro-woman agenda and a fight in Congress
Nov 7, 2018 7:41 PM - Democrat Lauren Underwood explains how she won in a traditionally GOP district and what her first order of business will be when she is sworn in Jan. 3. -
Underwood upsets Hultgren in 14th Congressional District
Nov 7, 2018 12:07 AM - Lauren Underwood shocks 4-term Republican Randy Hultgren with win in the 14th Congressional District -
Images: Pritzker, Underwood, and Casten claim victory
Nov 6, 2018 11:31 PM - See photos from Tuesday's election including the Illinois governor's race, the 6th Congressional race and the 14th Congressional race. -
Suburban 6th, 14th district races have national implications
Nov 4, 2018 4:09 PM - Find out what's at stake in congressional races across the suburbs, especially the hotly contested 6th and 14th districts. -
Ryan helps Hultgren tilt his message toward economy
Nov 2, 2018 7:36 PM - After a couple of weeks of focusing on the future of health care, 14th District U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren brought in House Speaker Paul Ryan Friday to refocus his re-election campaign on the glowing economyy.
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