Darin LaHood
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 18th district |
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Assumed office September 10, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Aaron Schock |
| Member of the Illinois Senate from the 37th district |
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In office March 1, 2011 – September 10, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dale Risinger |
| Succeeded by | Chuck Weaver |
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July 5, 1968 Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Kristen LaHood |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Dunlap, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
John Marshall Law School Loras College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Darin McKay LaHood /ləˈhʊd/ (born July 5, 1968) is a Republican politician from Peoria, Illinois, who is the United States Representative for Illinois's 18th congressional district. Prior to being elected to Congress, he was a member of the Illinois Senate representing the seven-county 37th legislative district.
LaHood is the son of Ray LaHood, the former United States Secretary of Transportation and before then the seven term congressman from the district his son currently represents. He has called himself a fiscal conservative focused on budget issues.
While his father was a moderate Republican, LaHood is considered more conservative.
LaHood was born in Peoria, Illinois to Ray and Kathy LaHood, as the eldest of four siblings, and went to Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute there. He graduated from Loras College in Iowa, and later went on to receive his J.D. from John Marshall Law School.
LaHood was a prosecutor in the Tazewell County state's attorney's office and the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada in Las Vegas. On returning to Peoria in 2005, he took up private law practice; as of 2011[update] he is in the Peoria law firm of Miller, Hall & Triggs.
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