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Mike Bost
U.S. Representative, IL-12
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Issue areas
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Representative, IL-12 current
Illinois |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District IL-12
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2023 | Jan 3, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, IL-12
Illinois |
Republican | Jan 3, 2023 | Jan 3, 2025 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District IL-12
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2023 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, IL-12
Illinois |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2023 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, IL-12
Illinois |
Republican | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2021 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District IL-12
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2021 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, IL-12
Illinois |
Republican | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2019 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District IL-12
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2019 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| US House District IL-12
United States |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2017 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, IL-12
Illinois |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2017 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs — Chair unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture — General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Highways and Transit unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Water Resources and Environment unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.402, social dim. -0.040. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (583 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair… | Yea | Dec 2, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair… | Yea | Dec 2, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4423 — No New Burma Funds Act | Yea | Dec 1, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5348 — Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 | Yea | Dec 1, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HCONRES 58 — Denouncing the horrors of socialism. | Not voting | Nov 21, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1949 — Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025 | Not voting | Nov 20, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3109 — REFINER Act | Not voting | Nov 20, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 893 — Censuring Representative Cory Mills of Florida and removing him from the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6019 — To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other… | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4058 — Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5107 — Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025 | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5214 — District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025 | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 888 — Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 131 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 130 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 888 — Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct… | Nay | Nov 18, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 878 — Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois. | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 879 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 879 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4405 — Epstein Files Transparency Act | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 878 — Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois. | Nay | Nov 17, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 2659 — Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act | Yea | Nov 17, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1608 — Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025 | Yea | Nov 17, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Nov 12, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,054 recorded contributions totalling $2,920,480. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 345 of 1054 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 277 | $869,177 | 30% |
| Super PAC | 54 | $283,160 | 10% |
| Corporate PAC | 14 | $147,217 | 5% |
| Unclassified | 709 | $1,620,926 | 56% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $29,617 | SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024 | MIKE BOST FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE | Corporate PAC | Mar 20, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $25,000 | GO BIG MEDIA | MIKE BOST FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE | Corporate PAC | Mar 22, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $23,132 | — | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Super PAC | Feb 9, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $23,132 | — | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Super PAC | Feb 9, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $20,787 | — | ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR' | Super PAC | Feb 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $20,787 | — | ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR' | Super PAC | Feb 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $20,389 | BOST VICTORY FUND | MIKE BOST FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE | Corporate PAC | Dec 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $19,258 | — | DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC. | Super PAC | Mar 6, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $16,860 | — | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Super PAC | Feb 9, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $16,860 | — | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Super PAC | Feb 9, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $12,000 | — | GOPAC ELECTION FUND | Super PAC | Mar 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $10,000 | — | ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR' | Super PAC | Mar 8, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $10,000 | — | ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR' | Super PAC | Mar 8, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $7,948 | — | ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR' | Super PAC | Mar 6, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $7,948 | — | ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR' | Super PAC | Mar 6, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Sponsored legislation (7 as lead sponsor)
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HR 9237
US · Jun 10, 2026
Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
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HR 9214
US · Jun 9, 2026
TSP Modernization Act
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HR 1041
US · Jun 2, 2026
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
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HR 6779
US · May 20, 2026
USDA Loan Modernization Act
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HR 6733
US · May 20, 2026
VISN Reform Act of 2025
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HRES 1301
US · May 19, 2026
Supporting the designation of May 29, 2026, as "Mental Health Awareness in Agriculture Day" to raise awareness around mental health in the agricultural…
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HR 2283
US · May 14, 2026
Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act
Social media
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