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Abdelnasser Rashid D

Democratic candidate for State Representative District 21

June 28, 2022 primary: won with 4,214 votes (52.3%) · November 8, 2022 general: won with 14,904 votes (100%)

🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (limits off for race).

Also ran for State Representative in 2026 ($496,826 raised), 2024 ($926,286 raised).

Worth a look

Context Late reports

1 quarterly report filed late (up to 3 days)

Quarterly reports are due by the 15th of the month after each quarter. The report for the quarter ending 2022-03-31 was due 2022-04-15 and filed 2022-04-18.

What to check

A paper report postmarked 3 days before the deadline is on time; the Board records when it arrived.
The Board assesses fines for late reports and may waive them.

The entries (1)

Quarter ending	Due	Filed	Days late
2022-03-31	2022-04-15	2022-04-18	3

Rule: Quarterly reports filed late

“A political committee shall file quarterly reports no later than the 15th day of the month following each period.”10 ILCS 5/9-10(b) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Context Missing details

1 payment ($25,000) with no purpose given

Every itemized payment on a report must say what it was for. These leave it blank.

What to check

The committee may have amended the report to add the purposes.
Whether each payment is a reimbursement, pay for work, repayment of a loan the candidate made to the campaign, or something else.

The entries (1)

Name	Date	Amount
Amin Rashid	2022-12-20	$25,000

Rule: Payments with no purpose given

“the full name and mailing address of each person to whom expenditures have been made by the committee or candidate within the reporting period in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $150; the amount, date, and purpose of each of those expenditures”10 ILCS 5/9-11(a)(12) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Campaign money

$591,246raised, 487 itemized contributions, plus $26,053 in small ones

$65,425from the candidate (incl. loans)

$526,717spent

$39,993cash on hand on December 31, 2022

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

63%21%12%

IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholders

Plus $40,425 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $526,717

Mail and literature$156,519

TV and streaming ads$133,800

Other (as described)$79,511

Staff pay$39,480

Digital and online$36,436

Consultants and field$35,392

Office, printing and supplies$13,751

Polling$10,250

Fundraising and events$10,072

Refunds$6,000

Largest payees: Gumbinner & Davies Communications / GDA Wins LLC $135,886 Mail and literature · BOCA Media Group $133,800 TV and streaming ads · EF Design Group $35,185 Office, printing and supplies · Amin Rashid $25,000 Other (as described) · Deliah Odeh $17,052 Staff pay · Facebook $14,588 Digital and online · Google $12,616 Digital and online · Act Blue $10,670 Other (as described)

Grouped by the purpose each payment lists (“direct mail”, “consulting”), so the groups are approximate; a consultant's payments to others (ads, mail) show under the consultant.

Top contributors	Type	Total
Democratic Party of Illinois Chicago	Business or group	$65,879.98
Amin Rashid Retired · Retired · Chicago	Person	$25,000
Kalid Baste Accountant · Self Employed · Bridgeview	Person	$16,500
Yusuf Salah Physician · Partners in Hope LLC · Bridgeview	Person	$16,000
Dearborn Wholesale LLC Chicago	Business or group	$12,000
Alia Rashid Retired · Retired · Chicago	Person	$9,000
Mohamad Abdallah Consultant · CRC · Palos Park	Person	$8,500
Universal Dental LLC Burbank	Business or group	$7,000
Saber Sabbah Retailer · Self · Palos Hills	Person	$6,250
75th Wholesale Mattress Inc Chicago	Business or group	$6,000
Ahmad Properties LLC Palos Park	Business or group	$6,000
Bassam Osman M.D., S.C., LTD. Chicago	Business or group	$6,000
Darna Furniture Worth	Business or group	$6,000
Hillside Square Plaza LLC Homer Glen	Business or group	$6,000
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Tinley Park	Business or group	$6,000

Committee: Rashid for Illinois (every report they filed is on the State Board of Elections' site). Data current as of October 12, 2026.

Outside spending for and against them

$0spent supporting them

$12,548spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
INCS Action Independent Committee primary · 2022-06-14 – 2022-06-17	against	$12,548

Independent expenditures reported by other committees since January 1, 2021. The candidate doesn't control them.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2022 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
Democratic Party of Illinois Party or caucus committee · Chicago	$65,880	73
Janaan Hashim Attorney, Amal Law Group LLC · Chicago	$5,750	2
Clem Balanoff Consultant, Amalgamated Transit Union · Chicago	$5,590	3
I.P.A.C.E. Group or PAC · Springfield	$5,000	74
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association PAC Group or PAC · Springfield	$3,000	105
Dilnaz Waraich Not Employed, Not Employed · Chicago	$2,750	2
Fritz Kaegi County Assessor, Cook County · Oak Park	$2,500	4
Illinois Pipe Trades PAC Account Group or PAC · Springfield	$2,500	28
Omar Dweydari President, Star Motor Sales · Burr Ridge	$2,000	2
William Haddad Retired, Retired · Chicago	$2,000	2
Mohammed Hussain Medical Oncologist, South Chicago Oncology · Lombard	$2,000	2
AFSCME Labor union · Washington	$2,000	74
Mohammed Kaiseruddin Not Employed, Not Employed · Morton Grove	$1,567	2
Hani Abdallah Rph, Self · Homer Glen	$1,500	2
Manal Fakhoury CEO, Self · Ocala	$1,300	2