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Kambium E Buckner D

Incumbent, Democratic candidate for State Representative District 26

June 28, 2022 primary: won with 10,531 votes (100%) · November 8, 2022 general: won with 24,017 votes (100%)

Also ran for State Representative in 2026 ($964,579 raised), 2024 ($775,480 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

Campaign money

$607,896raised, 347 itemized contributions, plus $4,750 in small ones

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$620,243spent

$9,395cash on hand on December 31, 2022

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

17%32%18%32%

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

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How it was spent: $620,243

Contributions to other committees$294,209

Consultants and field$179,822

Other (as described)$51,650

Digital and online$23,125

Fundraising and events$20,289

Donations and sponsorships$19,804

Travel and meals$18,436

Office, printing and supplies$8,691

Refunds$4,216

Largest payees: Kam for Chicago $157,500 Contributions to other committees · Fortress Consulting $126,053 Consultants and field · LBH Chicago $47,840 Consultants and field · Team Stava Murray $35,000 Contributions to other committees · Friends of Justin Slaughter $26,500 Contributions to other committees · Friends of Curtis Tarver II $26,500 Contributions to other committees · Friends of Joyce Mason $23,000 Contributions to other committees · Wright Advertising $19,633 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
LiUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC Burr Ridge	Committee	$61,000
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Countryside	Committee	$44,500
Health Care Council of Illinois PAC Springfield	Committee	$20,000
Laborers Political League Education Fund Washington	Committee	$20,000
Realtor Political Action Committee Springfield	Committee	$20,000
Davita Federal Way	Business or group	$15,000
AK Investment One, LLC New Canaan	Business or group	$12,000
DoorDash, Inc San Francisco	Business or group	$11,000
SEIU HealthCare IL IN PAC Chicago	Committee	$10,025
Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters PAC Chicago	Committee	$10,000
Jody Reed, SC DBA Orland Family Services Naperville	Business or group	$10,000
P-IL Strategies, LLC Wood Dale	Business or group	$10,000
Rivers Casino Des Plaines	Business or group	$10,000
Realtor PAC Springfield	Committee	$9,000
Bill Barry Executive · Draper and Kramer · Chicago	Person	$8,500

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

Their home

$600,000 – $700,000estimated market value, 2026 assessment

$335,800median home value in Cook County (Illinois: $280,700)

The Cook County assessor's estimate of the market value of the home at the address Kambium E Buckner filed with the State Board of Elections, shown as a range; the address isn't published here. Assessments trail the market and can be appealed, so treat it as a rough figure. How this works. Medians: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024.

Companies on the state register

Corporations and LLCs the Secretary of State lists Kambium E Buckner as an officer, manager or member of.

Company	Their role	Status	Gave to the campaign
MOTOR ROW STREET FEST L.L.C. LLC, since 2018 · file 06930603	manager	Involuntarily dissolved	—

Registered agent for (the person who receives legal papers; often a lawyer or accountant for a client, not an owner): ILLINOIS HOUSE LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS (dissolved).

From the Secretary of State's business records of October 13, 2026, matched by name and ZIP code against the address the State Board of Elections has for the candidate (or by name when the company itself gave to their campaign). Someone listed only at another address isn't found; search the Secretary of State's business entity search by file number for the full record.

Their donors also gave to

Their largest donors who also funded other 2022 state candidates.

Donor	To them	Candidates funded
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC Labor union · Burr Ridge	$61,000	91
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Labor union · Countryside	$44,500	126
Realtor Political Action Committee Group or PAC · Springfield	$29,000	134
Health Care Council of Illinois PAC Group or PAC · Springfield	$20,000	85
Laborers' Political League Education Fund Labor union · Washington	$20,000	13
Davita Business · Tacoma	$15,000	17
SEIU Healthcare IL IN PAC Labor union · Chicago	$13,025	87
DoorDash, Inc. Business · San Francisco	$11,000	22
P-IL Strategies, LLC Business · Wood Dale	$10,000	2
Rivers Casino Business · Des Plaines	$10,000	41
Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters PAC Labor union · Chicago	$10,000	24
Comcast Financial Agency Corporation Business · Philadelphia	$8,000	63
J & J Ventures Gaming LLC Business · Effingham	$7,000	125
AFSCME Labor union · Washington	$6,665	74
Chicago Federation of Labor PAC Labor union · Chicago	$6,500	6