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Karim Lakhani D
Democratic candidate for State Representative District 12
March 17, 2026 primary: lost with 3,004 votes (16.4%)
🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (self funding disclosure).
Campaign money
IndividualsBusinessesTrade, professional and issue groupsLabor unionsParties and legislative caucusesOther candidates and officeholders
Plus $7,300 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →
How it was spent: $867,089
Largest payees: The Strategy Group $368,722 Mail and literature · Thematic Campaigns LLC $276,459 Digital and online · ALG Polling Inc $59,100 Polling · Sara Clark $45,481 Staff pay · Jones Mandel $18,563 Polling · The Sexton Group $15,437 Other (as described) · Flywire Global Scale to win $14,049 Other (as described) · Planned Property Management $13,500 Office, printing and supplies
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 | Total |
|---|---|
| Mansoorali Lakhani Hospitality · Lakhani Hospitality · Skokie | $532,300 |
| Shamim Lakhani Hospitality · Lakhani Hospitality · Skokie | $107,300 |
| Chicago Teachers Union PAC Chicago | $30,000 |
| Shella Wood Dale Oil Co. Inc. WOOD DALE | $14,600 |
| North Suburban Teachers Union Cope Skokie | $10,000 |
| SEIU Council PAC Fund Chicago | $10,000 |
| CUMBERLAND KENNEDY HOSPITALITY INC CHICAGO | $7,300 |
| Chicago Oil Company CHICAGO | $7,300 |
| D&J HOSPITALITY INC Des Plaines | $7,300 |
| Graham Enterprises Inc. Vernon Hills | $7,300 |
| J&S Hospitality Inc. Skokie | $7,300 |
| Adnan Khan Self · Self · Addison | $7,300 |
| Ambreen Lakhani Self Employed · Self Employed · Skokie | $7,300 |
| Henna Lakhani Self employed · Self employed · Chicago | $7,300 |
| Karim Lakhani Hospitality · Lakhani Hospitality · Chicago | $7,300 |
Committee: Karim Lakhani 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
| Spender | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| INCS Action Independent Committee primary · 2026-03-02 | against | $61,799 |
Independent expenditures reported by other committees since January 1, 2025. The candidate doesn't control them.
Their home
The Cook County assessor's estimate of the market value of the home at the address Karim Lakhani 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 Karim Lakhani as an officer, manager or member of.
| Company | Their role | Gave to the campaign |
|---|---|---|
| LAKHANI LAW LLC LLC, since 2020 · file 08953295 | manager | — |
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 2026 state candidates.
| Donor | To them | Candidates funded | By party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Teachers Union PAC Labor union · Chicago | $30,000 | 9 | |
| SEIU Council PAC Fund Labor union · Chicago | $10,000 | 2 | |
| North Suburban Teachers' Union Cope Labor union · Skokie | $10,000 | 4 | |
| Illinois Hotel-Motel PAC Group or PAC · Chicago | $5,000 | 24 | |
| Aaron Tucker President/CIO, Tucker Development Corporation · Glencoe | $1,000 | 2 | |
| Abdul Valliani Banker, Byline Bank · Naperville | $1,000 | 2 | |
| Tariq Butt Physician, Access Community Health Network · Chicago | $500 | 5 | |
| Dilara Sayeed Educator, Muslim Civic Coalition · Chicago | $500 | 3 | |
| Asif Malik Des Plaines | $250 | 2 |