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Lakesia Collins D

Incumbent, Democratic candidate for State Representative District 9

June 28, 2022 primary: won with 7,500 votes (100%) · November 8, 2022 general: won with 20,413 votes (100%)

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

$157,489raised, 141 itemized contributions, plus $9,900 in small ones

$0from the candidate (incl. loans)

$141,278spent

$88,762cash on hand on December 31, 2022

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

15%64%

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

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How it was spent: $141,278

Other (as described)$28,813

Office, printing and supplies$21,681

Mail and literature$19,553

Staff pay$15,608

Contributions to other committees$15,000

Consultants and field$14,573

Fundraising and events$8,605

Donations and sponsorships$6,850

Travel and meals$6,551

Digital and online$4,043

Largest payees: Moore Campaigns $19,553 Mail and literature · Liberty Street Marketing, LLC $15,000 Other (as described) · Jesus Martinez $11,640 Staff pay · Hubbard Inn $10,268 Office, printing and supplies · Martina Harvey $7,940 Other (as described) · Dixon Romeo $7,281 Staff pay · Minuteman Press $4,346 Office, printing and supplies · KRG Chicago Ashland Lord LLC $4,200 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	Type	Total
SEIU Healthcare IL/IN PAC Chicago	Committee	$28,267.95
Dignity CA SEIU Local 2015 Los Angeles	Committee	$10,000
SEIU Illinois State Council PAC Fund Chicago	Committee	$10,000
Chicago Teachers Union - PAC Chicago	Committee	$9,000
SEIU Local 73 B-PAC Account Chicago	Committee	$9,000
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Countryside	Committee	$8,000
AFSCME Illinois Council 31 PAC Springfield	Committee	$5,000
I.P.A.C.E Springfield	Committee	$5,000
Teamsters Volunteers in Politics Park Ridge	Committee	$3,500
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association PAC Springfield	Committee	$3,000
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC Burr Ridge	Committee	$3,000
SEIU HCII Chicago	Committee	$3,000
Cook County College Teachers Union - COPE Chicago	Committee	$2,500
Grassroots Law PAC San Francisco	Committee	$2,500
William Davis for State Representative Homewood	Committee	$2,500

Committee: Friends of Lakesia (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

$69spent supporting them

$0spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR general · 2022-10-26	for	$69

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
SEIU Healthcare IL IN PAC Labor union · Chicago	$28,268	87
Chicago Teachers Union PAC Labor union · Chicago	$9,000	24
SEIU Local 73 B-PAC Account Labor union · Chicago	$9,000	4
Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management PAC Labor union · Countryside	$8,000	26
AFSCME Illinois Council 31 PAC Labor union · Springfield	$5,000	23
I.P.A.C.E. Group or PAC · Springfield	$5,000	74
Teamsters Volunteers in Politics Labor union · Willow Springs	$3,500	79
Cook County College Teachers Union COPE Labor union · Chicago	$3,000	35
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association PAC Group or PAC · Springfield	$3,000	105
LIUNA Chicago Laborers' District Council PAC Labor union · Burr Ridge	$3,000	91
William Davis for State Representative Candidate or officeholder committee · Homewood	$2,500	5
Comcast Business · Philadelphia	$2,000	50
United Working Families PAC Group or PAC · Chicago	$2,000	4
Zephyr Government Strategies Group or PAC · Evanston	$1,750	37
Administrative District Council 1 Group or PAC · Elmhurst	$1,500	9