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LIsa Smith R

Republican candidate for State Representative District 96

March 19, 2024 primary: won with 3,447 votes (100%) · November 5, 2024 general: lost with 16,357 votes (100%)

Also ran for State Representative in 2022 ($45,350 raised).

Worth a look

Context Late reports

9 large contributions ($17,000) reported on an A-1 after the deadline

A contribution of $1,000 or more must be reported to the State Board of Elections within 5 business days (2 in the last 30 days before an election the candidate is on the ballot for). The latest: $5,000 from Macon County Republican Central Commitee, received 2024-07-30, reported 2024-08-07: 6 business days, 1 past the deadline.

What to check
  • The receipt date is what the committee reported; a correction or a typo there changes the count.
  • A contribution received and returned within the same quarterly period needn't be reported on an A-1.
  • The Board decides on fines and can waive them (inadvertence, clerical error, days late).
The entries (9)
NameDateA-1 filedBusiness daysAllowedAmount
Macon County Republican Central Commitee2024-07-302024-08-0765$5,000
Dean White2024-07-302024-08-0765$1,000
Don Tracy2024-08-222024-09-0165$1,000
Martin davis2024-08-222024-09-0165$1,000
friends of Steve McClure2024-08-222024-09-0165$1,000
Friends for Poe2024-08-222024-09-0165$1,000
Mark Scranton2024-08-222024-09-0165$1,000
Adrienne Lynch2024-08-222024-09-0165$1,000
jo caulkins2024-08-222024-09-0165$5,000
Rule: Large contributions reported late
“A political committee shall file a report of any contribution of $1,000 or more electronically with the Board within 5 business days after receipt of the contribution, except that the report shall be filed within 2 business days after receipt if (i) the contribution is received 30 or fewer days before the date of an election”10 ILCS 5/9-10(c) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how findings work

Campaign money

$61,144raised, 78 itemized contributions, plus $4,711 in small ones
$1,550from the candidate (incl. loans)
$58,082spent
$46cash on hand on December 31, 2024; $1,500 in debts
Where their money comes from (besides their own)

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

Plus $1,550 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $58,082

Office, printing and supplies$14,904
Other (as described)$12,934
Digital and online$11,291
Radio$9,979
Consultants and field$2,500
Mail and literature$2,247
Fundraising and events$1,737
Donations and sponsorships$1,200
Contributions to other committees$790
Staff pay$500

Largest payees: McShane LLC $11,603 Office, printing and supplies · Illinois Printing $9,887 Office, printing and supplies · Hurst & Associates $5,778 Digital and online · Purcell Strategies LLC $5,000 Digital and online · Neuhoff Media $3,555 Radio · WSOY $3,465 Radio · Crown Consulting $3,000 Staff pay · Cromwell Media $2,461 Radio

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 contributorsTypeTotal
jo caulkins
homemaker · none · Decatur
Person$7,000
Candidate support PAC
St Charles
Business or group$5,000
Macon County Republican Central Commitee
Decatur
Party$5,000
Thomas Rhode
physician · self employed · Decatur
Person$5,000
dan caulkins
State Representative · State of IL · Decatur
Person$5,000
Mark Hurley
retired · none · Sherman
Person$4,390
Susan Hurley
retired · none · Sherman
Person$3,231.39
Don Tracy
lawyer · Brown,Hay, &Stephens · Springfield
Person$2,960.60
Lisa Smith
Advanced Practice Nurse · HSHS Medical Group · Blue Mound
Person$1,550.23
Regan Deering
volunteer/philanthropist · none
Person$1,000
Friends for Poe
Springfield
Committee$1,000
Adrienne Lynch
President · SKS Engineers · Decatur
Person$1,000
MK Developers
Sullivan
Business or group$1,000
Mary Miller for Congress
Quincy
Committee$1,000
Realtors PAC
Springfield
Committee$1,000

Committee: Lisa 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

$500spent supporting them
$0spent opposing them
SpenderAmount
Lisa for Illinois
primary · 2023-06-22
for$500

Independent expenditures reported by other committees since January 1, 2023. The candidate doesn't control them.

Companies on the state register

Corporations and LLCs the Secretary of State lists LIsa Smith as an officer, manager or member of.

CompanyTheir roleStatusGave to the campaign
LISA & MIKE ENTERPRISES, LLC
LLC, since 2018 · file 06694942
managerInvoluntarily dissolved · last annual report 2021—

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 2024 state candidates.

DonorTo themCandidates fundedBy party
Jo Caulkins
Retired, Retired · Decatur
$7,0006
Dan Caulkins
retired, retired · Decatur
$5,0005
Candidate Support PAC
Group or PAC · St Charles
$5,0004
Mark Hurley
retired, none · Sherman
$4,3904
Don Tracy
Retired, Retired · Springfield
$2,96113
Regan Deering
Homemaker, None
$1,0004
Dean White
Chairman, Peerless Fence · St Charles
$1,0006
Mark Scranton
Owner, Stripmasters Services · Decatur
$1,0002
Martin Davis
retired, retired · Taylorville
$1,0003
Friends of Steve McClure
Candidate or officeholder committee · Springfield
$1,0005
Mary Miller for Congress
Candidate or officeholder committee · Hindsboro
$1,0003
Realtors PAC
Group or PAC · Springfield
$1,0005
Kevin Wright
President, ICEA · Springfield
$9616
Sheriffs of Illinois
Group or PAC · Springfield
$60028
Root for Sheriff
Candidate or officeholder committee · Decatur
$5002