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Stefanie Hood R

Republican candidate for State Representative District 42

June 28, 2022 primary: won with 7,487 votes (100%) · November 8, 2022 general: lost with 18,494 votes (100%)

🔓 Contribution limits are off in their race (board determination).

Worth a look

Context Context

75% of their itemized money came from party and caucus committees

$173,253.91 of $232,115.36 came from political party committees, which in the General Assembly mostly means the committees the four legislative leaders control. Party money has no limit in a general election; it's how the leaders fund the races they target.

What to check

Which committees: see the donors on their page.

Rule: Mostly party and caucus money

Context, not a rule. How findings work

Campaign money

$232,115raised, 90 itemized contributions, plus $4,038 in small ones

$15,005from the candidate (incl. loans)

$64,253spent

$15cash on hand on December 31, 2022

Where their money comes from (besides their own)

10%75%11%

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

Plus $5 of their own money and from their other committees. Compare with all state candidates →

How it was spent: $64,253

Other (as described)$22,548

Office, printing and supplies$10,561

Consultants and field$10,384

Digital and online$6,559

Donations and sponsorships$4,586

Fundraising and events$3,775

Contributions to other committees$3,107

Staff pay$2,088

Travel and meals$644

Largest payees: Stefanie Hood $15,000 Other (as described) · Tamara Edwards & Co $8,925 Consultants and field · Brooke & Mortar LLC $4,685 Digital and online · Meyers O'Donnell Inc $4,250 Office, printing and supplies · Common Good Bar $2,725 Fundraising and events · N2 Publishing $2,299 Digital and online · Be Sure Consulting and Training $2,100 Consultants and field · Ko-ze $2,088 Staff pay

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
House Republican Majority Burr Ridge	Business or group	$94,876.58
Illinois Republican Party Chicago	Business or group	$76,252.33
Citizens for Durkin Burr Ridge	Business or group	$11,484.22
Citizens for Durkin Burr Ridge	Committee	$11,000
Jovita Carrazanna Retired · Retired · Skokie	Person	$4,082.03
Illinois Road Builders PAC Itasca	Committee	$2,500
Ozinga for Illinois Mokena	Committee	$2,500
House Republican Majority Burr Ridge	Committee	$2,125
Vincent A Kolber Founder · RESIDCO · Chicago	Person	$2,000
Carmen Martinez Office Manager · Duly Health and Care · Glen Ellyn	Person	$2,000
Hart for DuPage Hinsdale	Committee	$1,900
Klaudene Carranza Consultant · On Q Financial · Scottsdale	Person	$1,770.51
Joel Roque Retired · Retired · Skokie	Person	$1,541.02
Patricia Kozlowski Retired · Retired · LaGrange	Person	$1,085.51
Sylvie Legere Investment Management · Self · Wilmette	Person	$1,041.02

Committee: Neighbors for Stefanie Hood (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

$27,154spent supporting them

$12,221spent opposing them

Spender		Amount
People Who Play By The Rules PAC general · 2022-10-14 – 2022-10-20	for	$27,154
People Who Play By The Rules PAC general · 2022-10-25	against	$12,221

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

Their home

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

$409,100median home value in DuPage County (Illinois: $280,700)

The DuPage County assessor's estimate of the market value of the home at the address Stefanie Hood 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 Stefanie Hood as an officer, manager or member of.

Company	Their role	Status	Gave to the campaign
STEFANIE L. HOOD, LLC LLC, since 2020 · file 08620121	manager, registered agent	Involuntarily dissolved · last annual report 2023	—

Registered agent for (the person who receives legal papers; often a lawyer or accountant for a client, not an owner): GLEN ELLYN NEWCOMERS AND NEIGHBORS CLUB.

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
House Republican Majority Party or caucus committee · Burr Ridge	$97,002	33
Illinois Republican Party Party or caucus committee · Chicago	$76,252	49
Citizens for Durkin Candidate or officeholder committee · Burr Ridge	$22,484	69
Ozinga for Illinois Candidate or officeholder committee · Mokena	$2,500	39
Illinois Road Builders PAC Group or PAC · Itasca	$2,500	21
Vincent A Kolber Founder, RESIDCO · Chicago	$2,000	4
Hart for DuPage Business · Hinsdale	$1,900	3
Sylvie Legere Investment Management, Self · Wilmette	$1,041	2
Citizens to Elect Steven E Reick Group or PAC · Harvard	$1,000	8
Downstate GOP Group or PAC · Fithian	$1,000	26
The Inland Real Estate Group Business · Oak Brook	$500	9
Citizens for Connelly Candidate or officeholder committee · Lisle	$500	19
Safe Suburbs USA PAC Group or PAC · Naperville	$500	7