Lakesia Collins

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Lakesia Collins
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Democratic Party

Illinois State Senate District 5
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2024

Years in position

1

Predecessor
Prior offices
Illinois House of Representatives District 9
Successor: Yolonda Morris
Predecessor: Arthur Turner II

Compensation

Base salary

$89,250/year

Per diem

$166/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Appointed

August 15, 2023

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Lakesia Collins (Democratic Party) is a member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 5. She assumed office on August 15, 2023. Her term ended on January 15, 2024.

Collins (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 5. She won in the special general election on November 5, 2024.

A Democratic Ward Committee appointed Collins to the Illinois State Senate District 5 on August 15, 2023, to replace Patricia Van Pelt (D).[1]

Biography

Lakesia Collins graduated from Proviso East High School in 2004. Collins' career experience includes working as a union organizer with SEIU Healthcare Illinois and a certified nursing assistant.[2] She founded Future Fighters.[2][3]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Collins was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Collins was assigned to the following committees:

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The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Illinois state legislative special elections, 2024

General election

Special general election for Illinois State Senate District 5

Incumbent Lakesia Collins won election in the special general election for Illinois State Senate District 5 on November 5, 2024.

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Lakesia Collins (D)

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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 5

Incumbent Lakesia Collins advanced from the special Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 5 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Lakesia Collins
 
100.0
 
17,088

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,088
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Lakesia Collins won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 9 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Lakesia Collins (D)
 
100.0
 
20,413

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,413
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Lakesia Collins advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 9 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Lakesia Collins
Lakesia Collins
 
100.0
 
7,500

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,500
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2020

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Lakesia Collins won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 9 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Lakesia Collins
Lakesia Collins (D)
 
100.0
 
38,252

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 38,252
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 9

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 9 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Lakesia Collins
 
46.2
 
8,040
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Aaron Turner
 
15.0
 
2,603
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Trina Mangrum
 
10.6
 
1,850
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Tyjuan Cratic
 
8.9
 
1,557
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Nicole Harvey
 
8.6
 
1,494
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Sandra Schneller Candidate Connection
 
6.7
 
1,161
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Maurice Edwards
 
4.0
 
704

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,409
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Lakesia Collins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Lakesia Collins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Lakesia Collins campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Illinois State Senate District 5Won general$0 $0
2024* Illinois State Senate District 5Won general$202,333 $142,935
2022Illinois House of Representatives District 9Won general$164,041 $140,278
2020Illinois House of Representatives District 9Won general$504,738 N/A**
Grand total$871,111 $283,213
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Illinois Senate Democrats, “Lakesia Collins sworn in as new state senator for the 5th District,” accessed August 16, 2023
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 LinkedIn, "Lakesia Collins," accessed September 13, 2023
    3. ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "Representative Lakesia Collins (D)," accessed September 13, 2023

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Patricia Van Pelt (D)     		Illinois State Senate District 5
    2023-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    Arthur Turner II (D)     		Illinois House of Representatives District 9
    2020-2023    		 Succeeded by
    Yolonda Morris (D)


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