WALLACE, LITESA

D · house

FEC candidate id: H2IL17139
Internal id: 49a55798-83fe-49ab-b550-9666881076f2
Status: open seat

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here — American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), IL-17. Source.

Category	Metric	Value
People	Population	746,022
People	Median age	39
Income	Median household income	$59,364
Income	Per-capita income	$33,489
Income	In poverty	17.8%
Income	Unemployed	6.0%
Income	Gini inequality index	0.459
Race	White alone	70.6%
Race	Black alone	13.1%
Race	Asian alone	2.2%
Race	Hispanic or Latino	11.8%
Race	Two or more races	9.2%
Origin	Foreign-born	6.7%
Language	Speaks English only at home	88.8%
Language	Speaks Spanish at home	7.0%
Education	High school or higher	56.7%
Education	Bachelor's or higher	24.5%
Education	Advanced degree	8.7%
Household	Family households	56.2%
Household	Avg household size	2.23
Household	Never married (15+)	38.4%
Housing	Median home value	$132,800
Housing	Median gross rent	$904
Housing	Single-family detached	70.1%
Housing	Built before 1940	7.5%
Housing	Overcrowded (>1 per room)	1.6%
Housing	Vacant units	9.6%
Service	Veterans (18+)	6.4%
Health	With a disability	15.6%
Connectivity	Households with broadband	87.4%
Connectivity	Households with no internet	8.7%
Commute	Drove alone	75.8%
Commute	Public transit	1.0%
Commute	Worked from home	9.2%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand	Debts	Indiv. contribs.
2024	$34,677	$34,761	$0	$0	$0
2022	$223,732	$223,649	$84	$33,313	$149,788

Elections

2022 general house · IL-17 — lost_general

Committees

LITESA WALLACE FOR CONGRESS — principal · type H

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 · model baseline-v1 · base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 20.1%

Feature	Δ P(win)
Base rate (historical)	15.1%
D (major party)	+10.0%
open seat	-5.0%

Baseline model (incumbency × party × office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Independent expenditures

Money spent by super PACs and other non-connected committees for or against this candidate. Source: FEC Schedule E (independent_expenditure CSV bulk).

Cycle	Support	Oppose	IEs
2022	$4,538	$0	2

Recent (latest 25)

Date	Spender	For / against	Amount	Purpose
—	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	support	$3,050	Text Messages (Estimate)
—	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	support	$1,488	Signs

Transfers from committees

Direct contributions from PACs and party committees. Source: FEC pas2 bulk (committee-to-candidate transactions).

Date	From committee	Type	Amount
—	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	24E	$385
2022-10-28	CHERPAC	24K	$2,000
2022-08-01	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	24E	$385
2022-06-15	SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS EMPLOYEES PAC	24K	$2,500
2022-06-13	AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE	24K	$5,000
2022-06-10	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	24E	$1,487
2022-06-08	NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC. PAC	24K	$1,000
2022-05-18	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	24K	$1,000
2022-02-07	THE COLLECTIVE PAC	24K	$2,500
2022-01-04	DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS	24K	$2,000

Connected on the graph

Inbound (12)

date	from	type	amount	source
—	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	contributed_to	$385	pas2
—	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	supports_independently	$1,488	fec_ies
—	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	supports_independently	$3,050	fec_ies
2022-10-28	CHERPAC	contributed_to	$2,000	pas2
2022-08-01	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	contributed_to	$385	pas2
2022-06-15	SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS EMPLOYEES PAC	contributed_to	$2,500	pas2
2022-06-13	AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE	contributed_to	$5,000	pas2
2022-06-10	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	contributed_to	$1,487	pas2
2022-06-08	NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC. PAC	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2022-05-18	INDIVISIBLE ACTION	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2022-02-07	THE COLLECTIVE PAC	contributed_to	$2,500	pas2
2022-01-04	DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS	contributed_to	$2,000	pas2

Outbound (1)

date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	principal_candidate_of	LITESA WALLACE FOR CONGRESS	—		candidate_committees

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