Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Litesa Wallace

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Illinois District 17
Filing address
Rockford, IL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
WALLACE, LITESA
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Illinois with the 2022 district highlighted

Illinois, District 17

DemocraticU.S. House · Illinois District 17Open seatLost primary

FEC candidate ID H2IL17139 · Principal campaign committee: LITESA WALLACE FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$223,732.43
Total spent$223,648.68
Cash on hand$83.75
Debts owed by the campaign$33,313.25
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $149,788.04PACs and other committees: $25,250.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $20,116.91Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $28,577.48
  • Individual contributions$149,788.0467%
  • PACs and other committees$25,250.0011%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$20,116.919%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$28,577.4813%

Self-funding: $20,116.91 (9% of money raised): $20,116.91 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

7 committees reported giving $16,000.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Litesa Wallace$1,873.34
  • Independent expenditures opposing Litesa Wallace$0.00

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Illinois U.S. House, District 17, 2022 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Litesa Wallace (D)$223,732.43$83.752022-12-31
Esther Joy King (R)$5,114,935.20$79,057.992022-12-31
Eric Sorensen (D)$3,120,058.37$40,928.032022-12-31
Jonathan Logemann (D)$424,778.59$25.982022-08-04
Cheri Bustos (D)$332,697.87$728,351.432022-12-31
Angela H. Normoyle (D)$215,402.82$1,196.212022-09-30
Marsha Viriginia Williams (D)$55,145.85$0.002022-12-31
Jacqueline Marie McGowan (D)$28,678.03$1,583.742022-06-08

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RNovember 7, 2022
  • RCPLean RJune 9, 2022
  • DDHQLean ROctober 6, 2022
  • 538Lean DSeptember 29, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)September 21–22, 2022642 (LV)–Eric Sorensen 47% · Esther Joy King 38%
GBAO (D)October 9, 2022––Generic Democrat 49% · Generic Republican 44%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: LITESA WALLACE FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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