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Kimberly Lightford
Illinois State Senate District 4
Incumbent
In office
1998 - Present
Term ends
January 12, 2013
Years in position	14
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$67,836/year
Per diem	$132/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 2, 2010
Next election	November 6, 2012
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
Trustee, Village of Maywood
1997 - 2003
Education
Bachelor's	Western Illinois University
Master's	University of Illinois
Personal
Birthday	May 10, 1968
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Websites
Office website
Personal website

Kimberly Lightford is a Democratic member of the Illinois State Senate. She has represented District 4 since 1998 and currently serves as an Assistant Majority Leader. Lightford was re-elected in November of 2010 with her term expiring in 2015.

Lightford is a full time State Senator. Lightford graduated with her Bachelor's degree from Western Illinois and her Master's in Public Administration from the University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Lightford has been appointed to these committees:

• Assignments Committee, Illinois State Senate
• Committee of the Whole, Illinois Senate
• Education Committee, Illinois State Senate, Vice Chair
• Executive Committee, Illinois State Senate
• Executive Appointments Committee, Illinois State Senate
• Financial Institutions Committee, Illinois State Senate
• Redistricting Committee, Illinois State Senate
• Subcommittee on Education, Vice Chair

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Lightford served on these committees:

• Education
• Executive
• Financial Institutions
• Redistricting^[1].

Elections

2012

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2012

Lightford is running for re-election to the 4th District seat in the Illinois State Senate in 2012. She was unopposed in the Democratic Primary on March 20^[2] and will be unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.

2010

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2010

Lightford won for re-election to the 4th District Seat in the Illinois State Senate with no opposition. The election took place on November 2, 2010.^[3]

Illinois State Senate, District 4 (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Kimberly Lightford (D)		48,129	100.0%

Lightford ran unopposed in the Democratic primary election on February 2nd.^[4]

2006

On November 4, 2006, Democrat Kimberly Lightford won re-election to the Illinois State Senate District 4 receiving 45,857 votes, ahead of Republican Antoinette Ruback (5,969 votes).^[5]

Illinois State Senate, District 4 (2006)
Candidates		Votes
Kimberly Lightford (D)		45,857
Antoinette Ruback (R)		5,969

Campaign donors

2010

In 2010, Lightford received $124,281 in campaign donations. The top contributors are listed below.^[6]

Illinois State Senate 2010 election - Campaign Contributions
Top contributors to Kimberly Lightford's campaign in 2010
Comed	$11,000
Renaissance Hospital Management	$7,500
Illinois Hospital & Health Systems Association	$4,000
Construction & General Laborers District Council Of Chicago & Vicinity	$3,500
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association	$2,500
Total Raised in 2010	$124,281

2006

In 2006, Lightford collected $130,789 in donations.^[7]

Listed below are those that contributed most to her campaign.

Donor	Amount
Illinois Education Association	$16,000
Renaissance Hospital Management	$9,600
Comed	$7,500
Humana	$5,550
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association	$4,500
Midway Airport Concessionaires	$3,000
Paul Hellerman	$2,500
Chicago Teachers Union	$2,500
Enadayal Gaddam	$2,500
Best Efforts	$2,000
Ameren	$2,000
Illinois Federation of Teachers	$2,000
Scheck Mechanical	$2,000
Construction & General Laborers District Council of Chicago & Vicinity	$2,000
Illinois Bankers Association	$2,000
Food & Commercial Workers Local 881	$1,540
Illinois Credit Union League	$1,500
AT&T	$1,500
Community Bankers Association of Illinois	$1,500
Nicor Gas	$1,250

Recent news

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District 4

Lightford represents Illinois Senate District 4. District 4 includes in the Northwest and Near West sides of Chicago^[8].

Personal

Lightford is single and resides in Maywood, Illinois.

External links

• Kimberly Lightford's personal website
• Biography from the Illinois General Assembly
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998

References

Political offices
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