Sandi Jackson
Sandi Jackson | |
|---|---|
2007 portrait of Jackson | |
| Member of the Chicago City Council from the 7th ward | |
| In office May 21, 2007 – January 15, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Darcel Beavers |
| Succeeded by | Natashia Holmes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sandra Lee Stevens September 14, 1963 Kittery, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Bowling Green State University (BA) Georgetown University University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (JD) |
| Criminal details | |
| Criminal status | Released |
| Criminal charge | Filing of False Tax Returns – Title 26, U.S.C., Sec. 7206 |
| Penalty | 12 months in federal prison |
Sandra Lee Jackson (née Stevens; born September 14, 1963) is an American politician. She was elected to the Chicago City Council as an alderman of the 7th ward of the City of Chicago in the 2007 municipal elections held on February 27, 2007. She succeeded Darcel A. Beavers who had been appointed by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley after the 2006 November elections to succeed her father William Beavers, Jackson's rival, as alderman of the 7th Ward. Jackson resigned from Chicago City Council, effective January 15, 2013. On February 20, 2013, Jackson pleaded guilty to one count of filing false tax returns, and on August 14, 2013, was sentenced to one year in prison.
She is the ex-wife of former U.S. Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and erstwhile daughter-in-law of Jesse Jackson. Her candidacy for the city council of a major city was part of national news stories in The New York Times, and thoughts of her running for a position in the United States House of Representatives were noted in Time.
Jackson has also been a longtime political consultant through her solely owned consulting firm J. Donatella & Associates.