Notable personal detailsSpomenka Vajic is a Republican candidate who filed to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. She formed an authorized principal campaign committee, Committee for Spomenka, and filed an FEC Statement of Candidacy in October 2025. In December 2025, Illinois election officials ruled she should not appear on the March 17, 2026 Republican primary ballot for IL-03 due to an insufficient number of petition signatures.