Sandra Lee "
Sandi"
Jackson (née
Stevens; born September 14, 1963) was elected to the
Chicago City Council as an
alderman of the 7th ward (
map] 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. On August 14, 2013, she was sentenced to one year in prison for filing false income tax returns.