How did John M Cabello spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Oct 7, 2016

Republican John M Cabello's election campaign committee, Citizens for John M Cabello, spent $69,177 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Cabello's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 74.5% of this total ($17,500) going to House Republican Organization in Burr Ridge. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cabello's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$23,500

34%

Radio advertising

$12,360

17.9%

Food

$6,778

9.8%

Mailing

$6,596

9.5%

Staff salaries

$5,999

8.7%

Rent

$3,437

Candidate lodging

$2,154

3.1%

Printing

$1,777

2.6%

Lease payments

$1,759

2.5%

Donations

$1,400

Transportation

$824

1.2%

Production media expenses

$500

0.7%

Accounting fees

$500

0.7%

Telephones

$449

0.7%

Promotional items

$390

0.6%

Bank charges

$316

0.5%

T-shirts

$225

0.3%

Gasoline

$193

0.3%

Office supplies

$15

< 0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

House Republican Organization

2016-09-27

$17,500

Consulting

Us Post Office

2016-09-13

$6,233

Mailing

Jim Thacker

2016-07-26

$4,000

Consulting

Giovanni's Inc

2016-09-21

$3,910

Food

Mary Lee Chandler

2016-07-13

$3,437

Rent

Jim Thacker

2016-09-07

$2,000

Consulting

Wxxq-fm

2016-09-20

$1,800

Radio advertising

Wxxq-fm

2016-08-29

$1,800

Radio advertising

Chad Erickson

2016-07-07

$1,700

Staff salaries

Wzok-fm

2016-08-29

$1,680

Radio advertising

Wzok-fm

2016-09-20

$1,680

Radio advertising

Remedies Renewing Lives Police Ball

2016-09-09

$1,200

Donations

Wgfb-fm

2016-08-29

$1,200

Radio advertising

Wgfb-fm

2016-09-20

$1,200

Radio advertising

Wrtb-fm

2016-09-20

$1,200

Radio advertising

Marriott Cleveland

2016-07-25

$1,145

Candidate lodging

Rascals Bar And Grill

2016-07-14

$1,100

Food

Minuteman Press

2016-08-22

$1,004

Printing

Chad Erickson

2016-08-08

$1,000

Staff salaries

Wrok-am

2016-09-20

$900

Radio advertising

Wrok-am

2016-08-29

$900

Radio advertising

Rockford Lithography

2016-08-01

$773

Printing

Greenfire Restaurant

2016-09-02

$654

Food

Marriott Cleveland

2016-07-18

$626

Candidate lodging

GM Financing

2016-07-14

$586

Lease payments

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