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

By Local Labs News Service

Oct 7, 2016

Non partisan John M Nelson's election campaign committee, Committee to Elect John Nelson, spent $12,499 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Nelson's committee spent the most on yard signs in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,250) going to Kirkwood Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Nelson's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Yard signs

$3,250

26%

Consulting

$2,000

16%

Fund raising (food)

$1,979

15.8%

Printing

$1,368

10.9%

Food

$685

5.5%

Production media expenses

$675

5.4%

Promotional items

$597

4.8%

T-shirts

$546

4.4%

Golf outings

$250

Technical support

$250

Postage

$235

1.9%

Principal payment, rupprecht

$234

1.9%

Newspaper advertising

$164

1.3%

Cell phones

$136

1.1%

Office equipment

$127

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

Kirkwood Consulting

2016-08-20

$3,250

Yard signs

Victory Research

2016-07-02

$2,000

Consulting

Altamore Ristorante

2016-09-14

$1,400

Fund raising (food)

Vance Printing

2016-08-12

$1,013

Printing

Tads on the Rock

2016-07-08

$579

Fund raising (food)

Stars & Stripes Silk Screening, Inc.

2016-08-18

$546

T-shirts

Strawman Productions

2016-08-20

$300

Production media expenses

Best Buy

2016-09-26

$270

Promotional items

Carpenters Local 792

2016-08-04

$250

Golf outings

Judy Rupprecht

2016-07-14

$234

Principal payment, rupprecht

Strawman Productions

2016-09-01

$200

Production media expenses

Vance Printing

2016-08-31

$182

Printing

Strawman Productions

2016-09-30

$175

Production media expenses

Rock River Times

2016-09-23

$164

Newspaper advertising

Sams Club

2016-08-22

$162

Promotional items

Democratic Party of Illinois

2016-08-12

$150

Technical support

Best Buy

2016-08-18

$136

Cell phones

Best Buy

2016-07-28

$127

Office equipment

Perkins

2016-09-26

$123

Food

Sams Club

2016-08-10

$102

Promotional items

Perkins

2016-09-19

$101

Food

Democratic Party of Illinois

2016-08-10

$100

Technical support

Perkins

2016-09-10

$98

Food

Perkins

2016-09-12

$98

Food

Perkins

2016-08-15

$95

Food

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