How did Mike Chamberlain spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Apr 7, 2017

Republican Mike Chamberlain's election campaign committee, "We Like Mike" Citizens to Elect Mike Chamberlain, spent $13,322 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Chamberlain's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,301) going to 11th Street Express-Printing in Rockford. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Chamberlain's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Printing

$4,301

32.3%

Newspaper advertising

$3,340

25.1%

Consulting

$1,500

11.3%

Campaign mailing

$1,105

8.3%

Lincoln day dinner

$595

4.5%

Website design

$500

3.8%

Signs

$479

3.6%

Printing and mailing

$462

3.5%

Website and graphics for mailers

$437

3.3%

Hall rental for raising funds

$300

2.3%

Boco exposition

$200

1.5%

Donations

$100

0.8%

Table 2 below shows the top 23 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

11th Street Express-Printing

2017-02-20

$2,074

Printing

Boone County Shopper

2017-02-27

$1,876

Newspaper advertising

Jim Thacker

2017-01-16

$1,500

Consulting

11th Street Express-Printing

2017-02-07

$1,146

Printing

11th street Express Printing

2017-01-12

$1,105

Campaign mailing

11th Street Express-Printing

2017-02-13

$1,080

Printing

Veeneman Political Services

2017-01-20

$500

Website design

AwesomeCampaigns.com.inc.

2017-01-16

$479

Signs

11th street Express Printing

2017-01-26

$462

Printing and mailing

Veeneman Political Services

2017-03-02

$437

Website and graphics for mailers

Boone county republican Central Committee

2017-02-14

$350

Lincoln day dinner

Belvidere Daily Republican

2017-02-17

$312

Newspaper advertising

Boone County Shopper

2017-02-05

$302

Newspaper advertising

Boone County Historical Museum

2017-03-09

$300

Hall rental for raising funds

Boone County Journal

2017-03-20

$300

Newspaper advertising

Belvidere Chamber of Commerce

2017-02-14

$200

Boco exposition

Boone County Shopper

2017-01-06

$196

Newspaper advertising

Belvidere Daily Republican

2017-01-06

$176

Newspaper advertising

Boone county republican Central Committee

2017-02-16

$175

Lincoln day dinner

Belvidere Daily Republican

2017-02-07

$100

Newspaper advertising

Boone county republican Central Committee

2017-02-20

$100

Donations

Belvidere Daily Republican

2017-03-07

$75

Newspaper advertising

Boone county republican Central Committee

2017-02-16

$70

Lincoln day dinner

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