How did Thomas McNamara spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jul 7, 2017

Democratic Thomas McNamara's election campaign committee, Friends of Thomas McNamara, spent $41,579 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

McNamara's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 72.7% of this total ($7,000) going to Nicholas Meyer in Rockford. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how McNamara's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$9,635

23.2%

Fund raising (food)

$5,205

12.5%

Staff salaries

$4,526

10.9%

Robo calls

$4,007

9.6%

Advertising

$3,782

9.1%

Graphic design

$3,325

Campaign work

$3,000

7.2%

Donations

$1,550

3.7%

Internet access

$1,139

2.7%

Party - staff

$1,082

2.6%

Office equipment

$1,018

2.5%

Hall rental for raising funds

$787

1.9%

Poll watcher food

$721

1.7%

Production media expenses

$551

1.3%

Food

$505

1.2%

Postage

$192

0.5%

Flowers

$180

0.4%

Office supplies

$160

0.4%

Internet advertising

$138

0.3%

Mileage expenses

$69

0.2%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Nicholas Meyer

2017-04-11

$7,000

Consulting

Prairie Street Brewing Co.

2017-04-25

$4,805

Fund raising (food)

Callfire

2017-04-05

$4,007

Robo calls

Wifr

2017-04-03

$3,485

Advertising

Winnebago County Democrats

2017-04-03

$3,000

Campaign work

Haley Galarza

2017-04-10

$2,526

Staff salaries

Robin A Johnson

2017-04-17

$2,500

Consulting

Haley Galarza

2017-04-06

$2,000

Staff salaries

Ignition Studios

2017-04-11

$1,800

Graphic design

McDonough Creative

2017-05-15

$1,525

Graphic design

Five Forks

2017-04-22

$1,082

Party - staff

Amanda Reed Foundation

2017-06-15

$800

Donations

Prairie Street Brewing Co.

2017-04-25

$787

Hall rental for raising funds

Nate Meyer

2017-06-01

$721

Poll watcher food

Gordon Flesch Company

2017-04-17

$616

Office equipment

Subway

2017-04-03

$505

Food

KMK Media Group

2017-04-11

$436

Production media expenses

Gordon Flesch Company

2017-06-29

$401

Office equipment

Kell'z Restaraunt and Pub

2017-04-03

$399

Fund raising (food)

Comcast

2017-06-02

$379

Internet access

Comcast

2017-05-02

$379

Internet access

Comcast

2017-04-03

$379

Internet access

Ziyad Shihadah

2017-04-21

$300

Donations

The Superhero Center for Autism

2017-04-14

$250

Donations

Lamar

2017-04-06

$239

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