How did Joe Sosnowski spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2018

Republican Joe Sosnowski's election campaign committee, Citizens for Joe Sosnowski, spent $12,802 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Sosnowski's committee spent the most on contractual expenses in the quarter, with 47.4% of this total ($1,300) going to Neeley Erickson in Poplar Grove. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sosnowski's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Contractual expenses

$2,745

21.4%

Office supplies

$1,453

11.4%

Donations

$1,250

9.8%

Printing

$1,233

9.6%

Newspaper advertising

$1,155

Phone bank expenses

$1,115

8.7%

Travel reimbursement - 3 quarters

$780

6.1%

Postage

$671

5.2%

Sponsorships

$650

5.1%

Food

$361

2.8%

Event food

$306

2.4%

Booth rental

$210

1.6%

Advertising

$200

1.6%

Design services

$180

1.4%

Lunch

$174

1.4%

Membership

$125

Gift card giveaways

$100

0.8%

Chicago parking reimbursement

$66

0.5%

Chicago parking

$26

0.2%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Neeley Erickson

2017-12-21

$1,300

Contractual expenses

Boone County Shopper

2017-12-04

$1,155

Newspaper advertising

Victory Geek

2017-10-10

$1,115

Phone bank expenses

Taylor Coffman

2017-12-11

$1,100

Contractual expenses

Shutterfly

2017-12-28

$785

Printing

Joe Sosnowski

2017-12-28

$780

Travel reimbursement - 3 quarters

Ymca

2017-10-30

$750

Donations

Harry & David

2017-12-05

$611

Office supplies

Illinois Executive Mansion Association

2017-10-20

$500

Donations

11th Street Express Printing

2017-12-29

$448

Printing

Officemax

2017-11-07

$430

Office supplies

Boone County Council on Aging

2017-10-31

$350

Sponsorships

Julie Tudor

2017-12-12

$345

Contractual expenses

Greater Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce

2017-11-24

$306

Event food

Boone County Republican Party

2017-10-24

$300

Sponsorships

United States Post Office

2017-10-16

$279

Postage

United States Post Office

2017-11-29

$245

Postage

Greater Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce

2017-11-06

$210

Booth rental

The Studio

2017-11-09

$200

Advertising

Girl Scouts

2017-10-30

$181

Food

Great Harvest Bread

2017-12-14

$180

Food

Sara Buob Design

2017-12-13

$180

Design services

Popeyes

2017-12-28

$174

Lunch

Target

2017-11-29

$162

Office supplies

United States Post Office

2017-12-05

$147

Postage

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