How did Dave Syverson spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2018

Republican Dave Syverson's election campaign committee, Dave Syverson Campaign Committee, spent $21,531 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Syverson's committee spent the most on contractual services in the quarter, with 76.9% of this total ($5,000) going to Mary Watson in Belvidere. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Syverson's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Contractual services

$6,500

30.2%

Fr food/beverages

$6,309

29.3%

Supplies/gifts

$2,074

9.6%

Telephone expense

$1,244

5.8%

Flights/hotel for igmoa expo

$1,166

5.4%

Postage

$750

3.5%

Cable

$610

2.8%

Supplies

$604

2.8%

Printing/mailing

$429

Food/beverage

$423

Staff christmas party

$350

1.6%

Donations

$250

1.2%

Ad sign

$250

1.2%

Events

$200

0.9%

Campaign work

$200

0.9%

Office equipment/service

$167

0.8%

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

Giovanni's

2017-12-11

$6,309

Fr food/beverages

Walmart

2017-12-26

$2,074

Supplies/gifts

Roxanne Owens

2017-10-15

$1,500

Contractual services

Mary Watson

2017-10-26

$1,500

Contractual services

Mary Watson

2017-11-24

$1,500

Contractual services

Mary Watson

2017-12-14

$1,500

Contractual services

Expedia

2017-10-09

$1,166

Flights/hotel for igmoa expo

Walmart

2017-12-04

$595

Supplies

Mary Watson

2017-11-03

$500

Contractual services

Minuteman Press

2017-11-09

$429

Printing/mailing

Level 257 Restaurant

2017-10-09

$423

Food/beverage

Verizon Wireless

2017-11-20

$414

Telephone expense

Verizon Wireless

2017-12-19

$414

Telephone expense

Verizon Wireless

2017-10-16

$414

Telephone expense

U. S. Postmaster

2017-12-11

$375

Postage

The Gin Mill

2017-11-14

$350

Staff christmas party

Comcast Cable

2017-12-04

$305

Cable

Comcast Cable

2017-10-26

$305

Cable

Belvidere Family YMCA

2017-10-09

$250

Donations

Rockford Christian Schools

2017-10-09

$250

Ad sign

Boone County Council on Aging

2017-10-26

$200

Events

John Sweeney

2017-12-04

$200

Campaign work

Stateline Copy Products

2017-11-06

$167

Office equipment/service

U. S. Postmaster

2017-11-06

$165

Postage

U. S. Postmaster

2017-10-09

$160

Postage

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