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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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

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Republican Joe Sosnowski's election campaign committee, Citizens for Joe Sosnowski, spent $22,747 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 advertising in the quarter, with 94.6% of this total ($3,542) going to Boone County Shopper in Belvidere. 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
Advertising
$3,745
16.5%
Radio advertising
$3,000
13.2%
Sponsorships
$2,000
8.8%
Event food
$1,792
7.9%
Tickets for event
$1,770
7.8%
Contractual expenses
$1,390
6.1%
Office supplies
$1,199
5.3%
Logo products
$1,122
4.9%
Printing
$1,006
4.4%
Office equipment
$681
3%
Donations
$665
2.9%
Gas reimbursement
$581
2.6%
Event entertainment
$500
2.2%
Expo booth
$468
2.1%
Mailing
$417
1.8%
Mail box
$408
1.8%
Stamps
$400
1.8%
Employment ad
$339
1.5%
Event supplies
$285
1.3%
Event sponsorship
$270
1.2%
Booth rental
$220
1%
Event beverage
$199
0.9%
Membership renewal
$125
0.6%
Golf play day
$75
0.3%
Staff gifts
$69
0.3%
Staff gift
$15
< 0.1%

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
Boone County Shopper
2018-10-18
$3,427
Advertising
Cain and Company
2018-10-30
$3,000
Radio advertising
Chicago Bulls
2018-12-13
$1,770
Tickets for event
Rockford Chrisitian Schools
2018-10-29
$1,500
Sponsorships
Quality Logo Products
2018-11-30
$1,122
Logo products
Lucha Cantina
2018-12-11
$1,081
Event food
Shutterfly
2018-12-03
$1,006
Printing
Neeley Erickson
2018-12-24
$750
Contractual expenses
Coaches Corner
2018-10-29
$710
Event food
Best Buy
2018-12-06
$681
Office equipment
Minimal Band
2018-12-11
$500
Event entertainment
Ymca
2018-12-04
$500
Sponsorships
Stateline Chamber of Commerce
2018-11-19
$468
Expo booth
Ups
2018-12-17
$408
Mail box
Postal Shoppe
2018-12-07
$400
Stamps
11th Street Express Printing
2018-10-30
$388
Mailing
Jonathan Giesecke
2018-11-23
$380
Contractual expenses
Rockford Chrisitian Schools
2018-12-18
$370
Donations
Monster Worldwide - Monster.com
2018-12-03
$339
Employment ad
Joe Sosnowski
2018-12-11
$321
Gas reimbursement
Boone County Council on Aging
2018-11-20
$295
Donations
U Gotta Jump, Inc.
2018-12-11
$285
Event supplies
Belvidere Chamber of Commerce
2018-11-27
$270
Event sponsorship
Steve Costanza
2018-12-04
$260
Contractual expenses
Joe Sosnowski
2018-10-25
$260
Gas reimbursement

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