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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

How did John Curtis spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic John Curtis's election campaign committee, Friends of John Curtis, spent $58,690 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Curtis's committee spent the most on telephone polling in the quarter, with all those payments ($18,500) going to Tulchin Research in San Francisco. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Curtis's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Telephone polling
$18,500
31.5%
Printing
$16,688
28.4%
Consulting
$14,203
24.2%
Rent
$3,850
6.6%
Postage
$1,082
1.8%
Office supplies
$1,013
1.7%
Internet access
$675
1.2%
Utilities
$673
1.2%
Graphic design
$500
0.9%
Fund raising (food)
$493
0.8%
Hall rental for raising funds
$275
0.5%
Fund raising advertisement
$246
0.4%
Computer services
$171
0.3%
Supplies
$154
0.3%
Computer - printer
$119
0.2%
Post office box
$42
< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Tulchin Research
2016-09-13
$18,500
Telephone polling
A & B Printing Service
2016-08-23
$7,720
Printing
A & B Printing Service
2016-07-06
$5,903
Printing
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-07-05
$2,403
Consulting
Mike Kohler
2016-08-26
$1,400
Consulting
Nathan Curtis
2016-09-08
$1,200
Consulting
Nathan Curtis
2016-09-21
$1,200
Consulting
WalMart
2016-09-29
$1,013
Office supplies
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-08-08
$1,000
Consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-08-31
$1,000
Consulting
Joshua Jefferson
2016-08-26
$1,000
Consulting
Debi Caspall Thurow
2016-07-29
$1,000
Rent
Debi Caspall Thurow
2016-08-26
$1,000
Rent
Debi Caspall Thurow
2016-09-28
$1,000
Rent
Chris Zimmerman
2016-09-28
$1,000
Consulting
A & B Printing Service
2016-09-07
$992
Printing
U.S. Postal Service
2016-09-13
$940
Postage
A & B Printing Service
2016-09-20
$855
Printing
Boni Building
2016-08-23
$850
Rent
Brooke Castigan
2016-09-23
$800
Consulting
Joshua Jefferson
2016-09-07
$800
Consulting
Joshua Jefferson
2016-09-21
$800
Consulting
Mike Kohler
2016-09-07
$800
Consulting
Mike Kohler
2016-09-21
$800
Consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-08-31
$728
Printing

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