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Saturday, November 23, 2024

How did Heidi Benson spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Republican Heidi Benson's election campaign committee, Citizens to Elect Benson Circuit Judge, spent $27,730 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Benson's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with all those payments ($8,956) going to Kellogg Printing in Monmouth. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Benson's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$8,956
32.3%
Radio advertising
$8,930
32.2%
Principal payment, benson
$3,750
13.5%
Staff salaries
$3,525
12.7%
Payroll
$1,380
5%
Consulting
$500
1.8%
Taxes - federal
$357
1.3%
Accounting fees
$328
1.2%

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
Kellogg Printing
2016-10-25
$6,000
Printing
Heidi Benson
2016-11-16
$3,000
Principal payment, benson
Waag/wgil
2016-10-24
$2,412
Radio advertising
Kellogg Printing
2016-11-01
$2,323
Printing
Waag/wgil
2016-10-07
$1,620
Radio advertising
Wlmd
2016-10-25
$1,014
Radio advertising
Wlmd
2016-10-11
$828
Radio advertising
Wram
2016-10-11
$770
Radio advertising
Heidi Benson
2016-12-15
$750
Principal payment, benson
Shane Cavanaugh
2016-11-13
$645
Staff salaries
Wcaz
2016-10-25
$640
Radio advertising
Kellogg Printing
2016-10-12
$633
Printing
Riley Cavanaugh
2016-11-13
$600
Staff salaries
Wcaz
2016-10-11
$600
Radio advertising
Wram
2016-10-25
$566
Radio advertising
Brad Carlson
2016-11-13
$500
Consulting
Wbys
2016-10-11
$480
Radio advertising
Stephanie Higgins
2016-11-13
$465
Staff salaries
Riley Cavanaugh
2016-10-31
$450
Payroll
Riley Cavanaugh
2016-10-14
$380
Payroll
Riley Cavanaugh
2016-10-03
$350
Staff salaries
Shane Cavanaugh
2016-10-03
$270
Staff salaries
Shane Cavanaugh
2016-10-31
$260
Staff salaries
Tia Dameron
2016-10-03
$250
Staff salaries
Stephanie Higgins
2016-10-03
$220
Staff salaries

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