How did Greg Hose spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?
Democratic Greg Hose's election campaign committee, Greg for Illinois, spent $588,674 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).
Hose's committee spent the most on television advertising - comcast loop in the quarter, with all those payments ($307,950) going to Adelstein & Associates in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Hose's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television advertising - comcast loop
$307,950
52.3%
Printing
$102,588
17.4%
Televison advertising - comcast loop
$60,000
10.2%
Gotv voter calling
$54,498
9.3%
Campaign work
$36,195
6.2%
Payroll
$9,274
1.6%
Postage
$4,532
0.8%
Social media advertising
$4,254
0.7%
Election day workers
$2,902
0.5%
Signs
$2,190
0.4%
Transportation
$978
0.2%
Electronic communications
$725
0.1%
Database service
$474
< 0.1%
Office equipment
$467
< 0.1%
Bank charges
$376
< 0.1%
Office supplies
$354
< 0.1%
App usage fees
$260
< 0.1%
Campaign party
$223
< 0.1%
Payroll service fee
$159
< 0.1%
Event deposit
$150
< 0.1%
App usage fee
$56
< 0.1%
Payroll srvice fee
$54
< 0.1%
Adverttising - social media
$4
< 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
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-24
$150,450
Television advertising - comcast loop
Adelstein & Associates
2016-11-01
$150,000
Television advertising - comcast loop
Adelstein & Associates
2016-11-02
$60,000
Televison advertising - comcast loop
Winning Connections
2016-11-10
$41,553
Gotv voter calling
Breaker Press Co.
2016-11-07
$33,028
Printing
Breaker Press Co.
2016-11-01
$19,150
Printing
Breaker Press Co.
2016-11-02
$16,841
Printing
Winning Connections
2016-11-07
$12,945
Gotv voter calling
Breaker Press Co.
2016-11-02
$10,610
Printing
Breaker Press Co.
2016-10-11
$10,396
Printing
Breaker Press Co.
2016-10-21
$7,715
Printing
Adelstein & Associates
2016-11-10
$7,500
Television advertising - comcast loop
Benjamin Robbins
2016-11-30
$3,336
Payroll
Marquardt Printing
2016-11-04
$2,675
Printing
AwesomeCampaigns.com, Inc.
2016-10-11
$2,190
Signs
Michael Kelly
2016-10-14
$1,970
Campaign work
Marquardt Printing
2016-11-03
$1,957
Printing
Ryan Donahue
2016-10-14
$1,690
Campaign work
Benjamin Robbins
2016-10-14
$1,677
Payroll
Benjamin Robbins
2016-10-30
$1,674
Payroll
Benjamin Robbins
2016-11-14
$1,668
Payroll
U.s.p.s.
2016-10-11
$1,410
Postage
Mudabbir Ahmed Tariq
2016-10-14
$1,230
Campaign work
Khaleeb M Hussain
2016-10-14
$1,177
Campaign work
Kevin Kelly
2016-10-14
$1,070
Campaign work