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Thursday, April 25, 2024

How did Karen Yarbrough spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Karen Yarbrough's election campaign committee, Citizens to Elect Karen Yarbrough, spent $26,854 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Yarbrough's committee spent the most on postage in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,554) going to US Postal Service in Carol Stream. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Yarbrough's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Postage
$4,554
17%
Casual labor
$3,850
14.3%
Consulting
$3,500
13%
Printing
$3,414
12.7%
Computer purchases
$1,816
6.8%
Rent
$1,500
5.6%
Office supplies
$1,310
4.9%
Fundraising expenses
$1,250
4.7%
Utilities
$1,073
4%
Telephone service
$944
3.5%
Catering
$940
3.5%
Office cleaning
$600
2.2%
Travel - candidate
$478
1.8%
Publication
$345
1.3%
Food
$330
1.2%
Meetings
$268
1%
Filing fees
$258
1%
Return of overpayment
$250
0.9%
Causal labor
$100
0.4%
Telephone equipment
$69
0.3%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
US Postal Service
2016-03-02
$4,554
Postage
Forest Printing
2016-02-29
$2,333
Printing
Cratic & Shaffer
2016-03-31
$2,000
Consulting
Best Buy
2016-03-18
$1,816
Computer purchases
T&JJ'S Supreme Catering
2016-03-14
$1,250
Fundraising expenses
Cratic & Shaffer
2016-01-15
$1,000
Consulting
Symones Catering
2016-03-17
$720
Catering
Beyond Clean
2016-03-23
$600
Office cleaning
Forest Printing
2016-02-19
$596
Printing
James Blassingame
2016-02-09
$500
Consulting
Donora Realty Company
2016-03-21
$500
Rent
Donora Realty Company
2016-01-25
$500
Rent
Donora Realty Company
2016-02-23
$500
Rent
David Johnson
2016-03-04
$500
Casual labor
David Johnson
2016-03-11
$500
Casual labor
Dunk Donuts
2016-03-30
$495
Office supplies
Forest Printing
2016-03-16
$484
Printing
United Airlines
2016-03-14
$478
Travel - candidate
Palmer Reed
2016-03-30
$400
Casual labor
Aldertrack
2016-03-17
$345
Publication
Vincinato
2016-02-19
$330
Food
Commonwealth Edison
2016-03-18
$314
Utilities
Harriet Jackson
2016-03-15
$300
Casual labor
Harriet Jackson
2016-03-11
$300
Casual labor
Harriet Jackson
2016-03-08
$300
Casual labor

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