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How did Deborah OKeefe Conroy spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Deborah OKeefe Conroy's election campaign committee, Friends of Deborah Conroy, spent $948,229 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Conroy's committee spent the most on broadcast tv distribution in the quarter, with all those payments ($355,715) going to Adelstein & Associates LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Conroy's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Broadcast tv distribution
$355,715
37.5%
Distribution
$120,000
12.7%
Cable tv distribution
$83,570
8.8%
Mailing
$72,556
7.7%
Tv
$70,000
7.4%
Tv airtime and production
$60,600
6.4%
Phone banking
$42,551
4.5%
Maiiling
$22,118
2.3%
Postage
$20,763
2.2%
Payroll
$16,533
1.7%
Staff bonus
$13,000
1.4%
Production
$11,000
1.2%
Pollling
$11,000
1.2%
Polling
$11,000
1.2%
Radio
$10,000
1.1%
Shoot balance
$7,064
0.7%
Printing
$4,403
0.5%
Staff housing
$2,610
0.3%
Digital ad
$2,500
0.3%
Office supplies
$2,063
0.2%
Text messaging service
$1,300
0.1%
Electronic filing
$1,000
0.1%
Office rent
$1,000
0.1%
Bonus
$925
0.1%
Yard signs
$906
0.1%
Copier rental
$723
< 0.1%
Bank fee
$429
< 0.1%
Office utilities and deposit
$414
< 0.1%
Office maintenance
$350
< 0.1%
Utilities - office wifi
$315
< 0.1%
Utilities
$302
< 0.1%
Graphic design
$300
< 0.1%
Office utilities
$225
< 0.1%
Facebook ads
$200
< 0.1%
Food for voluinteers
$200
< 0.1%
Food for event
$199
< 0.1%
Books for donation
$182
< 0.1%
Utilities-office wifi
$105
< 0.1%
Beverages for volunteers
$100
< 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 LLC
2016-11-02
$170,000
Broadcast tv distribution
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-27
$100,000
Broadcast tv distribution
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-11-04
$70,000
Tv
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-21
$60,600
Tv airtime and production
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-26
$60,000
Broadcast tv distribution
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-12
$45,000
Distribution
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-19
$45,000
Distribution
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-26
$45,000
Cable tv distribution
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-26
$38,570
Cable tv distribution
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-05
$30,000
Distribution
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-26
$25,715
Broadcast tv distribution
Winning Connections
2016-11-09
$23,572
Phone banking
Breaker Press
2016-11-02
$22,118
Maiiling
Breaker Press
2016-11-04
$21,897
Mailing
Breaker Press
2016-11-02
$17,473
Mailing
Winning Connections
2016-11-16
$14,010
Phone banking
Breaker Press
2016-11-02
$11,569
Mailing
Tulchin Research
2016-10-06
$11,000
Pollling
Tulchin Research
2016-10-19
$11,000
Polling
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-11-02
$10,000
Radio
Big Steps Consulting
2016-11-03
$8,365
Postage
Breaker Press
2016-10-10
$7,592
Mailing
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-12
$7,500
Production
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-26
$7,064
Shoot balance
Breaker Press
2016-10-27
$5,690
Mailing

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