How did Rick Guzman spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Apr 7, 2017

Non partisan Rick Guzman's election campaign committee, Guzman for Aurora, spent $136,312 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Guzman's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($68,306) going to Wildfire Contact LLC in Des Moines. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Guzman's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Mailing

$68,306

50.1%

Campaign staff

$29,273

21.5%

Fund raising

$5,500

Principal payment, guzman

$5,000

3.7%

Signs

$4,290

3.2%

Advertising - digital

$2,000

1.5%

Consulting

$2,000

1.5%

Radio advertising

$1,964

1.4%

Hall rental for raising funds

$1,788

1.3%

Newspaper advertising

$1,708

1.3%

Legal fees

$1,500

1.1%

Campaign work

$1,500

1.1%

Office supplies

$1,448

1.1%

Palm cards

$1,439

1.1%

Printing

$1,389

Computer services

$1,275

0.9%

Fund raising (food)

$1,025

0.8%

Advertising

$920

0.7%

Yard signs

$848

0.6%

Staff salaries

$750

0.6%

Bank charges

$559

0.4%

Food

$540

0.4%

Robo calls

$308

0.2%

Postage

$204

0.2%

Supplies

$191

0.1%

Office equipment

$180

0.1%

Meals

$160

0.1%

Digital advertising

$120

< 0.1%

Promotional items

$119

< 0.1%

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

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-03-18

$8,965

Mailing

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-03-22

$8,815

Mailing

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-03-28

$8,607

Mailing

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-01-30

$8,503

Mailing

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-03-30

$7,240

Mailing

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-02-10

$7,218

Mailing

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-01-17

$6,673

Mailing

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-02-15

$6,175

Mailing

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-03-02

$6,107

Mailing

Christina Granfield

2017-01-03

$5,833

Campaign staff

Rick Guzman

2017-01-15

$5,000

Principal payment, guzman

KelmScott

2017-01-08

$4,290

Signs

Kelly Marie Murphy

2017-03-01

$3,500

Fund raising

Christina Granfield

2017-03-01

$2,500

Campaign staff

Christina Granfield

2017-03-18

$2,500

Campaign staff

Christina Granfield

2017-03-19

$2,500

Campaign staff

Christina Granfield

2017-01-15

$2,500

Campaign staff

Christina Granfield

2017-02-01

$2,500

Campaign staff

Christina Granfield

2017-02-15

$2,500

Campaign staff

Kelly Marie Murphy

2017-02-01

$2,000

Fund raising

Aurora Civic Center Authority

2017-02-19

$1,788

Hall rental for raising funds

KNI Communications

2017-03-31

$1,500

Advertising - digital

Law Office of Kory Atkinson

2017-01-08

$1,500

Legal fees

Tyler Phillips

2017-01-08

$1,500

Campaign work

Tribune Publishing Co

2017-03-31

$1,346

Newspaper advertising

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