How did Kathleen Willis spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jul 7, 2017

Democratic Kathleen Willis's election campaign committee, Friends to Elect Kathleen Willis, spent $9,290 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Willis's committee spent the most on rent in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,260) going to Springfield Rentals in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Willis's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Rent

$2,260

24.3%

Field work

$1,280

13.8%

Event sponsor

$1,050

11.3%

Deductible for vandalism repair

$1,000

10.8%

Registration

$625

6.7%

Fundraiser sponsor

$500

5.4%

Scholarship sponsor

$500

5.4%

Dia de nino sponsor

$500

5.4%

Subscriptions

$292

3.1%

Pancake day donation

$200

2.2%

Donations

$200

2.2%

Printing for fundraiser

$198

2.1%

Electronic filing

$190

2.1%

Paper, water and supplies

$185

Lunch account

$140

1.5%

Dinner conroy, fine, manley

$109

1.2%

Dinner

$59

0.6%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Heritage Cadillac

2017-05-23

$1,000

Deductible for vandalism repair

City of Northlake

2017-04-20

$750

Event sponsor

National Conference of State Legislators

2017-04-24

$625

Registration

Springfield Rentals

2017-06-30

$565

Rent

Springfield Rentals

2017-05-02

$565

Rent

Springfield Rentals

2017-06-12

$565

Rent

Springfield Rentals

2017-04-10

$565

Rent

Berwyn Firefighters Union Local 506

2017-04-10

$500

Fundraiser sponsor

Melrose Park Chamber

2017-05-01

$500

Scholarship sponsor

Presence Health

2017-05-01

$500

Dia de nino sponsor

Taste of Melrose Park

2017-06-30

$300

Event sponsor

Daisy Echevarria

2017-06-07

$290

Field work

Eric Orozco

2017-06-07

$290

Field work

Elizabeth Cordero

2017-05-08

$230

Field work

Addison Kiwanis

2017-04-26

$200

Pancake day donation

Elizabeth Cordero

2017-04-19

$200

Field work

Illinois Diabetes Caucus Foundation

2017-04-25

$200

Donations

Aurora Fast Print

2017-04-24

$198

Printing for fundraiser

Barbara S. Mason Campaign Services, Ltd.

2017-04-24

$190

Electronic filing

Sam's Club Northlake

2017-06-21

$185

Paper, water and supplies

Chicago Tribune

2017-04-24

$179

Subscriptions

Eric Orozco

2017-06-27

$150

Field work

Addison Kiwanis

2017-06-07

$140

Lunch account

Eric Orozco

2017-06-27

$120

Field work

Double Tree

2017-06-19

$109

Dinner conroy, fine, manley

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