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

By Local Labs News Service

Jul 7, 2017

Non partisan Rick Guzman's election campaign committee, Guzman for Aurora, spent $77,147 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Guzman's committee spent the most on principal payment, guzman in the quarter, with all those payments ($25,000) going to Rick Guzman in Aurora. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Guzman's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Principal payment, guzman

$25,000

32.4%

Mailing

$12,569

16.3%

Campaign staff

$9,800

12.7%

Campaign work

$5,400

Printing

$5,212

6.8%

Yard signs

$4,040

5.2%

Literature

$3,555

4.6%

Fund raising

$3,500

4.5%

Consulting

$2,274

Digital ads

$1,426

1.9%

Bank charges

$881

1.1%

Fund raising (food)

$700

0.9%

Gift cards

$600

0.8%

Supplies

$470

0.6%

Food

$443

0.6%

Robo calls

$346

0.5%

Donations

$300

0.4%

Notices

$220

0.3%

Computer services

$215

0.3%

Office supplies

$113

0.2%

Lapel stickeres

$76

0.1%

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

Rick Guzman

2017-04-06

$25,000

Principal payment, guzman

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-04-04

$12,569

Mailing

Bureau Gravity

2017-06-05

$5,400

Campaign work

KelmScott

2017-04-16

$4,040

Yard signs

Wildfire Contact LLC

2017-04-07

$3,555

Literature

Kelly Marie Murphy

2017-04-01

$3,500

Fund raising

Kyle Gibson

2017-04-01

$3,000

Campaign staff

Christina Granfield

2017-04-01

$2,500

Campaign staff

Aurora Fastprint

2017-05-15

$1,523

Printing

Aurora Fastprint

2017-04-16

$1,323

Printing

Paloma Arroyo

2017-04-01

$1,300

Campaign staff

Tyler Phillips

2017-04-01

$1,300

Campaign staff

Sexton Group

2017-04-07

$1,274

Consulting

KelmScott

2017-04-07

$1,058

Printing

KNI Communications

2017-04-04

$1,000

Digital ads

Sexton Group

2017-04-08

$1,000

Consulting

KelmScott

2017-04-07

$854

Printing

Reuland Food Service INC

2017-04-02

$700

Fund raising (food)

Juan Garcia

2017-04-01

$650

Campaign staff

Qgiv

2017-04-04

$564

Bank charges

Christina Granfield

2017-04-16

$500

Campaign staff

Two Brothers Roundhouse

2017-04-06

$402

Food

Aurora Fastprint

2017-05-15

$342

Printing

Kiwanis of Aurora

2017-04-03

$300

Donations

Target

2017-04-12

$300

Gift cards

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