How did Dan Cronin spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2018

Republican Dan Cronin's election campaign committee, Citizens for Dan Cronin, spent $25,237 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Cronin's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 40.9% of this total ($3,362) going to Culloton Strategies in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cronin's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$8,212

32.5%

Event expenses

$7,615

30.2%

Contributions

$2,980

11.8%

Dining expense

$1,034

4.1%

Mailing service

$959

3.8%

Dining expenses

$900

3.6%

Phones

$630

2.5%

Printing expenses

$615

2.4%

Data entry

$500

Accounting services

$437

1.7%

Flowers

$315

1.3%

Entertainment

$250

Storage rental

$207

0.8%

Ad books

$200

0.8%

Plaque

$195

0.8%

Printing supplies

$184

0.7%

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

River Forest Country Club

2017-11-27

$7,615

Event expenses

Culloton Strategies

2017-10-31

$1,120

Consulting

Culloton Strategies

2017-11-27

$1,120

Consulting

Culloton Strategies

2017-12-21

$1,120

Consulting

ChildServ

2017-10-14

$1,000

Contributions

Dominican University

2017-12-19

$1,000

Contributions

Express Mailing Service

2017-10-14

$959

Mailing service

River Forest Country Club

2017-12-21

$900

Dining expenses

Tom Robbins

2017-12-01

$750

Consulting

Roberto's Ristorante

2017-10-14

$637

Dining expense

Sir Speedy

2017-10-04

$615

Printing expenses

Trinity Services Inc.

2017-11-04

$530

Contributions

Maribeth Candre

2017-12-12

$500

Data entry

Barbara Finn

2017-10-01

$500

Consulting

Barbara Finn

2017-10-23

$500

Consulting

Barbara Finn

2017-11-01

$500

Consulting

Barbara Finn

2017-12-01

$500

Consulting

Elizabeth Grisanzio

2017-10-23

$500

Consulting

Tom Robbins

2017-10-01

$500

Consulting

Tom Robbins

2017-11-01

$500

Consulting

Daniel W. Gilmartin CPA

2017-11-28

$437

Accounting services

Sprint

2017-10-14

$255

Phones

Illinois Campaign for Political Reform

2017-11-15

$250

Contributions

Tom Robbins

2017-11-06

$250

Consulting

Steve Zahradnik

2017-10-23

$250

Entertainment

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