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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

How did Melinda Bush spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Melinda Bush's election campaign committee, Friends of Melinda Bush, spent $28,005 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Bush's committee spent the most on office rent in the quarter, with 89.4% of this total ($11,000) going to Ravina LLC in Mchenry. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bush's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Office rent
$12,308
44%
Staff salary
$7,500
26.8%
Rent
$3,978
14.2%
Utilities
$1,493
5.3%
Sink installation
$850
3%
Database services
$630
2.3%
Mileage expenses
$567
2%
Rental fee
$400
1.4%
Internet/web expenses
$279
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
Ravina LLC
2016-01-08
$11,000
Office rent
Nickolas Meyer
2016-01-13
$5,000
Staff salary
Lisa Koerner
2016-01-08
$2,500
Staff salary
Nage One, LLC
2016-01-08
$1,326
Rent
Nage One, LLC
2016-02-09
$1,326
Rent
Nage One, LLC
2016-03-21
$1,326
Rent
Zion Benton Township High School
2016-01-12
$1,308
Office rent
Greiner Construction
2016-02-17
$850
Sink installation
NGP Van Inc.
2016-01-14
$630
Database services
Waste Management
2016-01-06
$577
Utilities
Lisa Koerner
2016-03-07
$567
Mileage expenses
Zion Park District
2016-03-01
$400
Rental fee
At&t
2016-03-18
$234
Utilities
GoDaddy.com
2016-01-21
$131
Internet/web expenses
At&t
2016-01-28
$131
Utilities
Waste Management
2016-01-28
$113
Utilities
Waste Management
2016-02-04
$113
Utilities
Waste Management
2016-03-11
$112
Utilities
GoDaddy.com
2016-01-12
$83
Internet/web expenses
At&t
2016-01-11
$75
Utilities
GoDaddy.com
2016-03-25
$48
Internet/web expenses
At&t
2016-01-07
$45
Utilities
At&t
2016-02-09
$45
Utilities
At&t
2016-03-10
$45
Utilities
GoDaddy.com
2016-01-13
$15
Internet/web expenses

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