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Monday, November 25, 2024

How did Sam Yingling spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Sam Yingling's election campaign committee, Friends of Sam Yingling, spent $738,261 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Yingling's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with all those payments ($637,605) going to Adelstein Liston in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Yingling's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$637,605
86.4%
Polling
$26,500
3.6%
Rent
$17,050
2.3%
Consulting
$10,500
1.4%
Postage
$9,957
1.4%
Production media expenses
$7,500
1%
Printing
$7,380
1%
Staff salaries
$7,053
1%
Signs
$6,915
0.9%
Utilities
$2,107
0.3%
Office supplies
$1,392
0.2%
Contractual expenses
$1,261
0.2%
Supplies
$974
0.1%
Fundraisers
$422
< 0.1%
Equipment
$414
< 0.1%
Advertising
$335
< 0.1%
Donations
$250
< 0.1%
Volunteer meals
$170
< 0.1%
Bank charges
$170
< 0.1%
Phones
$134
< 0.1%
Mileage expenses
$111
< 0.1%
Checks
$44
< 0.1%
Meals
$12
< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Adelstein Liston
2016-08-16
$133,305
Television media
Adelstein Liston
2016-09-21
$105,000
Television media
Adelstein Liston
2016-09-28
$90,000
Television media
Adelstein Liston
2016-09-13
$88,100
Television media
Adelstein Liston
2016-09-06
$80,000
Television media
Adelstein Liston
2016-08-23
$70,600
Television media
Adelstein Liston
2016-08-29
$70,600
Television media
Tulchin Research
2016-09-14
$15,500
Polling
Tulchin Research
2016-09-21
$11,000
Polling
Adelstein Liston
2016-09-08
$7,500
Production media expenses
Robin Schoonhoven
2016-07-17
$6,150
Rent
Usps
2016-08-30
$5,640
Postage
Awesome Campaigns
2016-07-26
$4,375
Signs
State Strategies
2016-07-30
$3,500
Consulting
State Strategies
2016-08-30
$3,500
Consulting
State Strategies
2016-09-30
$3,500
Consulting
Breaker Press
2016-08-16
$3,456
Printing
Awesome Campaigns
2016-09-21
$2,540
Signs
Usps
2016-09-30
$2,350
Postage
NCRE Inc.
2016-07-01
$2,000
Rent
NCRE Inc.
2016-08-08
$2,000
Rent
NCRE Inc.
2016-08-28
$2,000
Rent
NCRE Inc.
2016-09-28
$2,000
Rent
Usps
2016-08-17
$1,880
Postage
Robin Schoonhoven
2016-07-17
$1,500
Rent

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