How did Samuel Cunningham spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Apr 7, 2017

Democratic Samuel Cunningham's election campaign committee, Cunningham Campaign Committee, spent $19,770 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Cunningham's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,500) going to Tina Sellers in Gurnee. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cunningham's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$4,500

22.8%

Hall rental for raising funds

$2,560

13%

Campaign work

$1,935

9.8%

Printing

$1,810

9.2%

Signs

$1,423

7.2%

Accounting fees

$1,378

Media - radio

$1,007

5.1%

Rent

$800

4.1%

Postage

$784

Food

$580

2.9%

Supplies

$531

2.7%

Advertising- social media

$518

2.6%

Gift cards

$500

2.5%

Production media expenses

$500

2.5%

Photography

$350

1.8%

Office supplies

$326

1.7%

Donations

$250

1.3%

Social media advertising

$15

< 0.1%

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

Milan Banquet Hall

2017-03-24

$2,560

Hall rental for raising funds

Awesome Campaigns

2017-01-27

$1,423

Signs

Little Fort Media

2017-03-22

$1,130

Printing

Tina Sellers

2017-02-16

$1,000

Consulting

Tina Sellers

2017-03-08

$1,000

Consulting

Tina Sellers

2017-01-03

$1,000

Consulting

Tina Sellers

2017-01-16

$1,000

Consulting

Alpha Media

2017-03-23

$782

Media - radio

January Accounting Service

2017-01-02

$612

Accounting fees

Hillery's

2017-03-25

$580

Food

January Accounting Service

2017-03-22

$525

Accounting fees

McDonalds

2017-03-20

$500

Gift cards

Planet Tax Live

2017-03-23

$500

Production media expenses

Tina Sellers

2017-02-27

$500

Consulting

Sellers Insurance and Financial

2017-01-03

$500

Rent

US Postal Service

2017-03-04

$441

Postage

Insty Print

2017-03-22

$368

Printing

US Postal Service

2017-03-14

$343

Postage

Office Depot

2017-03-03

$326

Office supplies

The Home Depot

2017-03-08

$321

Supplies

Tenth Dems Organization

2017-03-27

$300

Rent

Graphics to go

2017-01-10

$258

Printing

Facebook

2017-02-12

$250

Advertising- social media

Harlene Shipley

2017-03-24

$250

Donations

January Accounting Service

2017-02-09

$240

Accounting fees

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