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Thursday, April 17, 2025

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

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Democratic Melinda Bush's election campaign committee, Friends of Melinda Bush, spent $19,119 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Bush's committee spent the most on postage in the quarter, with all those payments ($5,523) going to United States Postal Service in Grayslake. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bush's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Postage
$5,523
28.9%
Rent
$4,017
21%
Salaries
$3,324
17.4%
Payroll taxes
$2,260
11.8%
Event sponsorship
$1,000
5.2%
Database services
$878
4.6%
Fundraising expenses
$747
3.9%
Rental fee
$306
1.6%
Donations
$200
1.1%
Auction donation- a safe place
$190
1%
Internet/web expenses
$185
1%
Office cleaning
$165
0.9%
Utilities
$160
0.8%
Meals
$159
0.8%

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
United States Postal Service
2017-06-19
$5,500
Postage
Nickolas Meyer
2017-04-13
$3,324
Salaries
Nage One, LLC
2017-06-06
$1,365
Rent
Nage One, LLC
2017-04-04
$1,326
Rent
Nage One, LLC
2017-05-08
$1,326
Rent
United States Treasury
2017-04-13
$1,135
Payroll taxes
YWCA Lake County
2017-05-17
$1,000
Event sponsorship
Maravela's Catering
2017-06-22
$672
Fundraising expenses
NGP Van Inc.
2017-05-03
$630
Database services
Social Security Administration
2017-04-13
$620
Payroll taxes
NGP Van Inc.
2017-04-24
$248
Database services
Mano a Mano
2017-04-03
$200
Donations
Boulder Lodge
2017-06-12
$190
Auction donation- a safe place
Illinois Department of Revenue
2017-04-13
$187
Payroll taxes
Illinois Department of Employment Security
2017-04-13
$172
Payroll taxes
GoDaddy.com
2017-05-24
$170
Internet/web expenses
At&t
2017-04-10
$160
Utilities
Saputo's
2017-05-01
$159
Meals
Metro Self Storage
2017-05-31
$153
Rental fee
Metro Self Storage
2017-05-01
$153
Rental fee
United States Treasury
2017-04-13
$145
Payroll taxes
Maravela's Catering
2017-06-23
$75
Fundraising expenses
D's Dust Bunnies
2017-04-10
$55
Office cleaning
D's Dust Bunnies
2017-05-08
$55
Office cleaning
D's Dust Bunnies
2017-06-12
$55
Office cleaning

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