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Thursday, September 11, 2025

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 $24,504 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 consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($11,100) going to Emily Miller 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
Consulting
$11,100
45.3%
Rent
$6,000
24.5%
Lodging
$2,634
10.8%
Fundraisers
$1,349
5.5%
Printing
$946
3.9%
Signage
$778
3.2%
Staff salaries
$500
2%
Supplies
$325
1.3%
Ad books
$300
1.2%
Donations
$250
1%
Website expenses
$222
0.9%
Event materials
$56
0.2%
Mileage expenses
$40
0.2%

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
Emily Miller
2017-07-01
$3,600
Consulting
Emily Miller
2017-07-31
$2,700
Consulting
Emily Miller
2017-08-28
$2,400
Consulting
Emily Miller
2017-09-30
$2,400
Consulting
NCRE Inc.
2017-07-01
$2,000
Rent
NCRE Inc.
2017-08-01
$2,000
Rent
NCRE Inc.
2017-09-01
$2,000
Rent
Hilton
2017-07-06
$1,716
Lodging
Bakes
2017-08-22
$1,349
Fundraisers
Chi-Town Printing
2017-07-27
$946
Printing
Wyndham Hotel
2017-08-29
$682
Lodging
Impressions Count
2017-07-07
$480
Signage
Michael Dobrow
2017-08-28
$300
Staff salaries
Northeastern Illinois Federation of Labor ALF-CIO
2017-09-25
$300
Ad books
Sign-a-rama
2017-07-05
$298
Signage
St. Gilberts
2017-08-02
$250
Donations
Hilton
2017-07-28
$235
Lodging
Non Stop Web Design
2017-08-04
$222
Website expenses
Martina Cortes
2017-08-28
$200
Staff salaries
Office Plus
2017-09-05
$112
Supplies
Office Plus
2017-08-08
$100
Supplies
Office Plus
2017-08-02
$61
Supplies
Michael Dobrow
2017-08-30
$56
Event materials
Michael Dobrow
2017-08-15
$40
Mileage expenses
Martina Cortes
2017-09-12
$35
Supplies

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