How did Scott Drury spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2018

Democratic Scott Drury's election campaign committee, Friends of Scott Drury, spent $70,616 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Drury's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 43.3% of this total ($7,500) going to Deep BlueStrategies in Wilmette. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Drury's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$17,306

24.5%

Contractual expenses

$15,556

22%

E-mail marketing

$7,581

10.7%

Return of contribution

$5,600

7.9%

Contract work

$4,678

6.6%

Contractual/healthcare

$4,150

5.9%

Staff salaries/healthcare

$4,029

5.7%

Petition expenses

$3,240

4.6%

Campaign printing

$1,857

2.6%

Service fee

$1,597

2.3%

Office supplies

$1,235

1.8%

Advertising

$1,126

1.6%

Rent

$1,116

1.6%

Video production

$700

Taxes - federal

$332

0.5%

Videography

$200

0.3%

Bonus

$200

0.3%

Copying

$108

0.2%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

NGP VAN, Inc.

2017-10-13

$6,750

E-mail marketing

Diane Miller

2017-12-28

$5,600

Return of contribution

Deep BlueStrategies

2017-11-03

$5,000

Consulting

DP Strategies LLC

2017-12-01

$4,000

Consulting

Digital Turf

2017-10-01

$3,306

Consulting

Andrew Larabee

2017-11-01

$2,700

Contractual/healthcare

Andrew Larabee

2017-12-01

$2,700

Staff salaries/healthcare

Deep BlueStrategies

2017-12-15

$2,500

Consulting

DP Strategies LLC

2017-10-01

$2,500

Consulting

Andrew Larabee

2017-11-15

$2,500

Contractual expenses

Deep BlueStrategies

2017-11-20

$2,000

Petition expenses

Chi-Town Printing, Inc.

2017-12-14

$1,857

Campaign printing

Sherwood Cotton

2017-10-01

$1,613

Contractual expenses

Fabio Fernandez

2017-12-01

$1,450

Contractual/healthcare

Fabio Fernandez

2017-10-11

$1,371

Contractual expenses

Jesse Brooks

2017-11-01

$1,329

Staff salaries/healthcare

Fabio Fernandez

2017-11-15

$1,250

Contractual expenses

Fabio Fernandez

2017-12-15

$1,250

Contractual expenses

Andrew Frazier

2017-12-15

$1,250

Contract work

Andrew Larabee

2017-10-15

$1,250

Contractual expenses

Deep BlueStrategies

2017-12-15

$1,240

Petition expenses

Andrew Larabee

2017-10-01

$1,209

Contractual expenses

Andrew Frazier

2017-12-01

$1,100

Contract work

Sarah Feiger

2017-11-01

$1,000

Contractual expenses

Sarah Feiger

2017-12-01

$1,000

Contractual expenses

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