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Saturday, April 19, 2025

How did Bob Morgan spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Bob Morgan's election campaign committee, Friends of Bob Morgan, spent $10,851 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Morgan's committee spent the most on campaign consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,668) going to New Chicago Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Morgan's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign consulting
$6,668
61.5%
Fundraiser catering event
$2,088
19.2%
Fundraising fee
$751
6.9%
Printing-walk cars
$489
4.5%
Internet communication
$302
2.8%
Event ticket
$300
2.8%
Web maintance
$250
2.3%

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
New Chicago Consulting
2018-01-16
$3,140
Campaign consulting
New Chicago Consulting
2018-02-26
$2,028
Campaign consulting
National Neptune Inc
2018-03-06
$1,827
Fundraiser catering event
New Chicago Consulting
2018-01-02
$1,500
Campaign consulting
Forest Printing Company
2018-02-12
$489
Printing-walk cars
Equality Illinois Gala
2018-01-17
$300
Event ticket
Il Forno Pizzia
2018-01-13
$261
Fundraiser catering event
Non-Stop Web Design
2018-03-18
$250
Web maintance
Act Blue
2018-03-26
$176
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-03-09
$108
Fundraising fee
Constant Contact
2018-01-29
$100
Internet communication
Constant Contact
2018-03-28
$100
Internet communication
Constant Contact
2018-02-26
$100
Internet communication
Act Blue
2018-01-24
$79
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-03-30
$70
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-02-20
$61
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-03-30
$55
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-03-23
$54
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-02-20
$45
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-02-05
$34
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-02-05
$18
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-02-19
$14
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-02-26
$13
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-03-29
$9
Fundraising fee
Act Blue
2018-03-09
$7
Fundraising fee

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