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Thursday, April 3, 2025

How did Sam Yingling spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Sam Yingling's election campaign committee, Friends of Sam Yingling, spent $26,563 in the second 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 85.7% of this total ($10,800) going to Emily Miller in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Yingling's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$12,600
47.4%
Rent
$6,000
22.6%
Lodging
$2,700
10.2%
Donations
$1,500
5.7%
Photography
$1,200
4.5%
Phones
$865
3.3%
Utilities
$428
1.6%
Office supplies
$423
1.6%
Meals
$297
1.1%
Staff lodging
$193
0.7%
Supplies
$186
0.7%
Website expenses
$169
0.6%

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
Emily Miller
2018-04-30
$3,600
Consulting
Emily Miller
2018-05-31
$3,600
Consulting
Emily Miller
2018-06-30
$3,600
Consulting
NCRE Inc.
2018-04-09
$2,000
Rent
NCRE Inc.
2018-05-12
$2,000
Rent
NCRE Inc.
2018-06-04
$2,000
Rent
State Strategies
2018-06-07
$1,800
Consulting
Mano a Mano
2018-05-16
$1,500
Donations
Piper Ferguson
2018-06-29
$1,200
Photography
The Villas
2018-04-01
$900
Lodging
The Villas
2018-04-03
$900
Lodging
The Villas
2018-05-02
$900
Lodging
Sprint
2018-05-15
$396
Phones
Panera Bread
2018-06-26
$297
Meals
Sprint
2018-06-15
$284
Phones
Hotwire
2018-06-29
$193
Staff lodging
Sprint
2018-04-15
$184
Phones
Non Stop Web Design
2018-04-17
$169
Website expenses
Meijer
2018-06-07
$168
Supplies
Office Plus
2018-06-06
$149
Office supplies
Comcast
2018-04-02
$142
Utilities
Comcast
2018-05-01
$142
Utilities
Comcast
2018-06-06
$142
Utilities
Office Plus
2018-04-09
$125
Office supplies
Office Plus
2018-05-08
$109
Office supplies

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