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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 $171,259 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 television media in the quarter, with all those payments ($34,954) going to BOCA Media Group 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
Television media
$34,954
20.4%
Phone bank expenses
$30,778
18%
Polling
$30,000
17.5%
Consulting
$22,800
13.3%
Staff salaries
$13,289
7.8%
Postage
$7,000
4.1%
Printing
$6,047
3.5%
Rent
$6,000
3.5%
Signs
$4,500
2.6%
Production
$2,952
1.7%
Production media expenses
$2,115
1.2%
Donations
$2,050
1.2%
Office supplies
$1,661
1%
Transportation
$1,400
0.8%
Events
$1,392
0.8%
Meals
$1,055
0.6%
Lodging
$1,000
0.6%
Phones
$737
0.4%
Supplies
$708
0.4%
Utilities
$426
0.3%
Dues
$200
0.1%
Subscriptions
$191
0.1%

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
BOCA Media Group
2018-07-21
$32,954
Television media
Tulchin Research
2018-08-07
$30,000
Polling
The Sexton Group
2018-07-15
$15,778
Phone bank expenses
Winning Connections
2018-09-17
$15,000
Phone bank expenses
State Strategies
2018-09-02
$6,000
Consulting
Union Signs and Printing
2018-07-21
$4,500
Signs
State Strategies
2018-08-01
$4,000
Consulting
Emily Miller
2018-07-15
$3,600
Consulting
Emily Miller
2018-09-17
$3,600
Consulting
Emily Miller
2018-08-31
$3,600
Consulting
Usps
2018-09-21
$2,500
Postage
Usps
2018-08-15
$2,500
Postage
BOCA Media Group
2018-08-05
$2,115
Production media expenses
Breaker Press
2018-09-07
$2,025
Printing
BOCA Media Group
2018-08-05
$2,000
Television media
NCRE Inc.
2018-07-01
$2,000
Rent
NCRE Inc.
2018-08-07
$2,000
Rent
NCRE Inc.
2018-09-02
$2,000
Rent
State Strategies
2018-07-06
$2,000
Consulting
Usps
2018-07-13
$2,000
Postage
BOCA Media Group
2018-08-05
$1,952
Production
Breaker Press
2018-07-21
$1,575
Printing
Tracey Repa
2018-09-17
$1,406
Staff salaries
Tracey Repa
2018-07-31
$1,402
Staff salaries
Olson Midwest
2018-07-15
$1,400
Transportation

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