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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

How did Sidney Mathias spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Republican Sidney Mathias's election campaign committee, Citizens for Sidney Mathias, spent $18,335 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Mathias's committee spent the most on mail production, printing and postage in the quarter, with all those payments ($11,515) going to CL Graphics in Elmhurst. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mathias's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mail production, printing and postage
$11,515
62.8%
Consulting fees
$2,000
10.9%
Printing walk cards
$1,215
6.6%
Advertising
$1,011
5.5%
Fund raiser - food
$834
4.6%
Telephone calls
$775
4.2%
Walk card design
$375
2.1%
Advertisement in magazine
$200
1.1%
Fundraising fees
$161
0.9%
Postage
$112
0.6%
Membership dues
$100
0.6%
Supplies
$35
0.2%

Table 2 below shows the top 23 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
CL Graphics
2018-11-13
$5,400
Mail production, printing and postage
CL Graphics
2018-10-24
$3,377
Mail production, printing and postage
CL Graphics
2018-11-08
$2,737
Mail production, printing and postage
CL Graphics
2018-10-24
$1,215
Printing walk cards
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2018-10-23
$1,000
Consulting fees
Lou Malnatis Pizzeria
2018-12-03
$834
Fund raiser - food
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2018-10-23
$500
Consulting fees
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2018-11-08
$500
Consulting fees
Facebook
2018-11-15
$434
Advertising
6Sides Marketing
2018-10-23
$375
Walk card design
Google
2018-11-15
$348
Advertising
Victory Geek
2018-11-08
$249
Telephone calls
Lake County Republican Federation
2018-12-10
$200
Advertisement in magazine
Victory Geek
2018-11-15
$199
Telephone calls
Victory Geek
2018-10-24
$168
Telephone calls
Anedot, Inc.
2018-10-30
$161
Fundraising fees
Victory Geek
2018-10-23
$157
Telephone calls
Facebook
2018-11-08
$118
Advertising
CL Graphics
2018-12-10
$112
Postage
Google
2018-11-08
$110
Advertising
Lake County Republican Federation
2018-12-06
$100
Membership dues
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2018-11-08
$23
Supplies
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2018-10-23
$11
Supplies

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