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

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Democratic Sam Yingling's election campaign committee, Friends of Sam Yingling, spent $1,036,455 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Yingling's committee spent the most on media purchase in the quarter, with all those payments ($848,649) going to Adelstein & Associates in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Yingling's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Media purchase
$848,649
81.9%
Contractual expenses
$56,261
5.4%
Polling
$32,000
3.1%
Postage
$16,000
1.5%
Consulting
$13,100
1.3%
Phone bank expenses
$11,800
1.1%
Production
$11,150
1.1%
Printing
$10,645
1%
Media
$8,950
0.9%
Rent
$8,000
0.8%
Media consulting
$6,000
0.6%
Digital media production and purchase
$3,750
0.4%
Office supplies
$2,645
0.3%
Website expenses
$2,273
0.2%
Signs
$2,250
0.2%
Production media expenses
$2,200
0.2%
Lodging
$780
< 0.1%

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
Adelstein & Associates
2018-10-23
$491,151
Media purchase
Adelstein & Associates
2018-10-16
$357,498
Media purchase
Tulchin Research
2018-11-08
$16,000
Polling
Tulchin Research
2018-10-24
$16,000
Polling
Winning Connections
2018-11-05
$11,800
Phone bank expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2018-10-24
$11,150
Production
BOCA Media Group
2018-11-30
$8,950
Media
Usps
2018-11-01
$6,000
Postage
Laura Duszynski
2018-11-08
$5,000
Contractual expenses
Usps
2018-10-15
$5,000
Postage
Usps
2018-10-23
$5,000
Postage
Breaker Press
2018-10-25
$4,995
Printing
Emily Miller
2018-11-01
$3,900
Consulting
BOCA Media Group
2018-11-30
$3,750
Digital media production and purchase
Emily Miller
2018-12-01
$3,600
Consulting
Emily Miller
2018-10-01
$3,600
Consulting
State Strategies
2018-11-30
$3,000
Media consulting
State Strategies
2018-11-30
$3,000
Media consulting
Breaker Press
2018-11-01
$2,890
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-10-22
$2,760
Printing
Wendy Meister
2018-10-01
$2,660
Contractual expenses
Sam Morales
2018-11-01
$2,400
Contractual expenses
Union Signs and Printing
2018-10-24
$2,250
Signs
Jetimpex
2018-11-30
$2,023
Website expenses
Wendy Meister
2018-11-08
$2,000
Contractual expenses

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