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Friday, May 3, 2024

How did John Arena spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic John Arena's election campaign committee, Citizens to Elect John Arena, spent $7,180 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Arena's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,534) going to Progressive Solutions LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Arena's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$3,534
49.2%
Database expenses
$1,280
17.8%
Printing
$828
11.5%
Event expenses
$547
7.6%
Airline ticket
$513
7.1%
Website hosting
$294
4.1%
Food for meeting
$175
2.4%
Travel expenses
$8
0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 12 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Progressive Solutions LLC
2016-11-03
$3,000
Consulting
Oshana & Sons Printing
2016-11-14
$828
Printing
Ngp
2016-10-11
$640
Database expenses
Progressive Solutions LLC
2016-12-20
$534
Consulting
Alaska Airlines
2016-11-15
$513
Airline ticket
Ngp
2016-11-04
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2016-12-02
$320
Database expenses
Fannie's
2016-12-06
$316
Event expenses
GoDaddy
2016-12-27
$294
Website hosting
Old Irving Brewing
2016-11-04
$230
Event expenses
Nottoli & Sons
2016-12-02
$175
Food for meeting
Alaska Airlines
2016-11-23
$8
Travel expenses

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