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Thursday, March 28, 2024

How did Dorothy A Brown spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Non partisan Dorothy A Brown's election campaign committee, Friends of Dorothy Brown, spent $118,274 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Brown's committee spent the most on campaign staff in the quarter, with 29.7% of this total ($15,000) going to Paul Ogwal in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Brown's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign staff
$50,505
42.7%
Printing
$14,610
12.4%
Fund raising (food)
$11,313
9.6%
Newspaper advertising
$8,379
7.1%
Hall rental for raising funds
$3,550
3%
Photography
$3,450
2.9%
Equipment rental
$2,846
2.4%
Consulting
$2,250
1.9%
Emails
$2,106
1.8%
Fund raising entertainment
$1,800
1.5%
Hall rental
$1,680
1.4%
Phone bank expenses
$1,624
1.4%
Media - radio
$1,375
1.2%
Campaign work
$1,325
1.1%
Office rent
$1,319
1.1%
Office supplies
$1,179
1%
Principal payment, cook iii
$1,100
0.9%
Videos
$1,100
0.9%
Donations
$1,050
0.9%
Magazine advertising
$840
0.7%
Telephones
$709
0.6%
Video
$650
0.6%
Awards
$460
0.4%
Tickets
$400
0.3%
Count stats
$350
0.3%
Catering
$350
0.3%
Membership
$335
0.3%
Telephone polling
$313
0.3%
Balloons
$303
0.3%
Legal fees
$300
0.3%
Rent
$300
0.3%
Media preparation
$200
0.2%
Media preparation
$200
0.2%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Rico Graphics
2016-03-03
$4,000
Printing
Rome Joy Catering
2016-02-07
$3,537
Fund raising (food)
Rico Graphics
2016-02-02
$3,076
Printing
Paul Ogwal
2016-01-15
$3,000
Campaign staff
Paul Ogwal
2016-02-01
$3,000
Campaign staff
Paul Ogwal
2016-02-29
$3,000
Campaign staff
Paul Ogwal
2016-03-15
$3,000
Campaign staff
Rico Graphics
2016-03-11
$3,000
Printing
Rico Graphics
2016-02-19
$3,000
Printing
Rome Joy Catering
2016-01-12
$2,520
Fund raising (food)
Chicago Defender
2016-03-10
$2,500
Newspaper advertising
Benton Cook III
2016-01-15
$2,500
Campaign staff
Benton Cook III
2016-03-15
$2,500
Campaign staff
Benton Cook III
2016-02-29
$2,500
Campaign staff
Benton Cook III
2016-02-01
$2,500
Campaign staff
Benton Cook III
2016-02-15
$2,500
Campaign staff
Paul Ogwal
2016-02-15
$2,500
Campaign staff
Artriss Williams
2016-01-15
$2,000
Campaign staff
Clark Cartering
2016-03-14
$1,920
Fund raising (food)
Local 399
2016-03-21
$1,500
Hall rental for raising funds
Yvette Warren
2016-01-14
$1,500
Campaign staff
Yvette Warren
2016-02-01
$1,500
Campaign staff
Yvette Warren
2016-02-15
$1,500
Campaign staff
Yvette Warren
2016-02-29
$1,500
Campaign staff
Yvette Warren
2016-03-15
$1,500
Campaign staff

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