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Monday, December 23, 2024

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

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Democratic John Arena's election campaign committee, Citizens to Elect John Arena, spent $11,000 in the first 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 ($7,452) going to Progressive Solutions LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Arena's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$7,452
67.8%
Staff bonus
$1,250
11.4%
Database expenses
$960
8.7%
Event expenses
$480
4.4%
Web hosting
$388
3.5%
T-shirts
$278
2.5%
Credit card processing
$191
1.7%

Table 2 below shows the top 22 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Progressive Solutions LLC
2016-03-04
$3,000
Consulting
Progressive Solutions LLC
2016-03-21
$2,935
Consulting
Progressive Solutions LLC
2016-01-25
$1,517
Consulting
Adam Corona
2016-01-01
$500
Staff bonus
Andi VanderKolk
2016-02-18
$500
Staff bonus
GoDaddy
2016-02-16
$364
Web hosting
Ngp
2016-01-04
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2016-02-01
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2016-03-01
$320
Database expenses
Emerald Loop Bar & Grill
2016-03-02
$300
Event expenses
Replica Chicago
2016-03-10
$250
T-shirts
Julie Kerouac
2016-01-11
$250
Staff bonus
Jerry Calvacca
2016-02-28
$180
Event expenses
ActBlue
2016-02-28
$88
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2016-02-21
$49
Credit card processing
Replica Chicago
2016-01-06
$27
T-shirts
GoDaddy
2016-03-11
$23
Web hosting
ActBlue
2016-03-06
$21
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2016-01-31
$19
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2016-01-04
$3
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2016-02-14
$3
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2016-03-18
$3
Credit card processing

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