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Thursday, December 26, 2024

How did Andrew Seo spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Andrew Seo's election campaign committee, Citizens for Seo, spent $94,880 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Seo's committee spent the most on advertising in the quarter, with 40.3% of this total ($29,483) going to Time & Space Media in Northbrook. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Seo's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Advertising
$73,192
77.1%
Field operations
$10,750
11.3%
Public relations
$5,000
5.3%
Catering
$2,990
3.2%
Email
$1,215
1.3%
Design
$930
1%
Merchant fees
$802
0.9%

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
Reach Fly
2016-02-22
$4,999
Advertising
Reach Fly
2016-03-01
$4,999
Advertising
Reach Fly
2016-03-07
$4,999
Advertising
Reach Fly
2016-03-09
$4,999
Advertising
Time & Space Media
2016-02-26
$4,999
Advertising
Time & Space Media
2016-02-29
$4,999
Advertising
Time & Space Media
2016-03-01
$4,999
Advertising
Time & Space Media
2016-03-02
$4,999
Advertising
Reach Fly
2016-03-11
$4,212
Advertising
Time & Space Media
2016-03-03
$4,195
Advertising
Facebook
2016-03-08
$4,000
Advertising
Time & Space Media
2016-03-08
$4,000
Advertising
Victory Research
2016-03-15
$4,000
Field operations
Maura Gaughan
2016-03-25
$3,150
Advertising
Facebook
2016-03-07
$3,000
Advertising
Google
2016-03-04
$3,000
Advertising
Google
2016-03-08
$3,000
Advertising
Monika Dixon PR
2016-03-07
$2,500
Public relations
Monika Dixon PR
2016-03-29
$2,500
Public relations
First Place Campaigns
2016-02-27
$2,250
Field operations
Coco Pazzo
2016-03-17
$1,763
Catering
First Place Campaigns
2016-03-01
$1,500
Field operations
Polish Daily News
2016-03-03
$1,400
Advertising
Facebook
2016-03-09
$1,000
Advertising
Rocket Science Group
2016-02-29
$949
Email

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