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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

How did Kwame Raoul spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Kwame Raoul's election campaign committee, Raoul for Illinois, spent $32,996 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Raoul's committee spent the most on consultant services in the quarter, with all those payments ($16,350) going to P2 Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Raoul's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consultant services
$16,350
49.6%
Website expenses
$5,527
16.8%
Lodging expense
$2,650
8%
Criminal justice reform dinner
$1,961
5.9%
Telephone services
$1,364
4.1%
Database, e-mail and web services
$900
2.7%
Plane tickets purchase
$785
2.4%
Software
$749
2.3%
Internet/cable
$634
1.9%
Media/advertising
$500
1.5%
Printing and reproduction
$365
1.1%
Meals & hospitality
$335
1%
Postage & delivery
$280
0.9%
Parking expense
$223
0.7%
Office supplies
$203
0.6%
Supplies
$166
0.5%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
P2 Consulting
2016-05-18
$16,350
Consultant services
Adelstein/Liston
2016-06-20
$3,335
Website expenses
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2016-06-13
$2,192
Website expenses
Nickell Properties
2016-05-31
$2,000
Lodging expense
Indigo Restaurant Springfield
2016-05-11
$1,819
Criminal justice reform dinner
Ngp Software Inc.
2016-04-04
$900
Database, e-mail and web services
Southwest Airlines
2016-05-12
$785
Plane tickets purchase
Market Circle, Inc.
2016-04-26
$749
Software
Nickell Properties
2016-05-31
$650
Lodging expense
Global Solutions Group
2016-06-17
$500
Media/advertising
Chi-Town Printing
2016-04-18
$365
Printing and reproduction
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2016-04-21
$280
Postage & delivery
At&t
2016-05-27
$212
Telephone services
At&t
2016-06-28
$212
Telephone services
Ramada Inn
2016-04-27
$205
Meals & hospitality
Treasure Island
2016-06-29
$203
Office supplies
At&t
2016-04-27
$197
Telephone services
Comcast
2016-04-29
$194
Internet/cable
At&t
2016-06-21
$179
Telephone services
At&t
2016-04-21
$179
Telephone services
At&t
2016-05-23
$179
Telephone services
Comcast
2016-05-31
$179
Internet/cable
Indigo Restaurant Springfield
2016-05-31
$141
Criminal justice reform dinner
At&t
2016-06-21
$135
Telephone services
Ramada Inn
2016-04-27
$130
Meals & hospitality

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