How did Leslie A Hairston spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2017

Democratic Leslie A Hairston's election campaign committee, Friends of Leslie A Hairston, spent $25,859 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Hairston's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 49.4% of this total ($3,500) going to Progressive Solutions Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Hairston's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$7,083

27.4%

Election day food

$2,557

9.9%

Staff salaries

$2,029

7.9%

Telephones

$2,021

7.8%

Travel expenses

$1,575

6.1%

Community relations

$1,551

Catering

$1,061

4.1%

Food

$978

3.8%

Office supplies

$974

3.8%

Printing

$876

3.4%

Airfare

$832

3.2%

Car lease payment

$738

2.9%

Graphic design

$600

2.3%

Donations

$479

1.9%

Utilities

$401

1.6%

Interest payment

$287

1.1%

Parking

$270

$240

0.9%

Air fare

$230

0.9%

Car maintenance

$226

0.9%

Software

$203

0.8%

Email services

$200

0.8%

Newspaper

$168

0.7%

Gasoline

$155

0.6%

Office equipment

$117

0.5%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Progressive Solutions Consulting

2016-11-07

$3,500

Consulting

Subway

2016-11-09

$2,557

Election day food

Publicity Works

2016-11-29

$2,083

Consulting

Courtyard by Marriott

2016-10-18

$1,575

Travel expenses

Steve Jensen

2016-11-03

$1,500

Consulting

Premier Catering

2016-10-18

$1,061

Catering

Vimatice Jackson

2016-11-21

$1,022

Staff salaries

Vimatice Jackson

2016-12-12

$1,006

Staff salaries

Graphic Image Corp

2016-12-19

$876

Printing

Travelocity

2016-10-18

$832

Airfare

National Office Works

2016-10-18

$791

Office supplies

AT&T Broadband

2016-12-23

$785

Telephones

Dunkin Donuts

2016-11-14

$678

Food

PM Graphic

2016-11-18

$600

Graphic design

AT&T Broadband

2016-12-05

$460

Telephones

Acura Financial Services

2016-11-09

$432

Car lease payment

True Star Foundation

2016-10-13

$309

Donations

Acura Financial Services

2016-12-08

$305

Car lease payment

Gary Comer College Prep

2016-10-17

$300

Community relations

Hot Off the Racks Catering

2016-10-24

$300

Food

Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce

2016-12-12

$275

Community relations

Central Parking Systems

2016-12-07

$270

Parking

American Express

2016-10-18

$250

Interest payment

South Shore Drill Team

2016-10-12

$250

Community relations

Southwest Airlines

2016-10-18

$230

Air fare

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