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Friday, December 27, 2024

How did Christian Mitchell spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Christian Mitchell's election campaign committee, Friends of Christian Mitchell, spent $12,711 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Mitchell's committee spent the most on consulting - financial in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,000) going to Charis Tripplet in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mitchell's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting - financial
$3,000
23.6%
Party - staff
$2,075
16.3%
Consulting - marketing
$1,300
10.2%
Legal fees
$1,117
8.8%
Consulting
$1,000
7.9%
Consulting- marketing
$875
6.9%
Consulting - website
$850
6.7%
Website expenses
$750
5.9%
Website design
$550
4.3%
Communication - email
$503
4%
Donation - holiday food drive
$500
3.9%
Meals
$190
1.5%

Table 2 below shows the top 19 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Palmer House Hilton
2016-11-09
$2,075
Party - staff
Diamond Marketing
2016-11-11
$1,300
Consulting - marketing
Jeanine Robinson
2016-11-15
$1,000
Consulting
Charis Tripplet
2016-10-28
$1,000
Consulting - financial
Charis Tripplet
2016-11-30
$1,000
Consulting - financial
Charis Tripplet
2016-12-30
$1,000
Consulting - financial
Ventures Unlimited, Inc.
2016-10-14
$875
Consulting- marketing
PB Hobson Law LLC
2016-12-22
$867
Legal fees
Joan Pinnell
2016-10-31
$850
Consulting - website
NGP VAN, Inc.
2016-12-29
$750
Website expenses
Ventures Unlimited, Inc.
2016-10-17
$550
Website design
Walmart Neighborhood Market
2016-12-21
$500
Donation - holiday food drive
Adducci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell, & Blankenship, P.C.
2016-12-30
$250
Legal fees
The J. Parker
2016-10-03
$190
Meals
Constant Contact
2016-10-07
$102
Communication - email
Constant Contact
2016-11-14
$100
Communication - email
Constant Contact
2016-11-11
$100
Communication - email
Constant Contact
2016-10-11
$100
Communication - email
Constant Contact
2016-10-17
$100
Communication - email

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