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How did Merry Marwig spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Merry Marwig's election campaign committee, Citizens for Merry Marwig, spent $1,353,891 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Marwig's committee spent the most on airtime in the quarter, with all those payments ($1,248,500) going to Adelstein & Associates LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Marwig's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Airtime
$1,248,500
92.2%
Printing
$32,192
2.4%
Telephone expenses
$20,164
1.5%
Polling
$13,000
1%
Advertising
$7,500
0.6%
Campaign staff
$5,500
0.4%
Postage
$5,358
0.4%
Digital billboard
$4,000
0.3%
Robo calls
$2,994
0.2%
Election party
$1,933
0.1%
Rent
$1,859
0.1%
Signs
$1,800
0.1%
Food
$1,783
0.1%
Payroll
$1,600
0.1%
Campaign consulting
$1,506
0.1%
Office supplies
$1,387
0.1%
Utilities
$605
< 0.1%
Bank charges
$585
< 0.1%
Copier rental
$415
< 0.1%
Campaign work
$250
< 0.1%
Shirts
$240
< 0.1%
Garbage removal
$179
< 0.1%
Photography
$175
< 0.1%
Insurance
$175
< 0.1%
Internet expenses
$100
< 0.1%
Post office box
$86
< 0.1%

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
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-19
$350,000
Airtime
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-11-01
$350,000
Airtime
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-25
$150,000
Airtime
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-12
$150,000
Airtime
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-03
$128,500
Airtime
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-11-03
$90,000
Airtime
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-11-04
$30,000
Airtime
Winning Connections
2016-11-14
$16,227
Telephone expenses
Tulchin Research
2016-10-26
$11,000
Polling
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-10-28
$10,093
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-11-08
$8,287
Printing
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-10-25
$7,500
Advertising
Julia Larkin
2016-12-28
$5,500
Campaign staff
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-11-08
$4,514
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-11-08
$4,457
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-12-02
$4,430
Printing
Younker Media, Inc.
2016-11-09
$4,000
Digital billboard
Winning Connections
2016-11-07
$3,300
Telephone expenses
Tulchin Research
2016-10-12
$2,000
Polling
Curragh Irish Pub
2016-11-08
$1,933
Election party
Union Signs and Printing
2016-10-17
$1,800
Signs
Ryan Arndt
2016-12-17
$1,600
Payroll
SMN, Inc.
2016-11-30
$1,506
Campaign consulting
Marty Cook
2016-11-04
$925
Rent
Subway
2016-11-08
$795
Food

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