How did Roderick T Sawyer spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Apr 7, 2017

Democratic Roderick T Sawyer's election campaign committee, Friends of Roderick T Sawyer, spent $26,803 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Sawyer's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($5,970) going to Progressive Solutions in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sawyer's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$5,970

22.3%

Payroll

$4,963

18.5%

Contractual expenses

$3,550

13.2%

Rent

$3,000

11.2%

Utilities

$2,340

8.7%

Cell phones

$1,471

5.5%

Taxes - federal and state

$1,036

3.9%

Payroll services

$729

2.7%

Computer software

$689

2.6%

Donations

$625

2.3%

Food

$600

2.2%

Taxes - federal

$495

1.9%

Office supplies

$490

1.8%

Custodial services

$272

Social media advertising

$239

0.9%

Phone services

$201

0.8%

Custodial service

$128

0.5%

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

Progressive Solutions

2017-01-27

$4,470

Consulting

Charles Sawyer, Jr.

2017-03-08

$3,300

Contractual expenses

Progressive Solutions

2017-03-14

$1,500

Consulting

Eastlake Management Group

2017-03-01

$1,000

Rent

Eastlake Management Group

2017-02-08

$1,000

Rent

Eastlake Management Group

2017-01-03

$1,000

Rent

Shedrick Sawyer

2017-02-28

$827

Payroll

Shedrick Sawyer

2017-03-16

$827

Payroll

Shedrick Sawyer

2017-01-12

$827

Payroll

Shedrick Sawyer

2017-01-31

$827

Payroll

Shedrick Sawyer

2017-02-15

$827

Payroll

Shedrick Sawyer

2017-03-30

$827

Payroll

Verizon Wireless

2017-01-11

$760

Cell phones

Comcast Cable

2017-03-08

$595

Utilities

The Woodshop

2017-01-10

$490

Office supplies

Peoples Gas

2017-03-14

$478

Utilities

NGP VAN, Inc (RoboCall)

2017-02-24

$450

Computer software

ComEd

2017-03-08

$405

Utilities

Push Excel

2017-01-15

$375

Donations

Verizon Wireless

2017-03-17

$355

Cell phones

Verizon Wireless

2017-02-24

$355

Cell phones

Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.

2017-02-08

$300

Food

Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.

2017-03-09

$300

Food

Comcast Cable

2017-01-23

$293

Utilities

National MS Society

2017-03-23

$250

Donations

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