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Thursday, November 21, 2024

How did Chris Kennedy spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Chris Kennedy's election campaign committee, Kennedy for Illinois, spent $118,549 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Kennedy's committee spent the most on digital media and communications consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($74,625) going to Revolution Messaging in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kennedy's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Digital media and communications consulting
$74,625
63%
Processing fees
$18,854
15.9%
Refunds
$16,600
14%
Research
$8,000
6.8%
Office phone
$282
0.2%
Campaign checks
$188
0.2%

Table 2 below shows the top 22 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Revolution Messaging
2017-03-28
$57,025
Digital media and communications consulting
Revolution Messaging
2017-03-28
$17,600
Digital media and communications consulting
3-Street, Inc.
2017-03-28
$8,000
Research
Fred Clarke
2017-03-31
$5,600
Refunds
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$5,287
Processing fees
Fred Clarke
2017-03-31
$5,000
Refunds
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$3,649
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$3,071
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$2,171
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$1,216
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$1,206
Processing fees
Michael Delrahim
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
Glass Designers, Inc.
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
Ross Glickman
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
Kenneth Gorman
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
Arny and Irene Granat
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
Leslie Winter
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$912
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$828
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$509
Processing fees
At&t
2017-03-29
$282
Office phone
Deluxe
2017-03-29
$188
Campaign checks

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