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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

How did Michele Smith spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Michele Smith's election campaign committee, Friends of Michele Smith, spent $29,417 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Smith's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($9,000) going to KNI Inc in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Smith's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$9,000
30.6%
Fundraising
$4,500
15.3%
Payroll
$3,669
12.5%
Tech services
$2,743
9.3%
Real estate taxes
$2,230
7.6%
Credit card processing fees
$1,692
5.8%
Payroll taxes
$1,456
5%
Ad books
$1,245
4.2%
Insurance premium
$1,143
3.9%
Subscriptions
$650
2.2%
Printing
$363
1.2%
Transportation
$300
1%
Payroll processing fees
$269
0.9%
Flowers
$155
0.5%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Andrew Peters
2017-04-13
$4,500
Fundraising
KNI Inc
2017-04-28
$3,000
Consulting
KNI Inc
2017-05-30
$3,000
Consulting
KNI Inc
2017-06-29
$3,000
Consulting
Caron Thomas
2017-06-30
$1,369
Payroll
Town Square Publications
2017-04-07
$995
Ad books
NGP Software
2017-05-03
$960
Tech services
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-06-02
$939
Credit card processing fees
Adam J. Velarde
2017-04-24
$743
Real estate taxes
Adam J. Velarde
2017-05-24
$743
Real estate taxes
Adam J. Velarde
2017-06-20
$743
Real estate taxes
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-05-01
$736
Credit card processing fees
Erie Insurance Group
2017-06-20
$654
Insurance premium
Aldertrack
2017-05-17
$650
Subscriptions
Steven Spagnolo
2017-04-28
$575
Payroll
Steven Spagnolo
2017-05-31
$575
Payroll
Erie Insurance Group
2017-06-05
$489
Insurance premium
Department of the Treasury
2017-06-30
$439
Payroll taxes
Minuteman Press Chicago
2017-05-30
$363
Printing
Mary Stich-Marcus
2017-04-28
$356
Payroll
Mary Stich-Marcus
2017-05-31
$356
Payroll
Mary Stich-Marcus
2017-06-30
$356
Payroll
A.M. Bus Company
2017-06-13
$300
Transportation
NGP Software
2017-04-01
$300
Tech services
Department of the Treasury
2017-05-31
$282
Payroll taxes

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