How did Brian Hopkins spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jul 7, 2017

Democratic Brian Hopkins's election campaign committee, Hopkins for Chicago, spent $41,530 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Hopkins's committee spent the most on staff salaries in the quarter, with 87.6% of this total ($8,829) going to John Geahan in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Hopkins's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Staff salaries

$10,080

24.3%

Consulting

$8,400

20.2%

Payroll taxes

$4,465

10.8%

Sponsorships

$3,000

7.2%

Beverages

$2,792

6.7%

Merchant processing fees

$1,697

4.1%

Printing

$1,653

Utilities

$1,370

3.3%

Health insurance

$1,171

2.8%

T-shirts

$1,057

2.6%

Database fee

$975

2.4%

Storage

$915

2.2%

Online advertising

$582

1.4%

Contributions

$550

1.3%

Meals

$403

Car maintenance

$372

0.9%

Catering

$327

0.8%

Membership

$250

0.6%

Office equipment

$243

0.6%

Tent

$231

0.6%

Transportation

$216

0.5%

Payroll processing fees

$212

0.5%

Supplies

$209

0.5%

Office supplies

$179

0.4%

Worker's compensation

$172

0.4%

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

Sheffield Neighborhood Association

2017-04-08

$3,000

Sponsorships

John Geahan

2017-05-30

$2,943

Staff salaries

John Geahan

2017-06-29

$2,943

Staff salaries

John Geahan

2017-04-27

$2,943

Staff salaries

Gibsons Bar and Steakhouse

2017-06-26

$2,792

Beverages

Breaker Press

2017-05-02

$1,653

Printing

Paychex

2017-06-30

$1,564

Payroll taxes

Christian Ficara

2017-05-30

$1,500

Consulting

Christian Ficara

2017-06-29

$1,500

Consulting

Christian Ficara

2017-04-27

$1,500

Consulting

Paychex

2017-04-28

$1,392

Payroll taxes

Paychex

2017-05-31

$1,358

Payroll taxes

Stephen Niketopoulos

2017-06-29

$1,300

Consulting

Stephen Niketopoulos

2017-05-30

$1,300

Consulting

Stephen Niketopoulos

2017-04-27

$1,300

Consulting

Sage Payment Solutions

2017-05-01

$1,289

Merchant processing fees

DJ Ramos

2017-06-29

$692

Staff salaries

Stars and Stripes

2017-04-12

$661

T-shirts

DJ Ramos

2017-06-06

$558

Staff salaries

RingCentral

2017-04-13

$456

Utilities

RingCentral

2017-05-13

$456

Utilities

RingCentral

2017-06-13

$456

Utilities

Bucktown Embroidery

2017-05-08

$396

T-shirts

Bcbs Il

2017-05-01

$390

Health insurance

Bcbs Il

2017-05-31

$390

Health insurance

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