How did Leslie A Hairston spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Oct 7, 2017

Democratic Leslie A Hairston's election campaign committee, Friends of Leslie A Hairston, spent $12,966 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Hairston's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 85.7% of this total ($3,000) going to Shante Fenique King in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Hairston's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$3,500

27%

Telephones

$2,144

16.5%

Donations

$1,795

13.8%

Park rental fee

$825

6.4%

Office supplies

$735

5.7%

Video production

$725

5.6%

Gasoline

$533

4.1%

Bartending services

$450

3.5%

Senior day at the harbor - food

$406

3.1%

Food for event

$384

Copier repair

$324

2.5%

Office equipment

$253

Credit card processing

$235

1.8%

Flowers

$230

1.8%

Food

$216

1.7%

Subscriptions

$207

1.6%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Shante Fenique King

2017-08-09

$1,500

Consulting

Shante Fenique King

2017-09-08

$1,500

Consulting

Chicago Football Classic

2017-09-28

$945

Donations

Chicago Park District

2017-08-01

$825

Park rental fee

E-Tre Productions

2017-07-25

$725

Video production

At & T

2017-08-23

$552

Telephones

At & T

2017-09-22

$551

Telephones

AT&T Broadband

2017-07-25

$539

Telephones

Marcus J Bradshaw Foundation

2017-08-14

$500

Donations

Progressive Solutions Consulting

2017-07-20

$500

Consulting

Marquese Martin-Hayes

2017-07-21

$450

Bartending services

Eat & Run

2017-07-21

$406

Senior day at the harbor - food

Fabiana's Bakery

2017-07-24

$384

Food for event

Office Depot

2017-08-09

$361

Office supplies

Ivi-ipo

2017-07-07

$350

Donations

Konica Minolta Business

2017-08-07

$324

Copier repair

Office Depot

2017-07-14

$253

Office equipment

TLF LaSalle

2017-08-18

$230

Flowers

Verizon Wireless

2017-08-07

$223

Telephones

Chicago Tribune

2017-08-03

$207

Subscriptions

BP Amoco

2017-07-14

$181

Gasoline

National Office Works

2017-07-14

$164

Office supplies

Actblue Illinois

2017-07-28

$160

Credit card processing

Verizon Wireless

2017-07-03

$142

Telephones

Fabiana's Bakery

2017-07-24

$136

Food

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