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Thursday, October 2, 2025

How did Howard B Brookins Jr spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Non partisan Howard B Brookins Jr's election campaign committee, Cmte to Elect Howard B Brookins, Jr, spent $11,090 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Brookins's committee spent the most on legal fees in the quarter, with all those payments ($5,000) going to Shiller Preyer Law Group in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Brookins's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Legal fees
$5,000
45.1%
Consulting for health fair beautifulcation awards and summer music series
$2,000
18%
Robo calls
$1,000
9%
Fund raising (food)
$900
8.1%
Game truck for picnic
$748
6.7%
Banner
$450
4.1%
Picnic
$350
3.2%
Supplies
$300
2.7%
T-shirts
$248
2.2%
Television
$94
0.9%

Table 2 below shows the top 12 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Shiller Preyer Law Group
2017-08-28
$5,000
Legal fees
Andrea Lynette Brookins
2017-09-20
$2,000
Consulting for health fair beautifulcation awards and summer music series
Winning Connections
2017-07-21
$1,000
Robo calls
Pearl's Place
2017-07-27
$900
Fund raising (food)
Gamin Ride
2017-08-26
$748
Game truck for picnic
JV Cook Printing
2017-08-04
$450
Banner
Wal-Mart
2017-07-27
$300
Supplies
Curtis Enterprises
2017-08-25
$248
T-shirts
Dino Jump
2017-08-18
$225
Picnic
Wal-Mart
2017-08-26
$100
Picnic
Wal-Mart
2017-09-20
$94
Television
Dino Jump
2017-08-26
$25
Picnic

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