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Thursday, April 18, 2024

How did Elgie R Sims Jr spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Elgie R Sims Jr's election campaign committee, Friends of Elgie Sims, spent $10,413 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Sims's committee spent the most on office equipment & supplies in the quarter, with 78.7% of this total ($3,057) going to Best Buy in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sims's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Office equipment & supplies
$3,883
37.3%
Auto services
$1,690
16.2%
Computer software services
$1,329
12.8%
Phone & internet services
$835
8%
Storage services
$636
6.1%
Gasoline
$634
6.1%
Travel expenses
$559
5.4%
Reimbursement for expenses incurred
$385
3.7%
Telephone and internet services
$223
2.1%
Transportation related expenses
$142
1.4%
Transportation services
$93
0.9%

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
Best Buy
2017-07-27
$2,461
Office equipment & supplies
4imprint.com
2017-08-02
$825
Office equipment & supplies
Best Buy
2017-09-15
$596
Office equipment & supplies
JPM Auto
2017-08-01
$505
Auto services
JPM Auto
2017-09-01
$505
Auto services
JPM Auto
2017-09-29
$505
Auto services
Alfred AJ Burse
2017-07-03
$300
Travel expenses
GoDaddy.com
2017-07-24
$294
Computer software services
United Airlines
2017-09-18
$259
Travel expenses
Ngp Van
2017-07-03
$230
Computer software services
Ngp Van
2017-08-02
$230
Computer software services
Ngp Van
2017-09-05
$230
Computer software services
Public Storage
2017-07-03
$212
Storage services
Public Storage
2017-08-04
$212
Storage services
Public Storage
2017-09-05
$212
Storage services
Comcast
2017-09-05
$209
Phone & internet services
Comcast
2017-08-04
$209
Phone & internet services
Comcast
2017-07-05
$209
Phone & internet services
Verizon Wireless
2017-09-22
$206
Phone & internet services
Jiffy Lube
2017-09-29
$175
Auto services
Alfred AJ Burse
2017-08-15
$125
Reimbursement for expenses incurred
Verizon Wireless
2017-07-24
$115
Telephone and internet services
GoDaddy.com
2017-09-11
$108
Computer software services
Verizon Wireless
2017-08-22
$107
Telephone and internet services
Alfred AJ Burse
2017-08-02
$100
Reimbursement for expenses incurred

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