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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

How did Charlie Beach spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Charlie Beach's election campaign committee, Friends of Charlie Beach, spent $15,729 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Beach's committee spent the most on fundraiser - food, refreshments & facility in the quarter, with all those payments ($7,441) going to The Kimpton Gray Hotel in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Beach's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fundraiser - food, refreshments & facility
$7,441
47.3%
Social media management
$2,000
12.7%
Field operations
$1,500
9.5%
Accounting fees
$1,200
7.6%
Manager
$1,000
6.4%
Web site development
$750
4.8%
Ad books
$750
4.8%
Internet contributions processing fees
$558
3.6%
Signs
$300
1.9%
Printing
$230
1.5%

Table 2 below shows the top 18 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
The Kimpton Gray Hotel
2017-08-02
$7,441
Fundraiser - food, refreshments & facility
Foremost Strategy LLP
2017-09-26
$2,000
Social media management
Kylah Johnston
2017-09-29
$1,500
Field operations
Stanley J. Wallach
2017-07-01
$1,200
Accounting fees
Marta Papadiak
2017-09-29
$1,000
Manager
Bauhs Creative Group
2017-08-09
$750
Web site development
Chicago Federation of Labor
2017-08-18
$750
Ad books
FOP Lodge #7
2017-08-08
$300
Signs
Minute Man Press
2017-08-29
$230
Printing
Paypal
2017-08-14
$131
Internet contributions processing fees
Paypal
2017-08-08
$77
Internet contributions processing fees
Paypal
2017-08-14
$77
Internet contributions processing fees
Paypal
2017-08-04
$60
Internet contributions processing fees
Paypal
2017-08-17
$58
Internet contributions processing fees
Paypal
2017-09-19
$58
Internet contributions processing fees
Paypal
2017-08-14
$51
Internet contributions processing fees
Paypal
2017-09-28
$36
Internet contributions processing fees
Paypal
2017-08-16
$6
Internet contributions processing fees

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