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Friday, July 11, 2025

How did Oran Whiting spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Oran Whiting's election campaign committee, Oran F Whiting for Judge, spent $109,599 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Whiting's committee spent the most on loan repayment in the quarter, with 83.4% of this total ($72,872) going to Oran Whiting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Whiting's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Loan repayment
$87,390
79.7%
1st slating contribution
$10,000
9.1%
Consultants
$3,173
2.9%
Campaign advisor
$1,782
1.6%
Contractor
$1,252
1.1%
Campaign work
$1,131
1%
Food for event
$920
0.8%
Refund of erroneous contribution
$700
0.6%
Credit card processing fees for june activity
$601
0.6%
Parade supplies
$589
0.5%
Petitions
$500
0.5%
Food for sept fundraising event
$469
0.4%
Walk cards
$424
0.4%
Credit card processing fees for july activity
$241
0.2%
Photos
$200
0.2%
Stamps
$196
0.2%
Credit card processing fees for august activity
$26
< 0.1%

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
Oran Whiting
2017-08-24
$70,000
Loan repayment
Cook County Democratic Party
2017-09-21
$10,000
1st slating contribution
Sarah Ann Ebner
2017-08-17
$2,500
Loan repayment
Sarah Ann Ebner
2017-08-17
$2,250
Loan repayment
Sarah Ann Ebner
2017-08-17
$2,047
Loan repayment
Washburne Consulting
2017-07-31
$1,673
Consultants
Sarah Ann Ebner
2017-08-17
$1,500
Loan repayment
Senior Wisdom Consulting
2017-08-04
$1,500
Consultants
Sarah Ann Ebner
2017-08-17
$1,250
Loan repayment
Sarah Ann Ebner
2017-08-17
$1,029
Loan repayment
Sarah Ann Ebner
2017-08-17
$1,000
Loan repayment
Oran Whiting
2017-08-24
$1,000
Loan repayment
Joseph Randol
2017-09-28
$937
Campaign advisor
Joseph Randol
2017-09-20
$845
Campaign advisor
Oran Whiting
2017-08-24
$747
Loan repayment
Sarah Ann Ebner
2017-08-17
$745
Loan repayment
Sarah Ann Ebner
2017-08-17
$700
Loan repayment
Leslie Locke
2017-09-20
$700
Refund of erroneous contribution
Brenna Gordon O'Dea
2017-07-07
$675
Campaign work
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-07-03
$601
Credit card processing fees for june activity
Sarah Ann Ebner
2017-08-17
$600
Loan repayment
Kevron Printing & Mailing
2017-09-01
$589
Parade supplies
Bamini A. Obadele & Associates
2017-08-03
$500
Petitions
Marion Penn
2017-09-18
$469
Food for sept fundraising event
Jeff Chef
2017-08-07
$460
Food for event

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