How did Fritz Kaegi spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Oct 7, 2017

Democratic Fritz Kaegi's election campaign committee, Friends for Fritz, spent $160,634 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Kaegi's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 50.2% of this total ($33,600) going to Blue Sun Campaigns in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kaegi's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$66,955

41.7%

Payroll

$30,951

19.3%

Payroll taxes

$21,610

13.5%

Staff

$13,168

8.2%

Advertising

$7,104

4.4%

Office rent

$4,855

Legal fees

$3,557

2.2%

Printing

$2,508

1.6%

Health insurance

$2,013

1.3%

Credit card processing

$1,984

1.2%

Database expenses

$1,560

Office supplies

$998

0.6%

Photography

$990

0.6%

Transportation

$951

0.6%

Mileage expense

$581

0.4%

Payroll processing fees

$314

0.2%

Telephone expenses

$302

0.2%

Postage

$196

0.1%

Event supplies

$30

< 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

Blue Sun Campaigns

2017-07-06

$11,900

Consulting

Blue Sun Campaigns

2017-07-24

$11,900

Consulting

Blue Sun Campaigns

2017-09-11

$9,800

Consulting

Kurth Lampe Worldwide

2017-07-06

$5,000

Consulting

Kurth Lampe Worldwide

2017-08-15

$5,000

Consulting

Kurth Lampe Worldwide

2017-09-06

$5,000

Consulting

Paychex

2017-09-29

$4,679

Payroll taxes

Paychex

2017-09-15

$4,254

Payroll taxes

Progressive Solutions

2017-09-05

$4,000

Consulting

Progressive Solutions

2017-07-28

$3,983

Consulting

Paychex

2017-08-31

$3,764

Payroll taxes

BOCA Media Group

2017-09-06

$3,584

Advertising

Paychex

2017-08-15

$3,541

Payroll taxes

Don Washington

2017-07-31

$3,500

Consulting

Don Washington

2017-08-25

$3,500

Consulting

Paychex

2017-07-31

$3,012

Payroll taxes

Eric Janssen

2017-08-24

$2,868

Office rent

John Gamino

2017-09-15

$2,500

Consulting

Paychex

2017-07-13

$2,358

Payroll taxes

Rebecca Reynolds

2017-07-13

$2,268

Payroll

Rebecca Reynolds

2017-08-31

$2,229

Payroll

Rebecca Reynolds

2017-09-29

$2,229

Payroll

Rebecca Reynolds

2017-07-28

$2,229

Payroll

Rebecca Reynolds

2017-08-15

$2,195

Payroll

Rebecca Reynolds

2017-09-15

$2,195

Payroll

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