How did Sara Feigenholtz spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Oct 7, 2017

Democratic Sara Feigenholtz's election campaign committee, Citizens for Sara Feigenholtz, spent $42,641 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Feigenholtz's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 73.5% of this total ($17,307) going to Erica Kelly in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Feigenholtz's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$23,556

55.2%

Rent

$7,606

17.8%

Advertising

$1,825

4.3%

Tickets

$1,554

3.6%

Fees

$1,198

2.8%

Promotional items

$951

2.2%

Electronic newsletter service

$752

1.8%

Fundraisers

$750

1.8%

Software

$600

1.4%

Postage

$558

1.3%

Phone services

$521

1.2%

Donations

$430

Food and beverage expenses

$406

Reimbursement evening on astor table

$300

0.7%

Shipping

$293

0.7%

Insurance

$216

0.5%

Printing

$207

0.5%

Office supplies

$199

0.5%

Graphic design consulting

$175

0.4%

Web hosting

$167

0.4%

Telecommunications

$141

0.3%

Phones

$119

0.3%

Food

$60

0.1%

Membership

$50

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

Erica Kelly

2017-07-27

$8,700

Consulting

Erica Kelly

2017-08-31

$8,607

Consulting

Sonco Real Estate

2017-07-10

$4,500

Rent

Tiffany Moy

2017-07-05

$2,000

Consulting

Sonco Real Estate

2017-07-26

$1,480

Rent

Chicago Cubs

2017-09-10

$1,000

Tickets

Daniel Egel-Weiss

2017-08-02

$1,000

Consulting

McCloud Communication Strategies

2017-08-08

$1,000

Consulting

McCloud Communication Strategies

2017-08-31

$1,000

Consulting

4Imprint

2017-07-10

$951

Promotional items

Liturgical Publications

2017-09-10

$750

Advertising

Abigail Johnston

2017-09-29

$617

Consulting

NGP Software, Inc

2017-09-10

$600

Software

Abigail Johnston

2017-07-10

$556

Consulting

Lincoln Tower Apartments

2017-08-30

$542

Rent

Lincoln Tower Apartments

2017-07-25

$542

Rent

Lincoln Tower Apartments

2017-09-30

$542

Rent

Ahead of Our Time Publishing

2017-07-21

$500

Advertising

Transfirst LLC

2017-09-11

$457

Fees

StubHub

2017-09-10

$409

Tickets

Citibank

2017-09-13

$375

Fees

Office Depot

2017-07-10

$343

Postage

Transfirst LLC

2017-08-04

$337

Fees

Gold Coast Neighbors

2017-07-21

$300

Reimbursement evening on astor table

UPS Store #0857

2017-09-10

$293

Shipping

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