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Thursday, April 25, 2024

How did Pat Quinn spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Pat Quinn's election campaign committee, Taxpayers for Quinn, spent $28,734 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Quinn's committee spent the most on staff salaries in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,134) going to William Morgan in Crete. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Quinn's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Staff salaries
$6,134
21.4%
Research and message development
$4,901
17.1%
Office rent
$4,329
15.1%
Rent
$2,811
9.8%
Taxes - federal
$2,590
9%
Legal fees
$2,500
8.7%
Telephone service and internet
$812
2.8%
Website expenses
$758
2.6%
Office supplies
$720
2.5%
Membership fee
$450
1.6%
State taxes
$394
1.4%
Unemployment insurance
$327
1.1%
Unemployment taxes
$320
1.1%
Printing
$320
1.1%
Purchase ticket
$300
1%
Donations
$250
0.9%
Contribution repayment
$250
0.9%
Utilities
$178
0.6%
Storage
$169
0.6%
Office supplies and printing
$114
0.4%
Office supplies- printing
$94
0.3%
Website domain
$7
< 0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Strother Nuckels Strategies
2017-10-12
$4,901
Research and message development
William Morgan
2017-11-30
$3,067
Staff salaries
William Morgan
2017-10-31
$2,818
Staff salaries
Jefferson Fulton Building
2017-11-02
$2,811
Office rent
Jefferson Fulton Building
2017-12-04
$2,811
Rent
Sean Vinck
2017-11-13
$2,500
Legal fees
Jefferson Fulton Building
2017-10-03
$1,518
Office rent
Irs
2017-10-31
$1,417
Taxes - federal
Irs
2017-11-30
$1,172
Taxes - federal
Go Daddy
2017-12-01
$485
Website expenses
American Express
2017-10-01
$450
Membership fee
Idor
2017-10-31
$327
Unemployment insurance
Ides
2017-11-30
$320
Unemployment taxes
Citizen Action/IL
2017-10-05
$300
Purchase ticket
DuSable Museum Women's Board
2017-12-10
$250
Donations
State of Illinois
2017-12-14
$250
Contribution repayment
William Morgan
2017-11-03
$248
Staff salaries
ATT Remittance Center
2017-11-14
$208
Telephone service and internet
ATT Remittance Center
2017-10-03
$206
Telephone service and internet
Idor
2017-10-31
$199
State taxes
ATT Remittance Center
2017-10-16
$198
Telephone service and internet
ATT Remittance Center
2017-12-14
$198
Telephone service and internet
Idor
2017-11-30
$194
State taxes
Office Depot
2017-12-01
$176
Office supplies
Public Storage
2017-10-01
$169
Storage

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