How did Leslie A Hairston spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2018

Democratic Leslie A Hairston's election campaign committee, Friends of Leslie A Hairston, spent $31,468 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Hairston's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 75.2% of this total ($15,000) going to Progressive Solutions Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Hairston's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$19,950

63.4%

Donations

$3,040

9.7%

Telephones

$2,309

7.3%

Credit card processing

$911

2.9%

Office equipment

$856

2.7%

Equipment rental

$803

2.6%

Office supplies

$780

2.5%

Community event

$625

Interest payment

$469

1.5%

Event expenses

$411

1.3%

Food for meeting

$387

1.2%

Refund of contribution

$250

0.8%

Supplies

$243

0.8%

Entertainment

$175

0.6%

Design

$155

0.5%

Event ticket

$100

0.3%

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

Progressive Solutions Consulting

2017-10-31

$14,000

Consulting

Shante Fenique King

2017-10-11

$1,500

Consulting

Shante Fenique King

2017-12-06

$1,500

Consulting

Shante Fenique King

2017-11-13

$1,500

Consulting

AAA Rental

2017-12-12

$803

Equipment rental

True Star Foundation

2017-12-27

$800

Donations

Actblue Illinois

2017-12-06

$720

Credit card processing

At & T

2017-11-22

$706

Telephones

At & T

2017-12-26

$635

Telephones

Game Truck Party

2017-12-12

$625

Community event

Akarama Foundation Inc. of Theta Omega Chapter

2017-12-08

$600

Donations

AT&T Broadband

2017-10-25

$551

Telephones

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club

2017-10-26

$500

Donations

Progressive Solutions Consulting

2017-12-06

$500

Consulting

Progressive Solutions Consulting

2017-10-16

$500

Consulting

Binny's

2017-11-10

$411

Event expenses

Pat Dowell

2017-10-10

$387

Food for meeting

National Office Works

2017-12-05

$383

Office supplies

Sam's Club

2017-10-03

$367

Office equipment

Landis Comestics

2017-10-26

$300

Consulting

American Express

2017-12-12

$296

Interest payment

Infrastructure Engineering Inc

2017-11-15

$250

Refund of contribution

Polished Pebbles

2017-10-24

$250

Donations

ecomputer, inc

2017-12-12

$200

Office equipment

True Star Foundation

2017-10-05

$200

Donations

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