How did Brendan Reilly spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2018

Non partisan Brendan Reilly's election campaign committee, Citizens for Alderman Reilly, spent $166,548 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Reilly's committee spent the most on staff in the quarter, with 22.3% of this total ($13,500) going to Gabrielle Hart in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Reilly's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Staff

$60,499

36.3%

Consulting

$31,177

18.7%

Contribution refund

$16,800

10.1%

Phones

$15,486

9.3%

Rent

$12,944

7.8%

Taxes

$4,628

2.8%

Printing

$3,030

1.8%

Meetings

$2,971

1.8%

Event expenses

$2,638

1.6%

Insurance

$2,132

1.3%

Office supplies

$2,100

1.3%

Holiday gifts

$1,719

Transportation

$1,558

0.9%

Donations

$1,500

0.9%

Fees

$1,353

0.8%

Maintenance

$1,222

0.7%

Database expenses

$915

0.6%

Electricity

$825

0.5%

Meal

$772

0.5%

Supplies

$758

0.5%

Storage

$711

0.4%

Payroll

$636

0.4%

Parking

$166

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

LG Development

2017-10-05

$8,500

Contribution refund

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-10-17

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-11-01

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-11-17

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-12-01

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-12-15

$5,000

Consulting

LBH Chicago, LLC

2017-12-29

$5,000

Consulting

US Treasury

2017-12-29

$4,628

Taxes

Golub & Company LLC

2017-10-05

$4,500

Contribution refund

372 W Ontario Limited Partnership

2017-11-01

$4,387

Rent

372 W Ontario Limited Partnership

2017-12-01

$4,387

Rent

372 W Ontario Limited Partnership

2017-10-01

$4,168

Rent

At&t

2017-10-31

$3,256

Phones

At&t

2017-11-29

$3,074

Phones

At&t

2017-12-29

$3,074

Phones

Breaker Press Co., Inc.

2017-12-29

$3,030

Printing

At&t

2017-10-04

$2,652

Phones

Gabrielle Hart

2017-10-17

$2,250

Staff

Gabrielle Hart

2017-11-01

$2,250

Staff

Gabrielle Hart

2017-11-17

$2,250

Staff

Gabrielle Hart

2017-12-01

$2,250

Staff

Gabrielle Hart

2017-12-15

$2,250

Staff

Gabrielle Hart

2017-12-29

$2,250

Staff

Robert Kearney

2017-10-17

$2,250

Staff

Robert Kearney

2017-11-01

$2,250

Staff

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