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Monday, December 23, 2024

How did Deb Mell spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Deb Mell's election campaign committee, Citizens for Deb Mell, spent $28,393 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Mell's committee spent the most on salary supplement in the quarter, with 50% of this total ($5,000) going to Matthew Eisenbart in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mell's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Salary supplement
$10,000
35.2%
Social media
$5,400
19%
Consulting
$3,250
11.5%
Software
$2,799
9.9%
Hall rental for raising funds
$1,640
5.8%
Electronic filing
$1,200
4.2%
Telephones
$830
2.9%
Office supplies
$814
2.9%
Donations
$800
2.8%
Bank fee
$337
1.2%
Email services
$334
1.2%
Food
$300
1.1%
T-shirts
$266
0.9%
Internet access
$259
0.9%
Computer software
$159
0.6%

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
Matthew Eisenbart
2017-11-14
$5,000
Salary supplement
Jason Hernandez
2017-11-21
$5,000
Salary supplement
Katelynd Duncan
2017-10-26
$3,250
Consulting
King is Fink Productions
2017-10-10
$3,200
Social media
Ngp Van
2017-12-11
$2,799
Software
King is Fink Productions
2017-11-22
$1,100
Social media
King is Fink Productions
2017-12-26
$1,100
Social media
Gina Munoz
2017-12-13
$1,000
Electronic filing
Fulton Market Kitchen
2017-10-05
$820
Hall rental for raising funds
Fulton Market Kitchen
2017-10-13
$820
Hall rental for raising funds
ActBlue
2017-11-28
$337
Bank fee
Vonage Corporate Headquarters
2017-11-14
$333
Telephones
Vonage Corporate Headquarters
2017-12-14
$333
Telephones
Ann Sather
2017-11-07
$300
Food
Communities United
2017-11-13
$300
Donations
ABCompuprint
2017-12-26
$266
T-shirts
Bateman Boosters
2017-10-31
$250
Donations
Concordia Place
2017-12-28
$250
Donations
Amazon
2017-10-04
$227
Office supplies
Office Depot
2017-12-03
$207
Office supplies
Gina Munoz
2017-11-14
$200
Electronic filing
Target
2017-12-21
$196
Office supplies
Target
2017-11-29
$183
Office supplies
Microsoft
2017-10-24
$159
Computer software
Vonage Corporate Headquarters
2017-10-04
$120
Telephones

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