How did Michael J Madigan spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2018

Democratic Michael J Madigan's election campaign committee, Friends of Michael J Madigan, spent $569,546 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Madigan's committee spent the most on tickets in the quarter, with all those payments ($129,251) going to Chicago Cubs in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Madigan's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Tickets

$129,251

22.7%

Payroll

$86,978

15.3%

Legal fees

$66,141

11.6%

Polling

$55,204

9.7%

Taxes

$47,614

8.4%

Gifts

$46,050

8.1%

Office equipment

$26,080

4.6%

Advertising expenses

$20,854

3.7%

Event expenses

$18,969

3.3%

Insurance

$15,525

2.7%

Rent

$13,462

2.4%

Printing

$11,673

2.1%

Mileage expenses

$11,307

Professional services

$6,000

1.1%

Postage

$2,609

0.5%

Donations

$2,500

0.4%

Office supplies

$2,355

0.4%

Telephone expenses

$2,086

0.4%

Shipping

$1,338

0.2%

Payroll fees

$689

0.1%

Stamps

$637

0.1%

Ink

$555

0.1%

Lodging

$502

< 0.1%

Pin printing

$433

< 0.1%

Meals

$323

< 0.1%

Music services

$300

< 0.1%

Music services deposit

$100

< 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

Chicago Cubs

2017-11-20

$129,251

Tickets

Sawbridge Studios

2017-10-17

$46,050

Gifts

Hinshaw & Culbertson

2017-10-31

$41,927

Legal fees

Tulchin Research

2017-10-06

$31,000

Polling

Tulchin Research

2017-12-18

$21,000

Polling

Adelstein & Associates

2017-10-06

$20,854

Advertising expenses

Hinshaw & Culbertson

2017-12-06

$17,490

Legal fees

Beverly Country Club

2017-11-03

$15,620

Event expenses

MNJ Technologies Direct, Inc

2017-12-22

$12,588

Office equipment

Internal Revenue Service

2017-12-29

$8,832

Taxes

Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture

2017-11-03

$8,637

Rent

Internal Revenue Service

2017-12-15

$6,360

Taxes

Hinshaw & Culbertson

2017-12-22

$5,720

Legal fees

Internal Revenue Service

2017-10-12

$5,607

Taxes

Brett Dickerson

2017-12-29

$5,570

Payroll

Frye-Williamson Press

2017-10-06

$5,406

Printing

Internal Revenue Service

2017-11-30

$5,134

Taxes

MNJ Technologies Direct, Inc

2017-12-22

$4,602

Office equipment

Internal Revenue Service

2017-10-31

$4,556

Taxes

Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture

2017-12-28

$4,318

Rent

Frye-Williamson Press

2017-10-05

$4,248

Printing

Wilson & Kennedy, LTD

2017-10-06

$4,000

Professional services

Internal Revenue Service

2017-11-15

$3,646

Taxes

Craig P. Willert

2017-10-12

$3,413

Payroll

Cafe Moxo, LLC

2017-12-14

$3,349

Event expenses

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