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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

How did Ram Villivalim spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Ram Villivalim's election campaign committee, Friends of Ram, spent $339,483 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Villivalim's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with 90.1% of this total ($148,917) going to Deliver Strategies, LLC in Arlington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Villivalim's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$165,248
48.7%
Advertising - digital
$40,145
11.8%
Polling
$23,200
6.8%
Campaign work
$20,224
6%
Consulting - fund raising
$16,000
4.7%
Printing
$15,047
4.4%
Staff salaries
$12,590
3.7%
Video production
$8,857
2.6%
Legal fees for campaign
$7,912
2.3%
Payroll taxes
$4,423
1.3%
Rent
$3,600
1.1%
Fund raising
$2,585
0.8%
Contractual expenses
$2,500
0.7%
Newspaper advertising
$2,189
0.6%
Actblue processing fee
$1,847
0.5%
Volunteer refreshments
$1,730
0.5%
Predictive dialing service
$1,440
0.4%
Voter database software
$1,420
0.4%
Postage
$1,210
0.4%
Rent - security deposit
$1,200
0.4%
Air fare - candidate
$978
0.3%
Transportation for campaign workers
$864
0.3%
Office supplies
$760
0.2%
Campaign literature
$750
0.2%
Voter outreach
$500
0.2%
Internet access and phone bill
$371
0.1%
Handwarmers
$302
< 0.1%
Advertising
$250
< 0.1%
Staff appreciation dinner
$248
< 0.1%
Transportation
$226
< 0.1%
Voter data
$219
< 0.1%
List rental
$205
< 0.1%
Payroll services
$203
< 0.1%
3000450674
$113
< 0.1%
Volunteer meal
$82
< 0.1%
Phones
$35
< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-02-23
$31,483
Mailing
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-02-20
$31,409
Mailing
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-03-13
$24,699
Mailing
Normington, Petts, & Associates
2018-03-23
$23,200
Polling
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-03-13
$20,781
Mailing
Audience Partners
2018-02-22
$19,997
Advertising - digital
Audience Partners
2018-03-26
$18,850
Advertising - digital
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-03-06
$17,700
Mailing
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-03-13
$12,349
Mailing
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-03-02
$10,494
Mailing
North Shore Printers
2018-03-14
$7,377
Mailing
North Shore Printers
2018-03-08
$4,968
Mailing
New Chicago Consulting, LLC.
2018-03-09
$4,000
Consulting - fund raising
New Chicago Consulting, LLC.
2018-01-12
$4,000
Consulting - fund raising
New Chicago Consulting, LLC.
2018-02-23
$4,000
Consulting - fund raising
New Chicago Consulting, LLC.
2018-02-08
$4,000
Consulting - fund raising
Odelson & Sterk, Ltd.
2018-02-26
$4,000
Legal fees for campaign
Odelson & Sterk, Ltd.
2018-03-05
$3,912
Legal fees for campaign
North Shore Printers
2018-03-12
$3,889
Mailing
Forest Printing
2018-03-23
$3,740
Printing
Paychex
2018-01-30
$3,620
Staff salaries
Paychex
2018-02-27
$3,620
Staff salaries
Paychex
2018-03-30
$3,620
Staff salaries
Audience Partners
2018-03-26
$3,300
Video production
Chi-Town Printing, Inc.
2018-03-20
$2,590
Printing

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