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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

How did Michele Smith spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Michele Smith's election campaign committee, Friends of Michele Smith, spent $39,672 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Smith's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($12,000) going to KNI Inc in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Smith's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$12,000
30.3%
Media/community outreach
$9,000
22.7%
Campaign management
$5,000
12.6%
Fundraising-donor management and research, events
$4,500
11.3%
Tech services
$3,002
7.6%
R e. taxes
$1,486
3.8%
Payroll
$1,060
2.7%
Mailing list
$982
2.5%
R.e. taxes
$743
1.9%
T-shirts
$561
1.4%
Payroll taxes
$538
1.4%
Payroll processing fees
$256
0.7%
Cc processing fee
$225
0.6%
Advertising
$195
0.5%
Uncategorized expenses
$119
0.3%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
KNI Inc
2018-06-26
$5,000
Campaign management
Andrew Peters
2018-04-27
$4,500
Fundraising-donor management and research, events
KNI Inc
2018-04-13
$4,000
Consulting
KNI Inc
2018-05-02
$4,000
Consulting
KNI Inc
2018-06-04
$4,000
Consulting
KNI Inc
2018-04-27
$3,000
Media/community outreach
KNI Inc
2018-05-29
$3,000
Media/community outreach
KNI Inc
2018-06-27
$3,000
Media/community outreach
Data Clear
2018-05-08
$982
Mailing list
NGP Software
2018-05-01
$960
Tech services
Adam J. Velarde
2018-04-24
$743
R e. taxes
Adam J. Velarde
2018-05-24
$743
R e. taxes
Adam J. Velarde
2018-06-23
$743
R.e. taxes
Minuteman Press Chicago
2018-06-25
$561
T-shirts
Mary Stich-Marcus
2018-04-30
$353
Payroll
Mary Stich-Marcus
2018-05-31
$353
Payroll
Mary Stich-Marcus
2018-06-29
$353
Payroll
NGP Software
2018-04-01
$300
Tech services
Constant Contact
2018-04-16
$250
Tech services
Constant Contact
2018-05-16
$250
Tech services
Constant Contact
2018-06-16
$250
Tech services
Paya
2018-06-04
$215
Cc processing fee
Varsity Calendar Co
2018-05-08
$195
Advertising
Department of the Treasury
2018-04-30
$179
Payroll taxes
Department of the Treasury
2018-05-31
$179
Payroll taxes

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