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Thursday, April 10, 2025

How did Fritz Kaegi spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Fritz Kaegi's election campaign committee, Friends for Fritz, spent $154,407 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Kaegi's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 57% of this total ($37,273) going to P2 Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kaegi's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$65,373
42.3%
Staff
$30,300
19.6%
Legal services
$29,150
18.9%
Payroll taxes
$4,263
2.8%
Signage
$3,975
2.6%
Rent
$3,824
2.5%
Payroll
$3,600
2.3%
Processing fees
$3,333
2.2%
Space rental
$3,000
1.9%
Software
$1,722
1.1%
Field work
$1,596
1%
Catering
$867
0.6%
Healthcare insurance
$752
0.5%
Conference tickets
$698
0.5%
Airfare
$632
0.4%
Media consulting
$450
0.3%
Payroll processing fees
$281
0.2%
Canvass/phone banking
$255
0.2%
Transportation
$241
0.2%
Phone services
$89
< 0.1%

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
P2 Consulting
2018-04-11
$37,273
Consulting
Adducci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell & Blankenship pc
2018-04-10
$20,340
Legal services
Rebecca Reynolds
2018-05-01
$15,000
Staff
270 Strategies
2018-04-27
$8,000
Consulting
Blue Sun Campaigns
2018-05-02
$5,000
Consulting
Meaghan Murphy
2018-05-14
$5,000
Staff
Andrew Finko P.C.
2018-04-09
$4,683
Legal services
Cameron & Kane, LLC
2018-04-06
$4,127
Legal services
JKV Strategies
2018-04-26
$4,000
Consulting
Awesome Campaign
2018-04-02
$3,975
Signage
Don Washington
2018-04-24
$3,700
Consulting
Don Washington
2018-05-21
$3,700
Consulting
Don Washington
2018-06-29
$3,700
Consulting
Meaghan Murphy
2018-04-27
$3,433
Staff
Sage Payment Solutions
2018-04-02
$3,288
Processing fees
Apollo's 2000
2018-05-21
$3,000
Space rental
Eric Janssen
2018-04-04
$1,912
Rent
Eric Janssen
2018-05-02
$1,912
Rent
Meaghan Murphy
2018-06-05
$1,716
Staff
Meaghan Murphy
2018-06-28
$1,716
Staff
Meaghan Murphy
2018-05-14
$1,716
Staff
Meaghan Murphy
2018-06-14
$1,716
Staff
Joshua Kilroy
2018-04-04
$1,606
Payroll
Gus Gonzalez
2018-05-22
$1,596
Field work
Paychex
2018-04-30
$1,441
Payroll taxes

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