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Thursday, July 3, 2025

How did Sharon Fairley spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Sharon Fairley's election campaign committee, Friends for Fairley, spent $120,010 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Fairley's committee spent the most on debt repayment in the quarter, with all those payments ($100,000) going to Sharon Fairley in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Fairley's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Debt repayment
$100,000
83.3%
Services rendered
$12,535
10.4%
Software services
$3,081
2.6%
Software
$1,738
1.5%
Rent
$1,498
1.3%
Email account services
$525
0.4%
Facebook ads
$432
0.4%
Political contribution
$200
0.2%

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
Sharon Fairley
2018-04-23
$75,000
Debt repayment
Sharon Fairley
2018-04-18
$25,000
Debt repayment
The Publicity Works
2018-04-09
$9,200
Services rendered
ActBlue Technical Services
2018-04-06
$3,081
Software services
Anahita Kay
2018-04-10
$2,000
Services rendered
73 W Monroe LLC
2018-04-12
$1,498
Rent
Ngp
2018-04-02
$1,091
Software
Dewitt Grant
2018-04-02
$750
Services rendered
Wildfire Contact
2018-04-02
$514
Services rendered
Ngp
2018-04-03
$400
Software
Facebook
2018-04-02
$342
Facebook ads
Champaign County Democrats
2018-04-03
$200
Political contribution
Ngp
2018-04-03
$200
Software
Google
2018-04-02
$100
Email account services
Google
2018-04-16
$100
Email account services
Google
2018-05-02
$100
Email account services
Google
2018-06-04
$100
Email account services
Anahita Kay
2018-04-10
$71
Services rendered
Google
2018-05-14
$50
Email account services
Google
2018-06-13
$50
Email account services
Facebook
2018-04-02
$46
Facebook ads
Ngp
2018-05-02
$44
Software
Facebook
2018-04-02
$43
Facebook ads
Google
2018-04-20
$25
Email account services
Ngp
2018-06-04
$3
Software

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