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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

How did Lori E Lightfoot spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Non partisan Lori E Lightfoot's election campaign committee, Lightfoot for Chicago, spent $43,765 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Lightfoot's committee spent the most on payroll in the quarter, with 45.4% of this total ($6,806) going to Shane Wolfe in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Lightfoot's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Payroll
$14,983
34.2%
Payroll taxes
$6,879
15.7%
Processing/service fee
$5,680
13%
Consultant
$2,850
6.5%
Legal services
$2,821
6.5%
Fundraising database
$2,775
6.3%
Compliance/bookkeeping/reporting services
$2,750
6.3%
Social media advertising
$1,692
3.9%
Photography
$1,200
2.7%
Lapel stickers
$625
1.4%
Office supplies
$470
1.1%
Advertising
$346
0.8%
Merchant fees
$204
0.5%
Event ticket
$200
0.5%
Transportation
$150
0.3%
Payroll processing fees
$109
0.3%
Email services
$26
< 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
ActBlue Technical Services
2018-05-20
$3,324
Processing/service fee
Kandice Harris
2018-05-16
$2,850
Consultant
Aducci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell & Blankenship, P.C.
2018-06-25
$2,821
Legal services
NGP Van
2018-05-16
$2,775
Fundraising database
Sparked Strategies
2018-06-09
$2,750
Compliance/bookkeeping/reporting services
ADP Payroll Services
2018-06-25
$2,292
Payroll taxes
Bernadine Williams
2018-05-15
$1,920
Payroll
ActBlue Technical Services
2018-05-13
$1,755
Processing/service fee
ADP Payroll Services
2018-05-15
$1,716
Payroll taxes
Shane Wolfe
2018-05-15
$1,462
Payroll
Shane Wolfe
2018-05-29
$1,429
Payroll
Shane Wolfe
2018-06-11
$1,429
Payroll
Shane Wolfe
2018-06-26
$1,429
Payroll
Alyssa Parham
2018-06-26
$1,285
Payroll
Wil Hughes
2018-06-26
$1,242
Payroll
Bernadine Williams
2018-06-26
$1,242
Payroll
Bernadine Williams
2018-05-29
$1,242
Payroll
Bernadine Williams
2018-06-11
$1,242
Payroll
ADP Payroll Services
2018-05-29
$1,210
Payroll taxes
ADP Payroll Services
2018-06-11
$1,210
Payroll taxes
Doug McGoldrick Photography
2018-06-10
$1,200
Photography
Shane Wolfe
2018-05-17
$1,053
Payroll
Facebook
2018-06-15
$749
Social media advertising
Facebook
2018-06-28
$749
Social media advertising
Minuteman Press
2018-06-22
$625
Lapel stickers

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