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Thursday, April 10, 2025

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

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Democratic Fritz Kaegi's election campaign committee, Friends for Fritz, spent $42,470 in the third 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 59.8% of this total ($11,000) going to LBH Chicago in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kaegi's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$18,400
43.3%
Staff
$8,585
20.2%
Payroll taxes
$4,230
10%
Rent
$3,824
9%
Utilities
$2,255
5.3%
Software
$1,140
2.7%
Conference fee
$855
2%
Insurance
$598
1.4%
Moving services
$590
1.4%
Travel
$414
1%
Supplies
$401
0.9%
Payroll processing fees
$380
0.9%
Lodging
$327
0.8%
Compliance
$250
0.6%
Processing fees
$218
0.5%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
LBH Chicago
2018-08-17
$5,500
Consulting
LBH Chicago
2018-09-01
$5,500
Consulting
Don Washington
2018-07-20
$3,700
Consulting
Comcast
2018-08-24
$2,255
Utilities
Don Washington
2018-08-27
$2,200
Consulting
Paychex
2018-09-18
$2,114
Payroll taxes
Eric Janssen
2018-07-05
$1,912
Rent
Eric Janssen
2018-07-09
$1,912
Rent
Meaghan Murphy
2018-09-17
$1,717
Staff
Meaghan Murphy
2018-09-27
$1,717
Staff
Meaghan Murphy
2018-09-17
$1,717
Staff
Meaghan Murphy
2018-07-30
$1,716
Staff
Meaghan Murphy
2018-07-12
$1,716
Staff
Don Washington
2018-08-14
$1,500
Consulting
Ngp Van
2018-08-30
$1,140
Software
Paychex
2018-07-13
$705
Payroll taxes
Paychex
2018-07-31
$705
Payroll taxes
Paychex
2018-09-28
$704
Payroll taxes
International Association of Assessing Officers
2018-08-29
$645
Conference fee
Dolly, Inc
2018-07-31
$590
Moving services
American Airlines
2018-07-06
$414
Travel
Getaroom.com
2018-07-05
$327
Lodging
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
2018-07-27
$299
Insurance
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
2018-08-29
$299
Insurance
LBH Chicago
2018-08-17
$250
Compliance

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