Smiddy's committee spent the most on payroll in the quarter, with 48.8% of this total ($6,950) going to Dawn Shelton in Silvis. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Smiddy's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Payroll
$14,250
29.5%
Donations
$12,750
26.4%
Newspaper advertising
$5,941
12.3%
Rent
$5,521
11.4%
Consulting
$2,712
5.6%
Postage
$1,645
3.4%
Telephones
$1,116
2.3%
Accounting fees
$1,000
2.1%
Fund raising advertisement
$750
1.6%
Automobile
$600
1.2%
Fund raising (food)
$585
1.2%
Internet access
$488
1%
Sponsorships
$300
0.6%
Supplies
$224
0.5%
Meals
$194
0.4%
Utilities
$177
0.4%
Post office box
$89
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
Rock Island County Democrats
2016-05-24
$6,000
Donations
US Postal Service
2016-06-30
$5,941
Newspaper advertising
Dawn Shelton
2016-06-03
$4,700
Payroll
Structure Built LLC
2016-06-07
$4,336
Rent
Congressional Sportsman Foundation
2016-04-22
$3,000
Donations
Nick Shelton
2016-06-08
$2,400
Payroll
Blue Print Campaign Consulting
2016-06-22
$1,962
Consulting
Patty Rotz
2016-06-10
$1,900
Payroll
Lincoln Square Apartments
2016-04-04
$1,185
Rent
US Postal Service
2016-05-17
$1,175
Postage
Illinois Democratic County Chairmen's Association
2016-05-26
$1,000
Donations
Riverdale Boosters
2016-04-13
$1,000
Donations
A Richard VanTieghem
2016-04-14
$1,000
Accounting fees
Verizon Wireless
2016-04-15
$801
Telephones
Blue Print Campaign Consulting
2016-04-06
$750
Consulting
Blue Print Campaign Consulting
2016-05-04
$750
Fund raising advertisement
Dawn Shelton
2016-04-05
$750
Payroll
Dawn Shelton
2016-06-01
$750
Payroll
Dawn Shelton
2016-05-04
$750
Payroll
Ally
2016-04-01
$600
Automobile
Frank's Pizza
2016-06-27
$585
Fund raising (food)
Democratic Downstate Caucus
2016-05-10
$500
Donations
Riverdale Boosters
2016-04-06
$500
Donations
Nick Shelton
2016-05-23
$500
Payroll
Nick Shelton
2016-05-25
$500
Payroll
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