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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

How did Mike Smiddy spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Mike Smiddy's election campaign committee, Mike Smiddy for State Representative, spent $48,345 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

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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