How did Jehan A Gordon-Booth spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Oct 7, 2016

Democratic Jehan A Gordon-Booth's election campaign committee, Friends of Jehan Gordon, spent $10,584 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Gordon-Booth's committee spent the most on tickets in the quarter, with 61.5% of this total ($1,000) going to Peoria NAACP in Peoria. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Gordon-Booth's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Tickets

$1,625

15.4%

Tee shirts and bags

$1,155

10.9%

Banquet

$950

Airfare

$787

7.4%

Cell phones

$693

6.6%

Mileage expenses

$592

5.6%

Phone services

$555

5.2%

Decorations

$529

Printing

$514

4.9%

Table

$500

4.7%

Fundraisers

$440

4.2%

Rental room

$400

3.8%

Computer

$358

3.4%

$250

2.4%

Luncheon

$210

Room rent

$206

Phones

$199

1.9%

Supplies

$160

1.5%

Designs

$155

1.5%

Lodging

$134

1.3%

Parking

$66

0.6%

Decor

$52

0.5%

Baggage

$50

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

City Wide Youth Movement

2016-08-04

$1,155

Tee shirts and bags

Peoria NAACP

2016-09-25

$1,000

Tickets

Delta Airlines

2016-08-19

$787

Airfare

Peoria Historical Society

2016-08-05

$750

Banquet

Verizon Wireless

2016-07-11

$693

Cell phones

Frye Williamson Press

2016-09-02

$514

Printing

Hobby Lobby

2016-09-30

$504

Decorations

Living to Serve Foundation

2016-09-14

$500

Table

W.B. Boyce Council

2016-07-29

$440

Fundraisers

Noir Restaurant

2016-09-02

$400

Rental room

Coalition of Black Trade Unionist

2016-09-10

$375

Tickets

Best Buy

2016-09-15

$358

Computer

Verizon Wireless

2016-09-09

$315

Phone services

BBA Peoria

2016-09-20

$250

Tickets

Marvin Spiller

2016-09-29

$250

Verizon Wireless

2016-08-08

$240

Phone services

Mama G' Catering

2016-07-22

$210

Luncheon

Noir Restaurant

2016-09-29

$206

Room rent

United Usher Board of Peoria

2016-08-11

$200

Banquet

Asurion

2016-09-14

$199

Phones

Jehan Gordon-Booth

2016-08-20

$191

Mileage expenses

Jehan Gordon-Booth

2016-09-27

$184

Mileage expenses

Office Depot

2016-09-08

$160

Supplies

Jehan Gordon-Booth

2016-07-25

$150

Mileage expenses

W. Chicago Lakeshore Hotel

2016-08-20

$134

Lodging

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