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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

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

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Democratic Mike Smiddy's election campaign committee, Mike Smiddy for State Representative, spent $660,884 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Smiddy's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with all those payments ($500,000) going to Adelstein & Associates Llc in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Smiddy's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$500,000
75.7%
Production media expenses
$50,081
7.6%
Mailing
$20,079
3%
Staff salaries
$19,840
3%
Polling
$16,059
2.4%
Mileage expenses
$10,823
1.6%
Rent
$9,113
1.4%
Mail/postage & letters
$8,725
1.3%
Rent 3 months
$3,555
0.5%
Printing & mailing
$3,091
0.5%
Telephone expenses
$2,625
0.4%
Payroll taxes
$2,236
0.3%
750 staff salaries 1250 mileage
$2,000
0.3%
500 payroll 1400 mileage
$1,900
0.3%
Postage
$1,815
0.3%
Consulting
$1,297
0.2%
Accounting fees
$1,287
0.2%
Automobile
$1,200
0.2%
Media
$1,200
0.2%
Door hangers
$775
0.1%
Internet access
$686
0.1%
Utilities
$383
< 0.1%
Office supplies staples
$378
< 0.1%
Placing campaign signs
$350
< 0.1%
Office supplies
$314
< 0.1%
Fund raising (food)
$253
< 0.1%
Donations
$250
< 0.1%
Storage
$195
< 0.1%
Ink cartidges
$189
< 0.1%
Water bill
$179
< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Adelstein & Associates Llc
2016-10-04
$100,000
Television media
Adelstein & Associates Llc
2016-10-11
$100,000
Television media
Adelstein & Associates Llc
2016-10-19
$100,000
Television media
Adelstein & Associates Llc
2016-10-24
$100,000
Television media
Adelstein & Associates Llc
2016-11-01
$100,000
Television media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group LLC
2016-11-10
$27,567
Production media expenses
Snyder Pickerill Media Group LLC
2016-10-07
$22,514
Production media expenses
Strategic Consulting Group
2016-11-10
$20,079
Mailing
Lake Research
2016-10-11
$14,659
Polling
Quad City Press
2016-10-27
$8,725
Mail/postage & letters
Dawn Shelton
2016-12-19
$4,500
Mileage expenses
Structure Built LLC
2016-12-05
$4,373
Rent
Sean Sanders
2016-11-10
$4,102
Staff salaries
Lincoln Square Apartments
2016-10-01
$3,555
Rent 3 months
Quad City Press
2016-10-16
$3,091
Printing & mailing
Patty Rotz
2016-12-05
$2,900
Mileage expenses
Lincoln Square Apartments
2016-10-03
$2,370
Rent
Internal Revenue Service
2016-10-31
$2,236
Payroll taxes
Dawn Shelton
2016-12-05
$2,000
750 staff salaries 1250 mileage
Nick Shelton
2016-12-05
$1,900
500 payroll 1400 mileage
Verizon Wireless
2016-11-25
$1,780
Telephone expenses
Brian De Pasqua
2016-10-24
$1,707
Mileage expenses
A Richard VanTieghem
2016-10-08
$1,287
Accounting fees
Voter Activation
2016-10-31
$1,222
Polling
Brian De Pasqua
2016-11-10
$1,211
Mileage expenses

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