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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

How did John L Kelly spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Non partisan John L Kelly's election campaign committee, Kelly for Council, spent $39,085 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Kelly's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with all those payments ($12,058) going to Coleman Printing Co in Peoria Heights. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kelly's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$12,058
30.9%
Production media expenses
$9,392
24%
Newspaper advertising
$5,444
13.9%
Consulting
$5,000
12.8%
Postage
$2,854
7.3%
Yard signs
$1,974
5.1%
Mailing
$1,554
4%
Photography
$708
1.8%
Fund raising advertisement
$100
0.3%

Table 2 below shows the top 17 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Brandon R. Moss
2017-02-11
$9,000
Production media expenses
Coleman Printing Co
2017-03-03
$5,882
Printing
Coleman Printing Co
2017-03-30
$5,770
Printing
Postmaster
2017-03-28
$2,854
Postage
Steve Shearer
2017-01-24
$2,500
Consulting
Steve Shearer
2017-02-17
$2,500
Consulting
Journal Star
2017-03-21
$2,400
Newspaper advertising
Journal Star
2017-02-16
$2,214
Newspaper advertising
Precision Signz
2017-01-25
$1,900
Yard signs
Postmaster
2017-02-21
$1,554
Mailing
Journal Star
2017-02-22
$750
Newspaper advertising
Terry Farmer photography, Inc
2017-02-05
$708
Photography
Coleman Printing Co
2017-03-14
$405
Printing
Brandon R. Moss
2017-03-11
$392
Production media expenses
Ty-Com
2017-02-11
$100
Fund raising advertisement
Ty-Com
2017-02-25
$80
Newspaper advertising
Precision Signz
2017-01-27
$74
Yard signs

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