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

By Local Labs News Service

Jul 7, 2017

Democratic Jehan A Gordon-Booth's election campaign committee, Friends of Jehan Gordon, spent $17,938 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Gordon-Booth's committee spent the most on brunch doer of deeds in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,267) going to Marriott Pere Marquette in Peoria. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Gordon-Booth's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Brunch doer of deeds

$6,267

34.9%

Sponsor

$1,200

6.7%

Phones

$1,072

Chairs/doer of deeds

$1,050

5.9%

Banner

$914

5.1%

Web manager

$885

4.9%

Lunch

$787

4.4%

Prom dress

$600

3.3%

Expunge lawyers room rent

$569

3.2%

Tables/chairs

$540

Hall rental

$402

2.2%

Deposit

$400

2.2%

Expengent dj

$400

2.2%

Condolences

$390

2.2%

T shirts

$337

1.9%

Dj doer of deeds

$300

1.7%

Annie's girls

$275

1.5%

Cell phones

$253

1.4%

Filing fee

$250

1.4%

Makeup

$250

1.4%

Insurance certificate

$250

1.4%

Invites

$200

1.1%

Doer of deeds decorations

$181

Vases

$64

0.4%

Sponsorships

$50

0.3%

Decorations

$25

0.1%

Posters

$20

0.1%

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

Marriott Pere Marquette

2017-05-17

$6,267

Brunch doer of deeds

Tri-County Urban League

2017-04-25

$1,200

Sponsor

Heaven on Earth

2017-05-11

$1,050

Chairs/doer of deeds

Americ Inn

2017-04-29

$569

Expunge lawyers room rent

Peoria Flag & Decorating Co.

2017-05-01

$540

Tables/chairs

Brighter Affairs LLC

2017-05-08

$470

Web manager

Fastsigns

2017-04-27

$460

Banner

The Labor Paper

2017-04-28

$454

Banner

Verizon Wireless

2017-06-11

$417

Phones

Verizon Wireless

2017-05-08

$417

Phones

First Federated Church

2017-04-13

$402

Hall rental

First Federated Church

2017-06-29

$400

Deposit

Peaches Boutique

2017-04-10

$400

Prom dress

Marvin Spiller

2017-05-05

$400

Expengent dj

City Wide Youth Movement

2017-04-30

$337

T shirts

Beck's Florist

2017-05-28

$321

Condolences

Marvin Spiller

2017-05-17

$300

Dj doer of deeds

Avanti's Italian Restaurant

2017-04-30

$297

Lunch

Alexander's Steak House

2017-04-30

$252

Lunch

Barbara S. Mason Campaign Services, Ltd.

2017-06-11

$250

Filing fee

Justus Johnson

2017-05-24

$250

Makeup

NSI,Arthur J. Gallagher

2017-04-05

$250

Insurance certificate

Verizon Wireless

2017-04-13

$237

Phones

Avanti's Italian Restaurant

2017-04-27

$237

Lunch

Brighter Affairs LLC

2017-06-07

$214

Web manager

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