How did Chasity L Wells-Armstrong spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Apr 7, 2017

Democratic Chasity L Wells-Armstrong's election campaign committee, Committee to Elect Chasity L Wells Armstrong, spent $21,538 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Wells-Armstrong's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($7,728) going to Dover Group in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Wells-Armstrong's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Mailing

$7,728

35.9%

Yard signs

$2,846

13.2%

Radio advertising

$1,900

8.8%

Meals

$1,722

Consulting

$1,455

6.8%

Hall rental for raising funds

$1,160

5.4%

Signs

$1,100

5.1%

Palm cards

$828

3.8%

Food

$588

2.7%

Postage

$445

2.1%

Donations

$285

1.3%

Promotional items

$268

1.2%

Voter tapes

$250

1.2%

Fund raising (food)

$250

1.2%

Campaign staff

$210

Fund raising advertisement

$200

0.9%

Printing

$183

0.9%

Transportation

$67

0.3%

Fund raising entertainment

$50

0.2%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Dover Group

2017-02-14

$3,964

Mailing

Dover Group

2017-03-22

$3,763

Mailing

Cellar Graphics

2017-03-03

$2,224

Yard signs

Rigo's Place

2017-02-20

$1,528

Meals

Kimberly Walz

2017-01-19

$1,455

Consulting

Cellar Graphics

2017-01-09

$1,100

Signs

Milner Broadcasting - WVLI

2017-03-23

$1,000

Radio advertising

Kankakee Valley Park District

2017-03-13

$660

Hall rental for raising funds

Cellar Graphics

2017-01-31

$621

Yard signs

Schiele Group

2017-01-26

$573

Palm cards

Majestic Theatre

2017-01-05

$500

Hall rental for raising funds

Wkan

2017-03-23

$500

Radio advertising

Milner Broadcasting - WVLI

2017-03-31

$400

Radio advertising

Harbor House Domestic Violence Shelter

2017-01-11

$285

Donations

Jewel - Kankakee

2017-03-13

$260

Food

Chicago Press Corporation

2017-01-26

$254

Palm cards

Donella Johnson

2017-03-27

$250

Fund raising (food)

United States Postal Service

2017-03-28

$245

Postage

Dr. MLK Jr Foundation

2017-01-01

$200

Fund raising advertisement

Consolidated Printing Company

2017-01-26

$168

Promotional items

Michael Stampley

2017-03-09

$160

Campaign staff

Office Max/Office Depot

2017-01-23

$153

Printing

United States Postal Service

2017-03-15

$147

Postage

Democratic Party of Illinois

2017-02-05

$125

Voter tapes

Democratic Party of Illinois

2017-03-09

$125

Voter tapes

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