How did John Bradley spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Apr 7, 2016

Democratic John Bradley's election campaign committee, Friends of John Bradley, Inc, spent $19,886 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Bradley's committee spent the most on donations in the quarter, with 37.2% of this total ($2,500) going to Boyton Community Center in Marion. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bradley's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Donations

$6,730

33.8%

Accounting fees

$3,131

15.7%

Brochures

$2,401

12.1%

Mileage expenses

$1,073

5.4%

Telephones

$1,047

5.3%

Utilities

$1,010

5.1%

Fund raising (food)

$842

4.2%

Promotional items

$575

2.9%

Newspaper advertising

$455

2.3%

Meeting - farm bureau breakfast

$407

2.1%

Mailing

$377

1.9%

Cell phones

$286

1.4%

Meetings

$284

1.4%

Office supplies

$256

1.3%

Candidate lodging

$228

1.2%

Subscriptions

$221

1.1%

Advertising

$200

Meeting - prayer breakfast

$196

Postage

$139

0.7%

Fund raising - supplies

$21

0.1%

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

Boyton Community Center

2016-02-12

$2,500

Donations

Kemper CPA Group

2016-03-25

$2,297

Accounting fees

Village of Colp- Playground Fund

2016-01-19

$2,200

Donations

Unisource

2016-02-25

$1,361

Brochures

Rose Leedle

2016-03-01

$833

Accounting fees

Voluntary Services of Marion VA

2016-01-27

$800

Donations

Hill Printing and Office Supply

2016-02-25

$770

Brochures

Ameren CIPS

2016-02-25

$663

Utilities

Frontier Communications

2016-02-25

$580

Telephones

Thomas Printing and Stationary

2016-03-23

$575

Promotional items

John Bradley

2016-01-13

$525

Mileage expenses

Young Hearts with Goals and Purposes

2016-02-25

$480

Donations

West Frankfort Gazette

2016-01-29

$455

Newspaper advertising

K and D Thompsonville Cafe

2016-02-25

$407

Meeting - farm bureau breakfast

John Bradley

2016-03-15

$377

Mileage expenses

US Postmaster

2016-02-25

$377

Mailing

Ameren CIPS

2016-01-13

$346

Utilities

Kroger

2016-03-23

$279

Fund raising (food)

Frontier Communications

2016-03-09

$275

Telephones

Hill Printing and Office Supply

2016-02-02

$270

Brochures

Franklin County Democrat Organization

2016-01-15

$250

Donations

Illinois YMCA

2016-02-25

$250

Donations

National Wild Turkey Foundation

2016-02-05

$250

Donations

Talbott Hotel

2016-03-18

$228

Candidate lodging

Sam's Club

2016-03-23

$207

Fund raising (food)

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