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

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Democratic John Bradley's election campaign committee, Friends of John Bradley, Inc, spent $714,719 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Bradley's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with all those payments ($519,813) going to Buying Time, LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bradley's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$519,813
72.7%
Production media expenses
$79,279
11.1%
Telephone polling
$27,500
3.9%
Donations
$14,080
2%
Golf outings
$10,481
1.5%
Campaign work
$9,389
1.3%
Consulting
$8,000
1.1%
Accounting fees
$6,936
1%
Printing
$6,888
1%
Contractual expenses
$5,350
0.8%
Postage
$4,856
0.7%
Mileage expenses
$4,311
0.6%
Promotional items
$4,214
0.6%
Campaign staff housing
$2,543
0.4%
Yard signs
$1,224
0.2%
Office supplies
$1,076
0.2%
Cell phones
$1,063
0.2%
Fund raising (food)
$993
0.1%
Telephones
$790
0.1%
Flowers
$629
< 0.1%
Newspaper advertising
$625
< 0.1%
Sponsorships
$500
< 0.1%
Bank charges
$450
< 0.1%
Fees
$437
< 0.1%
Utilities
$428
< 0.1%
T-shirts
$422
< 0.1%
Fund raising - drinks
$398
< 0.1%
Lodging - staff (photographer)
$396
< 0.1%
Candidate lodging
$385
< 0.1%
Parade candy
$341
< 0.1%
Maintenance
$256
< 0.1%
Fund raising - supplies
$229
< 0.1%
Office equipment
$219
< 0.1%
Subscriptions
$150
< 0.1%
Parade supplies
$30
< 0.1%
Campaign food
$26
< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Buying Time, LLC
2016-09-20
$80,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2016-09-13
$77,500
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2016-09-02
$67,500
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2016-08-29
$55,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2016-09-27
$50,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2016-08-22
$49,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2016-08-15
$41,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2016-08-08
$40,125
Television media
Tulchin Research
2016-07-15
$27,500
Telephone polling
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-09-07
$21,616
Production media expenses
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-09-19
$17,984
Production media expenses
Buying Time, LLC
2016-08-01
$14,922
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2016-07-18
$14,922
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2016-07-11
$14,922
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2016-07-25
$14,922
Television media
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-07-11
$9,324
Production media expenses
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-08-08
$9,285
Production media expenses
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-08-15
$9,285
Production media expenses
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-09-23
$8,992
Production media expenses
Crab Orchard Golf Course
2016-08-16
$6,912
Golf outings
Egyptian Building and Construction Trades Council
2016-08-29
$5,000
Donations
Kemper CPA Group
2016-07-14
$4,223
Accounting fees
RK PR Solutions
2016-07-14
$4,000
Consulting
Loopers Restuarant
2016-08-17
$3,569
Golf outings
Benton West City Ministerial Alliance
2016-07-01
$3,500
Donations

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