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

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Democratic John Bradley's election campaign committee, Friends of John Bradley, Inc, spent $1,509,390 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Bradley's committee spent the most on advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($1,173,500) going to Buying Time, LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bradley's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Advertising
$1,173,500
77.8%
Production media expenses
$102,696
6.8%
Robo calls
$50,724
3.4%
Postage
$49,781
3.3%
Polling
$48,000
3.2%
Printing
$39,558
2.6%
Contractual expenses
$15,120
1%
Campaign work
$7,184
0.5%
Election day workers
$3,802
0.3%
Mileage expenses
$2,706
0.2%
Accounting fees
$2,668
0.2%
Election day lunches
$2,647
0.2%
Computer software
$1,900
0.1%
Office supplies
$1,503
0.1%
Donations
$1,300
< 0.1%
Candidate lodging
$1,165
< 0.1%
Campaign staff - housing
$814
< 0.1%
Promotional items
$750
< 0.1%
Campaign staff- housing
$670
< 0.1%
Flowers
$478
< 0.1%
Donation - veterans day program
$450
< 0.1%
Phones
$445
< 0.1%
Newspaper advertising
$425
< 0.1%
Maintenance
$384
< 0.1%
Utilities
$329
< 0.1%
Bank charges
$225
< 0.1%
Meetings
$89
< 0.1%
Meals - volunteers
$69
< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-24
$250,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-11-01
$250,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-19
$200,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-12
$150,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-11-03
$100,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-11-01
$100,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-06
$70,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-25
$50,000
Advertising
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-11-04
$50,000
Production media expenses
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-10-28
$41,184
Production media expenses
Winning Connections
2016-11-10
$31,496
Robo calls
A & K Printing
2016-11-03
$18,508
Printing
Winning Connections
2016-11-07
$14,146
Robo calls
U.S. Postmaster Marion
2016-10-05
$14,100
Postage
Tulchin Research
2016-10-03
$13,000
Polling
Tulchin Research
2016-10-15
$13,000
Polling
Tulchin Research
2016-10-05
$11,000
Polling
Tulchin Research
2016-10-18
$11,000
Polling
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-10-06
$8,912
Production media expenses
US Postmaster
2016-10-20
$7,339
Postage
RK PR Solutions
2016-11-14
$6,000
Contractual expenses
US Postmaster
2016-10-12
$5,395
Postage
Winning Connections
2016-11-04
$4,755
Robo calls
A & K Printing
2016-10-24
$4,580
Printing
US Postmaster
2016-10-20
$3,790
Postage

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