How did Brad Bleyer spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2017

Democratic Brad Bleyer's election campaign committee, Committee to Elect Bleyer 5th District Appellate Judge, spent $92,304 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Bleyer's committee spent the most on principal payment in the quarter, with all those payments ($13,929) going to Brad Bleyer in Carbondale. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bleyer's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Principal payment

$13,929

15.1%

Campaign work

$12,432

13.5%

Television advertising

$11,547

12.5%

Principal payment, bleyer

$10,756

11.7%

Mailing

$10,242

11.1%

Radio advertising

$7,479

8.1%

Television media

$6,001

6.5%

Accounting fees

$5,000

5.4%

Newspaper advertising

$4,979

5.4%

Reimbursement for mileage/maintenance

$2,226

2.4%

T-shirts

$2,207

2.4%

Production media expenses

$1,495

1.6%

Signs

$1,075

1.2%

Palm cards

$1,062

1.2%

Media - radio

$960

Supplies

$439

0.5%

Donations

$400

0.4%

Printing

$70

< 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

In Demand Marketing & Sales Consulting

2016-11-22

$7,782

Campaign work

Spectrum Reach

2016-11-03

$6,001

Television media

Thomas Printing & Stationery Co.

2016-10-17

$5,570

Mailing

Elisha Deen

2016-12-05

$5,000

Accounting fees

Thomas Printing & Stationery Co.

2016-10-26

$4,672

Mailing

Wsil-tv

2016-10-30

$3,888

Television advertising

Wsil-tv

2016-10-03

$3,259

Television advertising

Lisa Lukens

2016-11-09

$3,000

Campaign work

Wsil-tv

2016-11-03

$2,720

Television advertising

Brad Bleyer

2016-12-02

$2,552

Principal payment, bleyer

Brad Bleyer

2016-10-13

$2,552

Principal payment

Brad Bleyer

2016-12-02

$2,498

Principal payment, bleyer

Brad Bleyer

2016-10-13

$2,498

Principal payment

Brad Bleyer

2016-12-02

$2,226

Reimbursement for mileage/maintenance

Silkworm

2016-12-02

$2,207

T-shirts

Brad Bleyer

2016-12-02

$2,176

Principal payment

Brad Bleyer

2016-12-02

$1,980

Principal payment, bleyer

Brad Bleyer

2016-10-13

$1,980

Principal payment

The Southern Illinoisan

2016-10-30

$1,805

Newspaper advertising

Brad Bleyer

2016-12-02

$1,789

Principal payment, bleyer

Brad Bleyer

2016-12-02

$1,662

Principal payment

WTIM Radio

2016-12-02

$1,650

Radio advertising

Digital Innovations

2016-10-24

$1,495

Production media expenses

Centralia Sentinel

2016-12-02

$1,392

Newspaper advertising

Wsil-tv

2016-12-02

$1,079

Television advertising

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