How did Terri Bryant spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2018

Republican Terri Bryant's election campaign committee, Committee to Elect Terri Bryant, spent $11,504 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Bryant's committee spent the most on campaign staff in the quarter, with 57.2% of this total ($1,850) going to Matthew J Eddy in Salem. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bryant's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Campaign staff

$3,232

28.1%

Catering

$2,807

24.4%

Rent

$900

7.8%

Gasoline

$813

7.1%

Sponsorships

$650

5.7%

Reimbursements

$650

5.7%

Car maintenance & repairs

$600

5.2%

Supplies

$265

2.3%

Newspaper advertising

$218

1.9%

Postage christmas cards

$210

1.8%

Cash change for fr

$200

1.7%

Meals christmas dinner staff

$181

1.6%

Food charity donation food bank

$180

1.6%

Sponsorship & tickets

$180

1.6%

Books i can read program

$150

1.3%

Facebook adv

$118

Facebook

$59

0.5%

Campaign staff christmas bonus

$50

0.4%

Meals

$38

0.3%

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

17th St Catering

2017-12-03

$1,698

Catering

Double Overtime Grill

2017-12-19

$1,109

Catering

Sue Rezin

2017-10-10

$900

Rent

Matthew J Eddy

2017-10-11

$750

Campaign staff

Double C Service Co

2017-12-04

$650

Reimbursements

HJ Auto Shop

2017-11-22

$600

Car maintenance & repairs

Matthew J Eddy

2017-12-08

$500

Campaign staff

Matthew J Eddy

2017-11-10

$500

Campaign staff

NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet

2017-10-10

$350

Sponsorships

Charitas Family Resolutions

2017-10-10

$300

Sponsorships

Christina Elbrecht

2017-12-15

$261

Campaign staff

Christina Elbrecht

2017-12-08

$225

Campaign staff

Pinckneyville Press/DuQuoin Weekly

2017-10-12

$218

Newspaper advertising

Postmaster

2017-12-08

$210

Postage christmas cards

First Bank & Trust of Murphysboro

2017-10-20

$200

Cash change for fr

OCharleys

2017-12-21

$181

Meals christmas dinner staff

Aldi Foods

2017-11-30

$180

Food charity donation food bank

Christina Elbrecht

2017-10-19

$180

Campaign staff

I Can Read of So. IL. Reading Enhancement

2017-10-31

$180

Sponsorship & tickets

Barnes Noble Book Store

2017-12-14

$150

Books i can read program

Walmart

2017-11-13

$145

Supplies

Christina Elbrecht

2017-11-02

$135

Campaign staff

Christina Elbrecht

2017-10-05

$130

Campaign staff

Christina Elbrecht

2017-11-09

$126

Campaign staff

Christina Elbrecht

2017-10-26

$125

Campaign staff

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