How did Dan Brady spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Oct 7, 2017

Republican Dan Brady's election campaign committee, Friends of Dan Brady, spent $17,701 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Brady's committee spent the most on fundraiser food & drink in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,407) going to Alexander's Steak House in Normal. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Brady's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Fundraiser food & drink

$2,407

13.6%

Rent

$1,600

Phones

$1,444

8.2%

Event supplies

$1,179

6.7%

Event tickets

$1,170

6.6%

Event food & refreshments

$1,161

6.6%

Office suoolies

$1,137

6.4%

Meals

$855

4.8%

Gasoline

$849

4.8%

Event ticket

$750

4.2%

Auto insurance

$704

Event - lunch

$631

3.6%

Campaign supplies

$578

3.3%

Payroll

$462

2.6%

Campaign auto

$414

2.3%

Insurance

$333

1.9%

Flags

$330

1.9%

Donations

$300

1.7%

Dues

$253

1.4%

Computer work

$250

1.4%

Fundraiser petty cash

$200

1.1%

Subscriptions

$182

Webpage

$180

Shipping

$147

0.8%

Postage

$98

0.6%

Lunches

$57

0.3%

Refreshments

$24

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

Alexander's Steak House

2017-09-05

$2,407

Fundraiser food & drink

ISU Athletics TicketOffice

2017-07-31

$1,170

Event tickets

Marriott Conference Center

2017-09-20

$1,161

Event food & refreshments

Normal Corn Belters

2017-08-04

$750

Event ticket

State Farm Insurance

2017-08-25

$704

Auto insurance

Avantis

2017-09-05

$581

Event - lunch

AB Compuprint

2017-09-30

$578

Campaign supplies

Lamcraft

2017-08-02

$454

Office suoolies

Shelter Insurance

2017-08-02

$414

Campaign auto

Town of Normal

2017-07-05

$400

Rent

Town of Normal

2017-08-01

$400

Rent

Town of Normal

2017-08-31

$400

Rent

Town of Normal

2017-09-26

$400

Rent

Lamcraft

2017-08-02

$396

Office suoolies

Sprint

2017-09-30

$361

Phones

Sprint

2017-07-27

$361

Phones

Sprint

2017-08-30

$358

Phones

State Farm Insurance

2017-08-30

$333

Insurance

Jimmy Johns

2017-07-14

$332

Meals

Sam s Club

2017-09-02

$323

Event supplies

To Make A Wish

2017-07-22

$300

Donations

Shell Oil Company

2017-07-05

$294

Gasoline

Lamcraft

2017-08-02

$286

Office suoolies

Flagsource

2017-07-19

$278

Flags

McLean County Chamber of Commerce

2017-08-28

$253

Dues

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