How did Andy Skoog spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jul 7, 2016

Democratic Andy Skoog's election campaign committee, Friends of Andy Skoog, spent $23,845 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Skoog's committee spent the most on yard signs in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,525) going to Advertising Consultants in Oglesby. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Skoog's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Yard signs

$6,525

27.4%

T-shirts

$3,341

14%

Promotional items

$3,069

12.9%

Sponsorships

$1,659

Postage

$1,297

5.4%

Photography

$1,100

4.6%

Donations

$1,000

4.2%

Parade permit

$1,000

4.2%

Signs

$674

2.8%

Fund raising (food)

$653

2.7%

Office supplies

$616

2.6%

Vote builder

$535

2.2%

Banners

$521

2.2%

Printing

$518

2.2%

Fund raising - tent rental

$500

2.1%

Flag pole

$350

1.5%

Fund raising

$283

1.2%

Staff lodging

$155

0.7%

Telephones

$43

0.2%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Advertising Consultants

2016-04-04

$6,525

Yard signs

Apple Press

2016-06-20

$3,069

Promotional items

Apple Press

2016-05-16

$1,809

T-shirts

Apple Press

2016-06-20

$1,532

T-shirts

Piper Ferguson

2016-06-10

$1,100

Photography

City of Oglesby

2016-05-02

$1,000

Parade permit

US Postmaster

2016-05-09

$1,000

Postage

Apple Press

2016-05-24

$674

Signs

Banners on the Cheap

2016-05-09

$521

Banners

Oglesby Central State

2016-06-13

$500

Sponsorships

Road to Independence

2016-05-06

$500

Donations

Softails

2016-05-23

$500

Fund raising - tent rental

Softails

2016-05-23

$425

Fund raising (food)

Breaker Press

2016-06-20

$416

Printing

Red Devil Touchdown Club

2016-06-23

$400

Sponsorships

Voter Activation Network

2016-05-31

$353

Vote builder

Miller, Scott

2016-06-21

$350

Flag pole

Flag World

2016-05-11

$283

Fund raising

Designs & Signs

2016-04-11

$279

Office supplies

LaSalle County Farm Bureau

2016-04-27

$250

Sponsorships

WCMY Radio

2016-06-23

$249

Sponsorships

Floyd's Thirst Bar

2016-05-02

$228

Fund raising (food)

Jason Sgt Brokaw-Benefit

2016-05-28

$200

Donations

US Postmaster

2016-06-16

$188

Postage

Voter Activation Network

2016-06-23

$182

Vote builder

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