How did Brian J Towne spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2017

Democratic Brian J Towne's election campaign committee, Citizens for Towne State's Attorney, spent $32,635 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Towne's committee spent the most on newspaper advertising in the quarter, with 53.3% of this total ($8,182) going to News Tribune in La Salle. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Towne's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Newspaper advertising

$15,354

47.1%

Printing and postage

$9,250

28.3%

Printing

$1,978

6.1%

Promotional items

$1,806

5.5%

Raffle winnings

$1,500

4.6%

Radio advertising

$930

2.9%

Campaign work

$780

2.4%

Raffle prizes

$410

1.3%

Fund raising (food)

$252

0.8%

Donations

$200

0.6%

Office supplies

$173

0.5%

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

Apple Press

2016-10-11

$9,250

Printing and postage

The Times News Paper

2016-10-26

$2,126

Newspaper advertising

News Tribune

2016-10-25

$1,835

Newspaper advertising

The Times News Paper

2016-11-01

$1,788

Newspaper advertising

News Tribune

2016-10-14

$1,737

Newspaper advertising

The Times News Paper

2016-10-21

$1,628

Newspaper advertising

The Times News Paper

2016-11-04

$1,628

Newspaper advertising

News Tribune

2016-11-04

$1,510

Newspaper advertising

Chris Burkholder

2016-10-21

$1,500

Raffle winnings

iPromoteu

2016-10-26

$1,231

Promotional items

Apple Press

2016-11-01

$1,089

Printing

News Tribune

2016-11-01

$975

Newspaper advertising

News Tribune

2016-10-19

$975

Newspaper advertising

WMKB Radio

2016-11-04

$900

Radio advertising

Apple Press

2016-10-20

$889

Printing

News Tribune

2016-11-02

$550

Newspaper advertising

Tony Mautino

2016-10-08

$410

Raffle prizes

News Tribune

2016-11-10

$305

Newspaper advertising

News Tribune

2016-10-31

$295

Newspaper advertising

Apple Press

2016-10-26

$253

Promotional items

Grubars

2016-10-08

$252

Fund raising (food)

Holy Family School

2016-10-22

$200

Donations

Illinois Valley Entrepreneur Organizantion

2016-10-06

$200

Promotional items

Apple Press

2016-10-11

$122

Promotional items

Staples

2016-10-22

$112

Office supplies

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