How did Martha Shugart spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2017

Democratic Martha Shugart's election campaign committee, Friends of Martha Shugart, spent $47,718 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Shugart's committee spent the most on radio advertising in the quarter, with 44.5% of this total ($9,756) going to Alpha Media LLC in Portland. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Shugart's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Radio advertising

$21,913

45.9%

Mailers

$11,324

23.7%

Staff salaries

$5,551

11.6%

Social media advertising

$1,586

3.3%

Robo calls

$1,285

2.7%

Supplies

$1,208

2.5%

Advertising

$1,078

2.3%

Newspaper advertising

$774

1.6%

Ad books

$756

1.6%

Mailing

$555

1.2%

Donations

$410

0.9%

Hall rental for raising funds

$400

0.8%

Advertising - hand cards

$375

0.8%

Signs

$189

0.4%

Internet advertising

$157

0.3%

Bank charges

$102

0.2%

Advertising - scoical media

$27

< 0.1%

Checks

$23

< 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

ABMarketing

2016-11-02

$10,879

Mailers

ABMarketing

2016-10-31

$2,900

Radio advertising

Alpha Media LLC

2016-10-31

$1,460

Radio advertising

Alpha Media LLC

2016-10-11

$1,460

Radio advertising

Alpha Media LLC

2016-10-17

$1,460

Radio advertising

Alpha Media LLC

2016-10-24

$1,460

Radio advertising

Alpha Media LLC

2016-10-03

$1,460

Radio advertising

Radio Group

2016-11-01

$1,046

Radio advertising

WSPY, Nelson Multi Media

2016-11-02

$1,020

Radio advertising

Nicole Daniels

2016-11-18

$1,000

Staff salaries

WSPY, Nelson Multi Media

2016-10-31

$966

Radio advertising

Alpha Media LLC

2016-11-07

$922

Radio advertising

Shaw Media

2016-10-28

$774

Newspaper advertising

Shaw Media

2016-10-21

$774

Advertising

La Salle County Broadcasting

2016-10-25

$750

Radio advertising

WSPY, Nelson Multi Media

2016-10-24

$738

Radio advertising

WSPY, Nelson Multi Media

2016-10-31

$738

Radio advertising

Martha Shugart

2016-10-24

$700

Staff salaries

Free Press Newspapers

2016-10-31

$694

Radio advertising

Radio Group

2016-10-27

$674

Radio advertising

Frank Bass

2016-11-08

$600

Staff salaries

Frank Bass

2016-11-02

$600

Staff salaries

Frank Bass

2016-10-13

$600

Staff salaries

Frank Bass

2016-10-05

$600

Staff salaries

Frank Bass

2016-10-25

$600

Staff salaries

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