How did Keith Pekau spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By West Cook News

Apr 7, 2017

Republican Keith Pekau's election campaign committee, Keith For Mayor, spent $74,862 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Pekau's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with 42.6% of this total ($16,547) going to Strive Strategies in La Grange. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Pekau's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Printing

$38,865

51.9%

Mailing

$10,597

14.2%

Photography

$4,415

5.9%

Hall rental for raising funds

$4,378

5.9%

Website expenses

$4,235

5.7%

Signs

$3,540

4.7%

Consulting

$2,627

3.5%

Telephones

$1,339

1.8%

Robo calls

$1,183

1.6%

Legal fees

$610

0.8%

Bank charges

$547

0.7%

Newspaper advertising

$500

0.7%

Promotional items

$481

0.6%

Phones

$480

0.6%

Design and mail

$375

0.5%

Fund raising (food)

$356

0.5%

Fund raising advertisement

$330

0.4%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Rutledge Printing

2017-03-30

$6,405

Mailing

Rutledge Printing

2017-03-10

$5,717

Printing

22nd Century Media

2017-02-24

$4,926

Printing

Executive Mail Printing

2017-03-20

$4,867

Printing

Strive Strategies

2017-01-27

$4,466

Printing

Strive Strategies

2017-02-21

$4,466

Printing

OC Creative

2017-03-30

$4,415

Photography

Strive Strategies

2017-02-21

$4,000

Printing

Crystal Tree

2017-02-10

$2,878

Hall rental for raising funds

Strive Strategies

2017-03-22

$2,452

Mailing

Awesome Campaign Signs

2017-03-30

$2,300

Signs

Strive Strategies

2017-02-16

$2,027

Consulting

Strive Strategies

2017-01-23

$1,767

Printing

Rutledge Printing

2017-03-07

$1,740

Printing

Strive Strategies

2017-03-22

$1,739

Mailing

Strive Strategies

2017-03-27

$1,739

Printing

Rutledge Printing

2017-03-20

$1,474

Printing

Rutledge Printing

2017-03-23

$1,385

Printing

Awesome Campaign Signs

2017-02-13

$1,240

Signs

Strive Strategies

2017-02-18

$1,100

Website expenses

Rutledge Printing

2017-03-23

$1,097

Printing

Riveria Country Club

2017-03-20

$1,000

Hall rental for raising funds

Strive Strategies

2017-02-18

$734

Website expenses

Data Orbital LLC

2017-01-20

$700

Telephones

Law Office of Erick Johnson, PC

2017-03-23

$610

Legal fees

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