How did Bridget Fitzgerald spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By West Cook News

Apr 7, 2019

Democratic Bridget Fitzgerald's election campaign committee, Friends of Bridget Fitzgerald, spent $1,045,618 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Fitzgerald's committee spent the most on media in the quarter, with all those payments ($976,888) going to Snyder Pickerill Media Group in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Fitzgerald's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Media

$976,888

93.4%

Bimonthly pay

$15,262

1.5%

Campaign work

$12,941

1.2%

Bonus

$10,750

Voter contact

$8,750

0.8%

Printing

$7,419

0.7%

Hourly pay

$3,274

0.3%

Web expenses

$2,350

0.2%

Advertising

$1,982

0.2%

Postage

$1,470

0.1%

Utilities

$1,239

0.1%

Credit card processing fees

$821

< 0.1%

Supplies

$805

< 0.1%

Bank fee

$470

< 0.1%

Office maintenance

$328

< 0.1%

Move out expense

$300

< 0.1%

Banner

$287

< 0.1%

Job posting

$243

< 0.1%

Checks

$34

< 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

Snyder Pickerill Media Group

2018-10-30

$200,000

Media

Snyder Pickerill Media Group

2018-11-05

$170,000

Media

Snyder Pickerill Media Group

2018-11-07

$145,000

Media

Snyder Pickerill Media Group

2018-10-01

$99,776

Media

Snyder Pickerill Media Group

2018-10-26

$86,278

Media

Snyder Pickerill Media Group

2018-10-29

$86,278

Media

Snyder Pickerill Media Group

2018-10-11

$82,278

Media

Snyder Pickerill Media Group

2018-10-17

$82,278

Media

Snyder Pickerill Media Group

2018-11-14

$25,000

Media

Paladin Political

2018-11-05

$8,750

Voter contact

Morgan MacFarlane

2018-11-06

$3,000

Bonus

Breaker Press Company, Inc.

2018-10-29

$2,660

Printing

Cora McCarron

2018-11-05

$2,500

Bonus

Thomas Benedetto

2018-11-05

$2,000

Bonus

Minuteman Press

2018-10-09

$2,000

Printing

Thomas Benedetto

2018-10-03

$1,500

Bimonthly pay

Usps

2018-10-30

$1,470

Postage

PC Signs

2018-11-01

$1,364

Printing

Krystal Garcia

2018-11-05

$1,262

Bimonthly pay

Kathleen Falk

2018-10-15

$1,250

Bimonthly pay

Kathleen Falk

2018-11-05

$1,250

Bimonthly pay

Krystal Garcia

2018-10-03

$1,250

Bimonthly pay

Krystal Garcia

2018-11-05

$1,250

Bimonthly pay

Krystal Garcia

2018-11-09

$1,250

Bimonthly pay

JD Martinez

2018-11-06

$1,250

Bimonthly pay

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