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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

How did Avery Bourne spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Republican Avery Bourne's election campaign committee, Friends for Avery Bourne, spent $647,362 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Bourne's committee spent the most on media expenses in the quarter, with 27.2% of this total ($126,629) going to Ksdk Tv in St. Louis. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bourne's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Media expenses
$466,225
72%
Media buy expense
$59,811
9.2%
Printing, folding letters and envelopes, postage
$17,952
2.8%
Payroll
$16,063
2.5%
Media buy, sys. 1498
$13,814
2.1%
Media buy, sys. 0810, 7919
$12,339
1.9%
Radio advertising
$11,954
1.9%
Robo calls
$10,121
1.6%
Media buy, sys. 0276, 1690
$6,844
1.1%
Online advertising
$6,681
1%
Newspaper advertising
$4,145
0.6%
Signs
$3,751
0.6%
Walk cards, door hangers
$2,318
0.4%
Digital advertising
$2,000
0.3%
Printing - door hangers
$1,943
0.3%
Mileage expenses
$1,562
0.2%
Computer purchases
$1,301
0.2%
Palm cards, walk handouts
$1,114
0.2%
Reimbursement - camera, staff outerwear, charger equipment
$964
0.2%
Meet and greet
$800
0.1%
Campaign lunch
$701
0.1%
Postage
$473
< 0.1%
Posts, ties
$418
< 0.1%
Supplies
$381
< 0.1%
Food
$378
< 0.1%
Printing -christmas cards
$357
< 0.1%
Banner backdrop
$347
< 0.1%
Food, phone accessories
$252
< 0.1%
Printing - cards
$252
< 0.1%
Parade candy
$229
< 0.1%
Office equipment
$214
< 0.1%
Wire transfer fee
$210
< 0.1%
Sign posts, ties
$182
< 0.1%
Food - staff, volunteers
$171
< 0.1%
Internet access - upgrade
$167
< 0.1%
Office equipment, supplies, food
$163
< 0.1%
Lodging - staff -constant, wilhite
$152
< 0.1%
Social media advertising
$135
< 0.1%
Office supplies
$130
< 0.1%
Office equipment and supplies
$113
< 0.1%
Supplies, food
$67
< 0.1%
Food - staff
$56
< 0.1%
Phone/card
$32
< 0.1%
Food - volunteers, staff
$31
< 0.1%
Wiretransfer fee
$30
< 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
Ksdk Tv
2016-10-20
$55,335
Media expenses
Kmov
2016-10-20
$41,735
Media expenses
Ktvi
2016-10-20
$37,910
Media expenses
Strategic Media Services, Inc.
2016-10-20
$26,600
Media buy expense
Ksdk Tv
2016-10-28
$26,563
Media expenses
Kmov
2016-10-28
$25,137
Media expenses
Ksdk Tv
2016-10-14
$22,843
Media expenses
Ksdk Tv
2016-10-06
$21,887
Media expenses
Wand
2016-10-20
$21,012
Media expenses
Ktvi
2016-10-06
$20,187
Media expenses
Kmov
2016-10-14
$19,626
Media expenses
Wics
2016-10-20
$19,210
Media expenses
Ktvi
2016-10-14
$18,402
Media expenses
Modern Mailing & Printing
2016-11-01
$17,952
Printing, folding letters and envelopes, postage
Ktvi
2016-10-28
$16,260
Media expenses
Kmov
2016-10-06
$16,247
Media expenses
Wcia
2016-10-20
$16,218
Media expenses
Strategic Media Services, Inc.
2016-10-14
$12,630
Media buy expense
Strategic Media Services, Inc.
2016-10-06
$12,330
Media buy expense
Wics
2016-10-06
$10,157
Media expenses
Wics
2016-10-14
$10,157
Media expenses
Victory Phones
2016-11-02
$10,084
Robo calls
Wand
2016-10-14
$10,038
Media expenses
Wrsp
2016-10-20
$9,860
Media expenses
Wand
2016-10-06
$9,698
Media expenses

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