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Friday, October 3, 2025

How did Andrew Manar spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Andrew Manar's election campaign committee, Friends of Andy Manar, spent $65,009 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Manar's committee spent the most on fundraising in the quarter, with all those payments ($13,880) going to KJD Strategies in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Manar's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fundraising
$13,880
21.4%
Contractual expenses
$13,633
21%
Campaign work
$9,052
13.9%
Printing
$7,910
12.2%
Contract fee
$3,000
4.6%
Mailing service
$2,328
3.6%
Event food & beverage
$2,220
3.4%
Transportation
$1,870
2.9%
Pullovers
$1,355
2.1%
Lodging
$1,075
1.7%
Events
$1,018
1.6%
Office supplies
$1,009
1.6%
Supplies
$898
1.4%
Storage
$660
1%
Unity dinner
$650
1%
Advertising
$561
0.9%
Phone services
$514
0.8%
Contributions
$500
0.8%
Fall banquet - table
$320
0.5%
Sponsorships
$300
0.5%
Veterans event
$300
0.5%
Gas
$254
0.4%
Software
$250
0.4%
Donations
$250
0.4%
Post office box
$236
0.4%
Domain name renewal
$233
0.4%
Flowers
$201
0.3%
Electrical bill
$168
0.3%
Event - food
$130
0.2%
Office equipment
$128
0.2%
Postage
$96
0.2%

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
KJD Strategies
2017-10-31
$13,880
Fundraising
ABCompuprint
2017-10-19
$6,044
Printing
Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC
2017-10-04
$4,215
Contractual expenses
Illini Country Club
2017-11-16
$1,672
Event food & beverage
QuickSilver
2017-12-12
$1,577
Mailing service
Schaben Consulting, LLC
2017-12-01
$1,500
Contract fee
Schaben Consulting, LLC
2017-11-01
$1,500
Contract fee
Ageless Apparel
2017-12-08
$1,355
Pullovers
John Coultas
2017-10-16
$1,270
Contractual expenses
John Coultas
2017-11-15
$1,250
Contractual expenses
John Coultas
2017-11-30
$1,250
Contractual expenses
John Coultas
2017-12-14
$1,250
Contractual expenses
John Coultas
2017-12-29
$1,250
Contractual expenses
John Coultas
2017-10-30
$1,250
Contractual expenses
Jeremiah Perkins
2017-10-19
$1,242
Campaign work
GG Media Services
2017-11-02
$1,000
Printing
Best Western Carlinville Inn
2017-11-12
$921
Events
Janice Pugh
2017-10-19
$871
Campaign work
ABCompuprint
2017-10-19
$866
Printing
Rosebud Walker
2017-10-19
$850
Campaign work
Chris White
2017-10-19
$830
Campaign work
Bunker Hill Shortstop
2017-10-13
$660
Storage
Best Buy
2017-10-30
$650
Office supplies
Macoupin County Democrat Party
2017-10-02
$650
Unity dinner
Ford Motor Credit Company
2017-11-30
$623
Transportation

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