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Thursday, October 2, 2025

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

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Democratic Andrew Manar's election campaign committee, Friends of Andy Manar, spent $416,064 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Manar's committee spent the most on media in the quarter, with all those payments ($325,391) going to Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Manar's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Media
$325,391
78.2%
Campaign work
$24,508
5.9%
Printing
$22,309
5.4%
Contractual expenses
$13,612
3.3%
Rent
$7,700
1.9%
Supplies
$6,043
1.5%
Mailing
$1,884
0.5%
Parade supplies
$1,774
0.4%
Utilities
$1,590
0.4%
Transportation
$1,313
0.3%
Food
$1,297
0.3%
Event rental deposit
$1,002
0.2%
Lodging
$824
0.2%
Security deposit
$800
0.2%
Rent deposit
$700
0.2%
Phone services
$562
0.1%
Gift certificates
$451
0.1%
Software
$446
0.1%
Advertising
$437
0.1%
Juneteenth celebration table
$400
0.1%
Deposit - service
$393
< 0.1%
Contract fee
$377
< 0.1%
Fundraiser food
$367
< 0.1%
Internet services
$361
< 0.1%
Gas
$351
< 0.1%
Scholarship gala table
$350
< 0.1%
Domain name renewal
$307
< 0.1%
Communications
$242
< 0.1%
Contractual work
$233
< 0.1%
Membership renewal
$30
< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC
2018-06-14
$189,629
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC
2018-05-30
$93,720
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC
2018-04-03
$22,838
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC
2018-05-23
$18,419
Media
ABCompuprint
2018-06-22
$17,609
Printing
Schaben Consulting, LLC
2018-04-15
$12,000
Contractual expenses
ABCompuprint
2018-04-15
$3,639
Printing
Blake Kolesa
2018-05-15
$2,200
Campaign work
Brooke Wallace
2018-06-15
$1,800
Campaign work
Brooke Wallace
2018-05-15
$1,800
Campaign work
QuickSilver
2018-06-22
$1,752
Mailing
John Coultas
2018-05-15
$1,750
Campaign work
John Coultas
2018-06-15
$1,750
Campaign work
John Coultas
2018-05-31
$1,750
Campaign work
John Coultas
2018-04-30
$1,750
Campaign work
John Coultas
2018-04-17
$1,750
Campaign work
Sears Building LLC
2018-04-05
$1,600
Rent
John Vitale
2018-05-01
$1,250
Rent
Jim or Marilyn Schaefer
2018-05-14
$1,200
Rent
Kelsi Hayes
2018-06-12
$1,140
Campaign work
Jason Smith
2018-06-12
$1,140
Campaign work
Office Max
2018-06-08
$1,007
Supplies
Noonan Grand Rental
2018-04-23
$1,002
Event rental deposit
Maldaners
2018-05-02
$941
Food
Anna Blackledge
2018-05-31
$900
Campaign work

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