Costello's committee spent the most on donations in the quarter, with 41.4% of this total ($1,000) going to Connell F. Smith-Homer Brown Scholarship Fund in Marion. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Costello's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Donations
$2,415
13.1%
Auto expense
$2,031
11%
Salaries
$1,496
8.1%
Campaign items
$1,394
7.6%
Employment tax
$981
5.3%
Fundraiser expenses
$950
5.2%
4-h steet
$894
4.9%
Campaign shirts
$762
4.1%
Gasoline
$754
4.1%
Mailing services
$640
3.5%
Electronic filing
$570
3.1%
Golf outings
$525
2.9%
Golf sponsor
$500
2.7%
Cell phone bill
$364
2%
Expenses less than $150
$329
1.8%
Cable & internet
$315
1.7%
State office phone/internet bundle
$307
1.7%
Event sponsor
$250
1.4%
Donation/parade
$250
1.4%
Subscriptions
$250
1.4%
Ads
$245
1.3%
Office supplies
$243
1.3%
Staff dinner
$239
1.3%
Tom & nikki peters/brian hayden
$230
1.3%
Airlines expenses/democratic convention
$210
1.1%
Stationery
$197
1.1%
Campaign meeting
$181
1%
Mr. & mrs. lance trevatbor - veterans
$180
1%
Expenses for march and april less than $150
$176
1%
Affi
$125
0.7%
Phelps/walsh/ verschoore
$111
0.6%
Meals
$100
0.5%
Jim & jean keene
$75
0.4%
Dinner
$55
0.3%
Mike fortner/ed sullivan
$50
0.3%
Drink
$2
< 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
Sign Solutions
2016-04-15
$1,206
Campaign items
Connell F. Smith-Homer Brown Scholarship Fund
2016-05-09
$1,000
Donations
U.S. Treasury Dept.
2016-04-29
$967
Employment tax
Boone's Saloon
2016-05-09
$950
Fundraiser expenses
Murphy Wall Bank
2016-06-21
$894
4-h steet
Curt Smith's Sporting Goods
2016-06-14
$762
Campaign shirts
Bank of O'Fallon
2016-04-21
$677
Auto expense
Bank of O'Fallon
2016-05-23
$677
Auto expense
Bank of O'Fallon
2016-06-21
$677
Auto expense
Mailing Methods
2016-05-09
$640
Mailing services
Barbara S. Mason Campaign Services, Ltd.
2016-06-09
$570
Electronic filing
Randolph County Democratic Central Committee
2016-05-26
$525
Golf outings
Waterloo High School Athletic Booster Club
2016-06-17
$500
Golf sponsor
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-05-04
$498
Salaries
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-04-07
$498
Salaries
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-06-06
$498
Salaries
Boilermakers Golf Tournament
2016-05-09
$465
Donations
Verizon Wireless
2016-05-23
$364
Cell phone bill
St. Jude's Childrens Research Hospital
2016-04-12
$350
Donations
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-05-10
$329
Expenses less than $150
Harrisonville Telephone Co.
2016-06-17
$315
Cable & internet
Harrisonville Telephone Co.
2016-05-26
$307
State office phone/internet bundle
Memorial Foundation
2016-05-09
$250
Event sponsor
Smithton Commercial Club
2016-06-02
$250
Donation/parade
The Illinois Observer, Inc.
2016-05-09
$250
Subscriptions
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