How did William R Haine spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Apr 7, 2017

Democratic William R Haine's election campaign committee, Friends of Bill Haine, spent $36,321 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Haine's committee spent the most on investment purchase in the quarter, with all those payments ($25,000) going to Bank of Edwardsville in Edwardsville. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Haine's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Investment purchase

$25,000

68.8%

Rent

$1,925

5.3%

Car lease payment

$1,848

5.1%

Consulting

$1,500

4.1%

Fund raising (food)

$1,356

3.7%

Sponsorships

$600

1.7%

Ad books

$525

1.5%

Newspaper

$480

1.3%

Candidate lodging

$428

1.2%

Tickets

$400

1.1%

Donations

$350

Gifts

$319

0.9%

Member dues

$297

0.8%

Golf sponsor

$250

0.7%

Memorial

$250

0.7%

Computer services

$239

0.7%

Ticket purchases

$200

0.6%

Gasoline

$169

0.5%

Post office box

$130

0.4%

Postage

$52

0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Bank of Edwardsville

2017-01-30

$25,000

Investment purchase

Honke Properties LLC

2017-03-24

$1,925

Rent

Jan Kreutzberg

2017-03-31

$1,500

Consulting

Turasky's

2017-03-06

$1,356

Fund raising (food)

Greater St. Louis Area Co.Boy Scouts America

2017-03-24

$616

Car lease payment

Open Government

2017-02-13

$616

Car lease payment

St. Louis Post Dispatch

2017-01-10

$616

Car lease payment

Mannie Jackson Center

2017-02-13

$400

Tickets

Corral Liquors

2017-02-04

$319

Gifts

YWCA of Alton

2017-03-24

$300

Ad books

Belleville News Democrat

2017-03-24

$286

Newspaper

Kimpton Hotel Allegro

2017-02-03

$271

Candidate lodging

Anderson Hospital Foundation

2017-03-24

$250

Golf sponsor

Caritas Family Solutions

2017-02-04

$250

Sponsorships

Illinois State Historical Society

2017-02-19

$250

Donations

Riverbend Head Start & Family Services

2017-03-24

$250

Sponsorships

Joseph Memorial Fund Sherman

2017-03-06

$250

Memorial

Lawyers Assistance Program

2017-03-24

$200

Ticket purchases

Ed/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce

2017-01-10

$197

Member dues

St. Louis Post Dispatch

2017-01-10

$194

Newspaper

Carpenter Street Hotel

2017-02-27

$156

Candidate lodging

USPS Service Station

2017-01-10

$130

Post office box

Boys & Girls Club of Bethalto

2017-01-20

$125

Ad books

Alton Main Street

2017-01-20

$100

Member dues

Alton Main Street

2017-03-24

$100

Sponsorships

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