How did Willie Holmes spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jul 7, 2017

Democratic Willie Holmes's election campaign committee, Centreville Township Citizens for Better Government, spent $25,809 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Holmes's committee spent the most on building purchase in the quarter, with all those payments ($7,400) going to Bluestem Properties LLC in Waterloo. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Holmes's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Building purchase

$7,400

28.7%

Principal payment, mccall

$6,500

25.2%

Election day workers

$4,800

18.6%

Hire election day workers

$2,500

9.7%

Election day - workers

$900

3.5%

Campaign work

$800

3.1%

Election report filing

$800

3.1%

Election day celebration

$600

2.3%

Utilities

$362

1.4%

Bar tab

$300

1.2%

Security

$250

Headquarters work

$235

0.9%

Equipment - purchase

$210

0.8%

Moving - headquarters

$150

0.6%

Convenience fee

< 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

Bluestem Properties LLC

2017-06-16

$7,400

Building purchase

Curtis McCall

2017-04-28

$6,500

Principal payment, mccall

JoAnn Reed

2017-04-04

$2,500

Hire election day workers

JoAnn Reed

2017-04-05

$1,200

Election day workers

Marius Jackson

2017-04-02

$900

Election day - workers

Kenneth Rattler

2017-04-03

$850

Election day workers

Regina Williams

2017-04-04

$800

Election report filing

Kerchavian McCall

2017-04-03

$700

Election day workers

Grand Marius Golf Course

2017-04-05

$600

Election day celebration

Malcolm Henderson

2017-04-04

$600

Election day workers

Regina Williams

2017-04-18

$450

Election day workers

Marty Crawford

2017-04-03

$400

Election day workers

Charles Rattler

2017-04-02

$400

Election day workers

James Haywood

2017-04-02

$300

Campaign work

Diane Obannon

2017-04-02

$300

Campaign work

Tamara Wilson

2017-04-04

$300

Bar tab

Mathew Luster

2017-04-04

$250

Security

4 Ever Green Heating & Cooling

2017-05-12

$235

Headquarters work

Ameren Illinois

2017-04-03

$216

Utilities

Terry Vasquez

2017-06-27

$210

Equipment - purchase

Antonio Bryant

2017-04-02

$200

Campaign work

Curtis McCall

2017-04-04

$200

Election day workers

James Haywood

2017-05-17

$150

Moving - headquarters

Ameren Illinois

2017-05-22

$146

Utilities

Ameren Illinois

2017-04-24

Convenience fee

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