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How did Jerry Costello II spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Jerry Costello II's election campaign committee, Friends of Jerry Costello II, spent $43,125 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Costello's committee spent the most on donations in the quarter, with 21.1% of this total ($2,357) going to DuQuoin Youth Club in Duquoin. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Costello's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Donations
$11,160
25.9%
Campaign signs
$8,887
20.6%
Payroll tax
$3,024
7%
Office supplies
$2,298
5.3%
Auto expense
$1,729
4%
Salaries
$1,496
3.5%
Campaign expenses
$1,446
3.4%
Phones and internet
$1,238
2.9%
Ads
$919
2.1%
Automobile expenses
$864
2%
Advertising
$750
1.7%
Cell phone charges
$738
1.7%
Hotel expense nwtf conference
$662
1.5%
Gasoline
$657
1.5%
Gold sponsor
$600
1.4%
Subscriptions
$535
1.2%
Subscription /capitol fax
$500
1.2%
Campaign materials
$432
1%
Sponsor
$430
1%
Postage
$422
1%
Pat ryan/phil kunz/kevin pflug
$402
0.9%
Meal
$392
0.9%
Tickets
$350
0.8%
Electronic filing
$340
0.8%
Committee meeting
$333
0.8%
Meal/mike glasser
$330
0.8%
Expenses
$261
0.6%
Meal/jerry& georgia costello
$260
0.6%
Round sponsor
$250
0.6%
Hotel/natl wild turkey federation
$237
0.6%
Hotel/committee meeting
$221
0.5%
Paul & gina noeble
$220
0.5%
Meal/meeting
$182
0.4%
National wild turkey federation/nas conf.
$160
0.4%
Sponsorships
$150
0.4%
Drinks
$97
0.2%
Dues
$75
0.2%
Payroll taxes
$53
0.1%
Drink
$10
< 0.1%
Phone and internet
$6
< 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
Silkworm Inc.
2018-02-21
$8,887
Campaign signs
USA Tax Payment
2018-01-12
$2,571
Payroll tax
DuQuoin Youth Club
2018-03-10
$1,757
Donations
Weekends Only
2018-01-20
$1,628
Office supplies
Frontier Communications
2018-01-23
$1,238
Phones and internet
St. Teresa PTO
2018-02-03
$1,174
Donations
Chester Ducks Unlimited
2018-03-18
$1,155
Donations
Sign Solutions
2018-03-05
$1,019
Campaign expenses
Committee to Elect Tyler Edmonds
2018-03-08
$1,000
Donations
St. Teresa Catholic School
2018-02-04
$1,000
Donations
Wells Fargo Bank
2018-03-15
$864
Automobile expenses
Wells Fargo Bank
2018-01-19
$864
Auto expense
Wells Fargo Bank
2018-02-13
$864
Auto expense
National Wild Turkey Federation
2018-02-10
$825
Donations
Rrtf
2018-03-23
$750
Advertising
National Wild Turkey Federation
2018-02-17
$690
Donations
Gaylord Opryland Hotel
2018-02-20
$662
Hotel expense nwtf conference
DuQuoin Youth Club
2018-01-15
$600
Donations
DuQuoin Youth Club
2018-03-01
$600
Gold sponsor
Belleville News Democrat
2018-03-21
$535
Subscriptions
Ahead of our Time Publishing
2018-02-14
$500
Subscription /capitol fax
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2018-03-01
$498
Salaries
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2018-02-01
$498
Salaries
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2018-01-02
$498
Salaries
Backstoppers of Monroe County
2018-03-03
$445
Donations

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