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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