Kolker's committee spent the most on return of personal funds to candidate deposited into wrong account in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,689) going to Christopher Kolker in Fairview Heights. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kolker's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Return of personal funds to candidate deposited into wrong account
$6,689
37.8%
Principal payment, kolker
$2,865
16.2%
Printing
$1,140
6.4%
Social media advertising
$1,013
5.7%
Sign stakes
$929
5.3%
Meeting with campaign volunteers
$601
3.4%
Newspaper advertising
$554
3.1%
Computer purchases
$542
3.1%
Parade supplies and fees
$500
2.8%
Dinner with campaign volunteers
$490
2.8%
Food and drinks for parade volunteers
$452
2.6%
Fund raising - beverages
$394
2.2%
Insurance
$300
1.7%
Bank charges
$286
1.6%
Fund raiser - beverages
$255
1.4%
Donations
$250
1.4%
Postage
$250
1.4%
Fund raising - supplies
$174
1%
Office supplies
$8
< 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
Christopher Kolker
2018-04-11
$4,634
Return of personal funds to candidate deposited into wrong account
Christopher Kolker
2018-05-06
$2,055
Return of personal funds to candidate deposited into wrong account
Christopher Kolker
2018-04-09
$1,000
Principal payment, kolker
Becker's Farm and Industrial Supplies
2018-04-20
$929
Sign stakes
Christopher Kolker
2018-04-29
$929
Principal payment, kolker
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-06-30
$659
Printing
East St. Louis Monitor
2018-05-15
$554
Newspaper advertising
Amazon
2018-05-03
$542
Computer purchases
Facebook, Inc.
2018-04-02
$532
Social media advertising
Christopher Kolker
2018-04-09
$501
Principal payment, kolker
Richard Battas
2018-04-25
$500
Parade supplies and fees
Porter's Steakhouse
2018-05-05
$490
Dinner with campaign volunteers
Facebook, Inc.
2018-05-01
$369
Social media advertising
Schnucks
2018-04-26
$343
Fund raising - beverages
Schnucks
2018-04-25
$255
Fund raiser - beverages
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-05-24
$252
Printing
Christopher Kolker
2018-04-09
$250
Principal payment, kolker
Mike Kelley Foundation
2018-05-01
$250
Donations
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-04-05
$229
Printing
Woodyz
2018-06-29
$208
Food and drinks for parade volunteers
United States Postal Service
2018-05-29
$200
Postage
Tavern on Main
2018-06-09
$187
Meeting with campaign volunteers
Good Tymes Saloon
2018-06-23
$176
Meeting with campaign volunteers
Gordon Food Service Store
2018-04-26
$174
Fund raising - supplies
Warma, Witter, Kreisler & Associates, Inc.
2018-05-02
$150
Insurance
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