How did Dale A Righter spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By East Central Reporter Reports

Apr 7, 2016

Republican Dale A Righter's election campaign committee, Citizens for Dale A Righter Illinois State Senate, spent $45,502 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Righter's committee spent the most on promotional items in the quarter, with 93.3% of this total ($20,820) going to Curtis Scott Advertising in Elmhurst. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Righter's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Promotional items

$22,307

49%

Signs

$6,893

15.2%

Survey

$6,500

14.3%

Rent/office expense

$1,500

3.3%

Postage

$1,372

Compensation

$1,184

2.6%

Sponsorships

$1,100

2.4%

Office supplies

$1,093

2.4%

Newspaper advertising

$931

2.1%

Payroll taxes

$569

1.3%

Telephone expenses

$534

1.2%

Radio advertising

$456

Promotional expense

$388

0.9%

Meals

$224

0.5%

P o box rental

$194

0.4%

Office expense

$116

0.3%

Promotional services

$90

0.2%

Promotional expenses

$44

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

Curtis Scott Advertising

2016-02-29

$13,023

Promotional items

Curtis Scott Advertising

2016-03-07

$7,797

Promotional items

The Tarrance Group

2016-02-16

$6,500

Survey

Sign Appeal

2016-02-24

$4,881

Signs

Patriot Signage

2016-02-24

$2,012

Signs

Vistaprints

2016-01-05

$1,486

Promotional items

Dell Computer

2016-03-22

$1,021

Office supplies

United Way of Knox County and Crawford County

2016-03-09

$850

Sponsorships

U.S. Postal Service

2016-01-05

$588

Postage

United States Treasury

2016-01-08

$527

Payroll taxes

Kevin Geisler

2016-02-29

$500

Rent/office expense

Kevin Geisler

2016-01-29

$500

Rent/office expense

Kevin Geisler

2016-01-04

$500

Rent/office expense

Wmci/whqq And Wwgo

2016-02-07

$456

Radio advertising

U.S. Postal Service

2016-02-01

$441

Postage

Erin Geisler

2016-03-16

$431

Compensation

Erin Geisler

2016-02-16

$391

Compensation

Erin Geisler

2016-01-17

$361

Compensation

U.S. Postal Service

2016-02-24

$343

Postage

Facebook

2016-02-24

$300

Promotional expense

Olney Daily Mail

2016-03-13

$300

Newspaper advertising

Mattoon Youth Wrestling

2016-02-22

$250

Sponsorships

Daily Republican Register

2016-02-07

$228

Newspaper advertising

Boone's Saloon

2016-03-22

$224

Meals

U.S. Postal Service

2016-01-07

$194

P o box rental

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