How did Mike Smiddy spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

By Rock Island Today Reports

Jul 7, 2016

Democratic Mike Smiddy's election campaign committee, Mike Smiddy for State Representative, spent $48,345 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Smiddy's committee spent the most on payroll in the quarter, with 48.8% of this total ($6,950) going to Dawn Shelton in Silvis. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Smiddy's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Payroll

$14,250

29.5%

Donations

$12,750

26.4%

Newspaper advertising

$5,941

12.3%

Rent

$5,521

11.4%

Consulting

$2,712

5.6%

Postage

$1,645

3.4%

Telephones

$1,116

2.3%

Accounting fees

$1,000

2.1%

Fund raising advertisement

$750

1.6%

Automobile

$600

1.2%

Fund raising (food)

$585

1.2%

Internet access

$488

Sponsorships

$300

0.6%

Supplies

$224

0.5%

Meals

$194

0.4%

Utilities

$177

0.4%

Post office box

$89

0.2%

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

Rock Island County Democrats

2016-05-24

$6,000

Donations

US Postal Service

2016-06-30

$5,941

Newspaper advertising

Dawn Shelton

2016-06-03

$4,700

Payroll

Structure Built LLC

2016-06-07

$4,336

Rent

Congressional Sportsman Foundation

2016-04-22

$3,000

Donations

Nick Shelton

2016-06-08

$2,400

Payroll

Blue Print Campaign Consulting

2016-06-22

$1,962

Consulting

Patty Rotz

2016-06-10

$1,900

Payroll

Lincoln Square Apartments

2016-04-04

$1,185

Rent

US Postal Service

2016-05-17

$1,175

Postage

Illinois Democratic County Chairmen's Association

2016-05-26

$1,000

Donations

Riverdale Boosters

2016-04-13

$1,000

Donations

A Richard VanTieghem

2016-04-14

$1,000

Accounting fees

Verizon Wireless

2016-04-15

$801

Telephones

Blue Print Campaign Consulting

2016-04-06

$750

Consulting

Blue Print Campaign Consulting

2016-05-04

$750

Fund raising advertisement

Dawn Shelton

2016-04-05

$750

Payroll

Dawn Shelton

2016-06-01

$750

Payroll

Dawn Shelton

2016-05-04

$750

Payroll

Ally

2016-04-01

$600

Automobile

Frank's Pizza

2016-06-27

$585

Fund raising (food)

Democratic Downstate Caucus

2016-05-10

$500

Donations

Riverdale Boosters

2016-04-06

$500

Donations

Nick Shelton

2016-05-23

$500

Payroll

Nick Shelton

2016-05-25

$500

Payroll

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