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How did Don Gray spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Republican Don Gray's election campaign committee, Friends of Don Gray, spent $5,311 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Gray's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($955) going to GM Services, LLC in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Gray's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$955
18%
Radio advertising
$750
14.1%
Sponsorship food
$696
13.1%
Staff christmas gifts
$600
11.3%
Food
$509
9.6%
Photography
$300
5.7%
Graphic design
$278
5.2%
Social media advertising
$270
5.1%
Newspaper advertising
$225
4.2%
Food for auction item redemption
$207
3.9%
Auction item redemption
$185
3.5%
Auction item food redemption
$146
2.8%
Promotional items
$89
1.7%
Food supplies for sponsorship
$48
0.9%
Auction item redemption supplies
$48
0.9%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
GM Services, LLC
2017-12-22
$955
Mailing
Don Gray
2017-12-12
$600
Staff christmas gifts
Westwoods
2017-12-22
$419
Food
Neuhoff Media Springfield
2017-10-05
$375
Radio advertising
Neuhoff Media Springfield
2017-11-07
$375
Radio advertising
Kristi Mitchell Photography
2017-11-30
$300
Photography
Sam's Club
2017-11-28
$207
Food for auction item redemption
Sam's Club
2017-10-06
$188
Sponsorship food
Sam's Club
2017-10-07
$147
Sponsorship food
Sam's Club
2017-11-17
$146
Auction item food redemption
Karen Birkey Graphic Designer
2017-12-07
$145
Graphic design
Facebook
2017-10-30
$129
Social media advertising
Sam's Club
2017-10-23
$129
Sponsorship food
Sam's Club
2017-12-22
$118
Auction item redemption
Sam's Club
2017-10-12
$114
Sponsorship food
South County Publications, Ltd
2017-11-15
$100
Newspaper advertising
South County Publications, Ltd
2017-12-04
$100
Newspaper advertising
Humphrey's Market
2017-10-30
$99
Sponsorship food
Karen Birkey Graphic Designer
2017-11-01
$92
Graphic design
Sam's Club
2017-10-27
$90
Food
Sam's Club
2017-11-03
$89
Promotional items
Facebook
2017-11-29
$60
Social media advertising
Humphrey's Market
2017-12-22
$52
Auction item redemption
Facebook
2017-12-28
$50
Social media advertising
Humphrey's Market
2017-10-06
$48
Food supplies for sponsorship

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