Kelley's committee spent the most on brochures in the quarter, with all those payments ($25,977) going to J.V. Murphy & Associates in Joliet. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kelley's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Brochures
$25,977
29.5%
Postage
$25,791
29.3%
Advertising - radio, newspaper
$18,829
21.4%
Food
$5,281
6%
Principal payment, kelley
$5,000
5.7%
Yard signs
$3,500
4%
Election day expenses
$2,600
3%
Promotional items
$593
0.7%
Donations
$280
0.3%
Cell phones
$204
0.2%
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
J.V. Murphy & Associates
2018-10-16
$18,829
Advertising - radio, newspaper
J.V. Murphy & Associates
2018-11-02
$18,222
Brochures
U.s.p.s.
2018-10-18
$12,853
Postage
US Postmaster
2018-10-11
$8,584
Postage
Mike Kelley
2018-12-19
$5,000
Principal payment, kelley
Forge
2018-11-06
$3,857
Food
Visions Signs Inc.
2018-10-10
$3,500
Yard signs
J.V. Murphy & Associates
2018-10-29
$3,063
Brochures
J.V. Murphy & Associates
2018-10-18
$2,800
Brochures
Kevin Conner
2018-11-06
$2,600
Election day expenses
U.s.p.s.
2018-10-10
$2,558
Postage
J.V. Murphy & Associates
2018-10-09
$1,892
Brochures
U.s.p.s.
2018-10-25
$1,749
Postage
Titan Image Group, Inc.
2018-10-09
$593
Promotional items
Will County Democratic Party
2018-10-04
$280
Donations
Jameson's Pub
2018-10-27
$256
Food
Jim Jones
2018-10-11
$234
Food
Walmart
2018-11-29
$204
Cell phones
Beggars Pizza
2018-10-12
$141
Food
Embers Tap House
2018-12-04
$114
Food
Embers Tap House
2018-10-30
$109
Food
Embers Tap House
2018-12-04
$109
Food
Embers Tap House
2018-12-17
$100
Food
Embers Tap House
2018-11-26
$75
Food
Beggars Pizza
2018-11-06
$72
Food
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