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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

How did Sue Scherer spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Sue Scherer's election campaign committee, Friends of Sue Scherer, spent $34,958 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Scherer's committee spent the most on poll survey in the quarter, with all those payments ($15,000) going to Tulchin Research in San Francisco. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Scherer's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Poll survey
$15,000
42.9%
Campaign work
$9,615
27.5%
Postage
$3,340
9.6%
Printing
$900
2.6%
Mailer & postage
$761
2.2%
Job fair
$715
2.1%
Advertising
$625
1.8%
Ad & table
$500
1.4%
Email letters
$487
1.4%
Cell phones
$446
1.3%
Gasoline
$366
1.1%
Office supplies
$365
1%
Ad & dinner ticket
$345
1%
Membership dues
$275
0.8%
Printing labels
$250
0.7%
Tickets
$240
0.7%
Gala tickets
$175
0.5%
Equipment - purchase
$165
0.5%
Parade candy
$153
0.4%
Pies for event
$75
0.2%
Equipment - purchase cell phones
$54
0.2%
State fair breakfast
$40
0.1%
Donations
$35
0.1%
Telephones
$27
< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Tulchin Research
2018-08-17
$15,000
Poll survey
United States Post Office
2018-08-07
$3,000
Postage
Rachel Devereux
2018-08-13
$1,305
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-08-25
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-09-03
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-09-24
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-09-10
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-09-17
$750
Campaign work
Workforce Investment Solutions
2018-07-19
$715
Job fair
Frye-Williamson Press
2018-09-26
$646
Printing
African-America History
2018-08-31
$500
Advertising
Central Lodge #3
2018-09-20
$500
Ad & table
Constant Contact
2018-08-21
$487
Email letters
Joshua Majors
2018-09-24
$372
Campaign work
Staples
2018-08-21
$365
Office supplies
Faith Coalition for the Common Good
2018-09-25
$345
Ad & dinner ticket
Frye-Williamson Press
2018-09-26
$340
Postage
Joshua Majors
2018-09-10
$318
Campaign work
Joshua Majors
2018-08-13
$312
Campaign work
Joshua Majors
2018-09-17
$288
Campaign work
Greater Decatur Chamber of Commcerce
2018-09-08
$275
Membership dues
Mike Anderson
2018-09-10
$270
Campaign work
Mike Anderson
2018-09-24
$270
Campaign work
Joshua Majors
2018-08-25
$264
Campaign work
Frye-Williamson Press
2018-08-06
$253
Mailer & postage

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