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As of September 30, 2020 quarterly report (some contribution data is more current).

All
contributions are 2019 or later (2020 election cycle)

Underwood v. Oberweis
Campaign donations
Underwood
Cash on hand: $1,847,759

Like many democratic candidates, Underwood has received a lot of money from
ActBlue — almost $1.8 million since 2019.

Top single donors since start of 2019 (full list in attached excel le):

contributor_name total_amount total_donations

ACTBLUE 1797526.49 8235

HOUSE VICTORY PROJECT 2020 272165 2

EMILY'S LIST 156510.32 389

DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC. PAC 57400 66

MAINTAINING A MAJORITY 42860 5

HOLD THE HOUSE VICTORY FUND 32860 1

BLUE GREEN VICTORY FUND 27319.6 2

FRONTLINE WOMEN 2020 27050 2

FRONTLINE USA 24100 9

NEW CONGRESS FUND 23330 1

Oberweis
Cash on hand: $697,860
Oberweis is largely self-funding his campaign, having spent more than $1 million
since the start of last year.

contributor_name total_amount total_donations

OBERWEIS, JIM 1108179.43 24

OBERWEIS FOR IL-14 25070 1

MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC 10000 2

OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK 6725.49 13

OZINGA, MARTY IV 5600 2

OBERWEIS, JULIE 5600 2

MCLENNAN, REBECCA 5600 2

KEISER, MICHAEL 5600 2

KOTTS, JOHN 5600 2

OBERWEIS, TRISH 5600 2

Campaign spending
Underwood
Total disbursements since 2019: $5,335,141

One of Underwood's top recipients of campaign funds is Berger Hirschberg. They


handle somewhat bigger clients than the rms employed by candidates in the 6th
district — their homepage touts more than $2 million raised for New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo.

recipient_name total_disbursement_amount total_disbursements disbursement_reasons

PAYROLL DATA 421143.42 110 PAYROLL SERVICES,


PROCESSING PAYROLL TAXES,
PAYROLL FEES,
PAYROLL

BERGER 144747.3 17 FUNDRAISING


HIRSCHBERG CONSULTING
STRATEGIES SERVICES
recipient_name total_disbursement_amount total_disbursements disbursement_reasons

CHO, RONNIE 127716.59 20 EXPENSE


REIMBURSEMENT
BELOW IF ITEMIZED,
REIMBURSEMENT -
SEE BELOW IF
ITEMIZED, EXPENSE
REIMBURSEMENT -
BELOW IF ITEMIZED,
STRATEGIC
CONSULTING
SERVICES

CAPITAL ONE 125294.77 69 CASH BACK REWARDS,


SERVICE FEE, CREDIT
CARD PAYMENT -
BELOW IF ITEMIZED,
CREDIT CARD
PAYMENT

DO BIG THINGS 123002 16 INTERNET


LLC ADVERTISEMENTS,
DIGITAL CONSULTING
SERVICES

ACTBLUE 92097.14 85 MERCHANT FEES,


TECHNICAL MERCHANTS FEES
SERVICES

H2O 65454.36 21 MEDIA CONSULTING


STRATEGIES EXPENSES, MEDIA
CONSULTING
SERVICES, MEDIA
CONSULTING

MCSHANE, 65212.55 25 MILEAGE,


RAVEN REIMBURSEMENT -
SUPPLIES, TRAVEL,
POSTAGE,
REIMBURSEMENT -
POSTAGE, STAFF
TRAINING,
REIMBURSEMENT -
POSTAGE, SUPPLIES,
REIMBURSEMENT -
POSTAGE,
REIMBURSEMENT -
POSTAGE, TRAVEL,
SALARY

ELDERS, 63777.56 34 REFUND ADVANCE


ASHLEY TRAVEL SERVICES,
VOID LOST CHECK
DATED 07/10/2019,
EXPENSE
REIMBURSEMENT -
BELOW IF ITEMIZED,
EXPENSE
REIMBURSEMENT -
TRAVEL, SALARY,
REIMBURSEMENT -
SUPPLIES, TRAVEL,
ADVANCE TRAVEL
SERVICES, REISSUE
ADVANCE TRAVEL
SERVICES PAYMENT,
REISSUE CHECK
VOIDED 07/30/2019

CAPITOL 58612.78 17 COMPLIANCE


COMPLIANCE EXPENSES,
ASSOCIATES COMPLIANCE
SERVICES
Oberweis
Total disbursements since 2017: $2,280,193

Interestingly, Oberweis is also his own biggest recipient of campaign funds,


receiving more than half a million since 2019. The long list of disbursement
reasons shows those are pretty well-documented, however, so I don't think it
raises any red ags.

His next biggest recipient is a rm called Victory Media, which I really can't nd
much about. It appears they did general advertising services for the campaign.

recipient_name total_disbursement_amount total_disbursements disbursement_reasons

OBERWEIS, JIM 507747.83 18 IN-KIND - BOY SCOUT


FUNDRAISER TICKRTS,
IN-KIND - CAMPAIGN
OFFICE SUPPLIES, IN-
KIND - TRAVEL, IN-
KIND - FOOD FOR
VOLUNTEERS, IN-
KIND - UBER
TRANSPORTATION,
IN-KIND - UBER
TRAVEL, IN-KIND -
CAR RENTAL, IN-KIND
- FOOD FOR
VOLUNTEER PARTY,
IN-KIND - AIR FARE,
MILEAGE, IN-KIND -
MILEAGE, IN-KIND -
AIRFARE, IN-KIND -
TRAVEL EXPENSES,
IN-KIND - HYATT
LODGING & PARKING,
IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTION:
TRAVEL EXPENSE,
LOAN REPAYMENT

VICTORY MEDIA 187795.34 10 ADVERTISING,


SOFTWARE, MEDIA,
RESEARCH,
FUNDRAISING

AMERICAN 168346.56 19 DIRECT MAIL DESIGN,


STRATEGIES, PRINT DESIGN,
LLC DESIGN CONSULTING,
DESIGN & PRINT,
PRINT, RESEARCH,
NEWSPAPER AD
LAYOUT, RESEARCH &
CONSULTING,
SOUTHWEST CC
PAYMENT: RESEARCH,
BARCLAY CC
PAYMENT: RESEARCH

AMPERSAND 129113.15 4 CABLE TV ADS,


SOUTHWEST CC
PAYMENT: MEDIA,
CABLE
ADVERTISEMENT
recipient_name total_disbursement_amount total_disbursements disbursement_reasons

FOREST 127928.42 20 PRINTING, BARCLAY


PRINTING CC PAYMENT:
COMPANY PRINTING, PRINTING:
IN-KIND PAYMENT BY
CANDIDATE,
SOUTHWEST CC
PAYMENT: PRINTING,
BARCLAY CC
PAYMENT: PRUNTING

BARCLAY 86243.96 1 CREDIT CARD


CREDIT CARD PAYMENT: PRINT &
RESEARCH

NSPIRE 63197.49 25 MILEAGE, MILEAGE &


REIMBURSE SUPPLIES,
STAFF, PAYROLL

SOUTHWEST 44123.78 1 CREDIT CARD


CREDIT CARD PAYMENT

MCLAUGHN & 34785 2 POLLING


ASSOCIATES

NYHAN & 30388.78 7 FUNDRAISER,


FRIENDS FUNDRAISING STAFF,
STAFF, FUNDRAISING,
FUNDRAISER STAFF

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