Tryon Files Campaign Disclosure, Reports $26,800 on Hand

Mike Tryon

Reporting campaign finance details before tomorrow’s deadline is McHenry County Republican State Representative Mike Tryon.

He had $26,800 at the end of last month.

The McHenry County Republican Party Chairman raised $30,700 and spent $26,800.

That’s a high “burn rate.” Almost one to one.

Contributions of over $150 came from the following:

  • $1,500 – Ameren, St. Louis-based utility
  • $1,400 – Sung D. Kang, Cleaners, Crystal Lake
  • $1,000 – Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois PAC
  • $1,000 – Comcast Financial Agency Corporation
  • $1,000 – Illinois Affordable Housing Institute PAC
  • $1,000 – Illinois Hospital Association PAC 700 South Second St.
  • $1,000 – Illinois Merchants Political Action Committee Team 19 South La Salle
  • $1,000 – Illinois State Medical Society PAC
  • $1,000 – Innovative Component Sales Inc. (Mike Skala, Huntley School Board member)
  • $1,000 – Royal Management Corporation, Lombard
  • $1,000 – Walgreens, Deerfield
  • $1,000 – Waste Management, Houston
  • $632 – Cathy Tryon, Crystal Lake
  • $500 – Arlington Park Racecourse
  • $500 – Bravo Properties, Oak Brook
  • $500 – Citizens to Elect Lou Bianchi
  • $500 – Diageo-Guiness USA Inc., Norwalk, CT
  • $500 – Fletcher Topol O’Brien & Kasper (lobbyists)
  • $500 – I.C.M.E.A. P.A.C. (Illinois Coroner’s & Medical Examiners Assn PAC)
  • $500 – Ervin & Louise Lecoque, Crystal Lake
  • $500 – Committee to Elect Kenneth Koehler
  • $500 – NICOR Gas PAC
  • $500 – Realtor Political Action Committee
  • $500 – PDC Laboratories, Peoria
  • $500 – S Bohenstengel & Associates, Oak Park, IL
  • $500 – Sorling Northrup Hanna Cullen & Cochran (lobbyists)
  • $300 – Alliance Contractors (Chuck Ruth), Woodstock
  • $300 – Illinois CPAs for Political Action
  • $250 – (County Board member) Scott & Mary Breeden
  • $250 – Christopher Burke Engineering Ltd., Rosemont
  • $250 – Exelon Generation Company PAC
  • $250 – Gary Lang Chevrolet
  • $250 – Thomas Z. Hayward Jr., Chicago
  • $250 – Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers
  • $250 – IAMP-PAC (Illinois Association of Mortgage Professionals)
  • $250 – Illinois Bank PAC
  • $250 – Illinois Fire Sprinkler Contractors PAC
  • $250 – Illinois Union of Operating Engineers PAC LOCAL #150
  • $250 – Manzullo For Congress
  • $250 – Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of American
  • $250 – Plote Construction, Elgin
  • $250 – Servicemaster, Memphis
  • $250 – Source One Staffing, West Chicago
  • $250 – Lawrence & Patricia Swanson, Crystal Lake
  • $250 – Thelan Sand & Gravel, Antioch
  • $200 – Illinois Energy Professionals Association
  • $200 – Joan G. Larsen, Joan G., Lake in the Hills

Of at least as much interest is how Tryon spent his campaign cash.

The House Republican Organization, successor to the House Republican Campaign Committee, got $5,250. Tryon is probably being assessed that amount, similar to way that former Republican Minority Leader Lee Daniels operated.

I see nothing given to John O’Neill, who is running for state representative against incumbent Democrat Jack Franks. Don’t you wonder how much better a campaign O’Neill could wage if the $5,000, plus given the House Republicans, presumably to be spent elsewhere, had been given to O’Neill.

Oh, well. There’s still time for a sizable contribution to O’Neill.

Republican candidate for governor Bill Brady received $500.

Tryon gave $1,000 to his long-time ally and campaign treasurer McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler. Showing that the campaign contribution game sometimes has reciprocal arrangements, whether formal or informal, is Koehler’s contribution of $500 to Tryon.

Among the larger items in the other $16,200 in expenditures are:

  • $3,730 – Lincoln Square Apartments, Springfield, for rent
  • $2,175 – D’Andrea Banquets & Conference Center for fund raiser
  • $2,075 – Cheryl Meyers’ campaign assistance
  • $1,460 – Webb Enterprises for pens
  • $571 – Postage
  • $534 – 1776 for meetings
  • $591 – Creager Press, Schaumburg, for printing
  • $407 – John Evans, Rocks for meetings
  • $350 – Jean Shober, disclosure filing
  • $350 – Capitol Fax
  • $342 – Walmart, supplies and gift baskets
  • $300 – Madsen Sugden & Gottemoller for legal advice

Tryon is holding a fish boil August 3rd in Huntley at the Parkside Pub.  More details are below:


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