During the last thirty-nine days of her campaign to defeat incumbent Republican Joe Tirio for McHenry County Clerk, McHenry Township Assessor Mary Mahady spent almost $14,100,.

She received a last minute influx of $1,000 from Congressman Bill Foster, which probably meant he thought Mahady could emerge victorous.

It was a relatively close campaign.

But she had almost $16,000 left unspent.

The question in my mind is whether spending the funds available could have picked up enough votes to win.

On the last day of 2022, she wrote a check to herself for $5,000 to repay part of the aproximatrely $7,000 she loaned her campaign.

After repaying a large part of her loan, Mahady ended the year with $10,710.57 in the bank.

Assuming Mahady thought it would be a close campaign, one wonders why she didn’t spend all or her campaign funds in her quest for a much higher paying elective post than McHenry Township Assessor.

Mahady is still carrying $2,025.52 in debt to herself, so one can guess that will be repaid from her campaign surplus. in the future in addition to the $5,000 repaid the last day of the reporting period.

Of the $18,355.49, Mahady reported spending after Septembet 30th, most–$10,020.78–went to Chi-Town printing.

That $5,000 loan repayment was the second highest expenditure.

Other expenses include

• $1,915.78 to FaceBook
• $598.69 to Crystal Lake’s Cottage restaurant on Election Night
• $598.69 to McHenry’s Hub Market for supplies
• $280.60 to Bimbo’s Italian Restaurant on two days before Election Day
• $250 to the Democratic Party of McHenry County
• $179.64 to ActBlue

Nothing for postage unless that was included in the payment to the printer, which would mean the expenditure should have been described as “mailing,” rather than “printing.” In any event, no postcard arrived at my Republican household, so the assumption could be made that Mahady did not think she could peal off any GOP votes.

Besides the $1,000 from Congressman Bill Foster, where did her money come from?

Here are the name of contributions of over $150 from individuals, which totaled $4,650:

Foszcz, Russell	7301 W Burgett Road Richmond, IL 60071	$1,000
Kuna, J. Raymond	1819 Magnolia Court McHenry, IL 60051	$350
Lavin, Karen	2911 E. Lake Shore Wonder Lake, IL 60097	$200
Ludwig, Robert and Sharon	18416 IL Route 173 Harvard, IL 60033	$350
Mahady, Cheryl	7 Wendfair Terrace Albany, NY 12205	$300
Mahady, James	1126 E. First St. Bloomington, IN 47401	$500
Marshall, Tamara	4011 Whitehall Lane Algonquin, IL 60102	$1,000
McAndrews, Mary Lou	4219 Jay Street Johnsburg, IL 60051	$250
Richardson, John	1126 E. First Street Bloomington, IL 47401	$500
Shine, Mary Ellen	3318 Ivy Ln. McHenry, IL 60050	$200.00

Additional donations of under $150 from individuals totaled $3,265.

$2,863 was donated by Political Action Committees:

Bill Foster for Congress	511 Aurora Avenue Apt 510 Naperville, IL 60540	$1,000.00 10/26/2022
Friends of Kelli Wegener	5720 Wild Ash Crystal Lake, IL 60012	$1,113
Mary Morgan for 52	708 N Carriage Hill Island Lake, IL 60042	$250
Prairie Political Action Committee	600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE #15180, Washington, DC 20003	$500

Contributions of $7,515 from individuals in amounts of $150 or more were donated during the third quarter of the year:

Additional contributions of $3,220 came in amounts less than $150.

$3,100 came from Political Action Committees:

JB for Governor	P.O. Box A3801 Chicago, IL 60690	$1,500
LiUNA Chicago Laborers District Council PAC	999 McClintock Drive Suite 300 Burr Ridge, IL 60527-0825	$1,000
Realtor Political Action Committee	P. O. Box 19451 Springfield, IL 62794	$600

More tomorrow.