by John McCormick
With his presidential campaign headquartered in Chicago, Sen. Barack Obama spent $1.4 million on payroll during the third quarter of the year for employees who listed Illinois addresses. Iowa, at $680,000, was next on his payroll list for the period from July through September.
Click on the jump for Obama’s payroll spending by state.(based on the home address listed for the person receiving the payment)
State / Sum of payroll
IL $1,457,657.77
IA $680,228.02
NH $423,781.00
SC $290,825.78
DC $288,609.54
NV $217,168.65
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CA $134,967.21
MA $54,759.35
FL $49,443.48
NJ $35,566.00
MD $25,073.05
SD $23,568.07
NC $18,322.92
VA $17,773.20
NY $17,627.36
MI $14,836.15
WA $14,673.51
CT $12,191.26
KS $10,299.65
IN $6,271.82
AL $5,526.35
OH $4,359.32
MN $4,143.61
OR $730.91
MO $500.00