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How did Kurt A Summers Jr spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Kurt A Summers Jr's election campaign committee, Summers for Chicago, spent $36,090 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Summers's committee spent the most on fund raising (food) in the quarter, with 85.7% of this total ($13,140) going to Chicago Athletic Association in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Summers's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fund raising (food)
$15,325
42.5%
Fund raising - food and entertainment
$8,053
22.3%
Transportation
$2,450
6.8%
Data services
$2,130
5.9%
Fund raising - venue rental and food
$2,002
5.6%
Legal fees
$1,620
4.5%
Hall rental for raising funds
$1,000
2.8%
Cell phones
$608
1.7%
Consulting - community engagement
$500
1.4%
Bank error, contribution returned
$500
1.4%
Postage
$434
1.2%
Technical service fee
$429
1.2%
Photography services
$417
1.2%
Office supplies
$318
0.9%
Merchant services fee
$104
0.3%
Chargeback
$75
0.2%
Financial services
$61
0.2%
Merchant services interchange fee
$45
0.1%
Bank charges
$10
< 0.1%
Merchant service discount fee
$4
< 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
Chicago Athletic Association
2016-08-22
$13,140
Fund raising (food)
Buddy Guy's Legends
2016-08-22
$8,053
Fund raising - food and entertainment
Buddy Guy's Legends
2016-08-22
$2,184
Fund raising (food)
NGP VAN, Inc.
2016-08-08
$2,130
Data services
Hub 51
2016-08-22
$2,002
Fund raising - venue rental and food
Adducci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell, & Blankenship, P.C.
2016-09-23
$1,485
Legal fees
Buddy Guy's Legends
2016-08-22
$1,000
Hall rental for raising funds
Executive Towncar Service
2016-07-28
$688
Transportation
Executive Towncar Service
2016-07-27
$602
Transportation
Christopher Percy
2016-08-13
$500
Consulting - community engagement
The Private Bank
2016-08-12
$500
Bank error, contribution returned
Executive Towncar Service
2016-07-26
$438
Transportation
Regus Chicago
2016-08-22
$434
Postage
Joshua Slater
2016-08-13
$417
Photography services
Executive Towncar Service
2016-07-26
$352
Transportation
FastFrame
2016-08-22
$318
Office supplies
AT&T Mobility
2016-08-12
$202
Cell phones
AT&T Mobility
2016-09-13
$202
Cell phones
AT&T Mobility
2016-07-12
$202
Cell phones
ActBlue Technical Services
2016-08-31
$158
Technical service fee
Executive Towncar Service
2016-07-29
$156
Transportation
Adducci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell, & Blankenship, P.C.
2016-08-08
$135
Legal fees
ActBlue Technical Services
2016-08-31
$87
Technical service fee
Executive Towncar Service
2016-07-28
$86
Transportation
Executive Towncar Service
2016-07-27
$85
Transportation

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