Burke's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 76.6% of this total ($36,000) going to MAV Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Burke's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$47,000
18.3%
Contractual expenses
$43,935
17.1%
Taxes - federal
$23,964
9.3%
Election expense
$23,310
9.1%
Printing
$17,573
6.8%
Promotional items
$14,669
5.7%
Events
$13,650
5.3%
Dinner
$11,747
4.6%
Donations
$10,500
4.1%
Secretarial
$10,159
4%
Compliance
$9,200
3.6%
State taxes
$5,680
2.2%
Deposit
$5,000
1.9%
Graphic design
$4,325
1.7%
Tickets
$3,000
1.2%
Golf outings
$2,500
1%
Production media expenses
$2,239
0.9%
Stop payment
$2,000
0.8%
Table
$2,000
0.8%
Postage
$1,200
0.5%
Photography
$1,195
0.5%
Video
$741
0.3%
Table rental
$576
0.2%
Telephones
$339
0.1%
Lodging
$323
0.1%
Sponsorships
$300
0.1%
Gifts
$174
< 0.1%
Books
$106
< 0.1%
Book
$55
< 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
Anzalone Liszt Grove Research, Inc.
2018-09-06
$21,700
Election expense
Internal Revenue Service USA Tax Payment
2018-09-17
$17,500
Taxes - federal
4 Imprint
2018-08-23
$14,479
Promotional items
Haymarket
2018-07-17
$11,340
Contractual expenses
Haymarket
2018-07-24
$9,150
Contractual expenses
Fuse
2018-09-05
$8,495
Printing
MAV Consulting
2018-08-30
$8,000
Consulting
MAV Consulting
2018-09-26
$8,000
Consulting
MAV Consulting
2018-07-11
$8,000
Consulting
MAV Consulting
2018-07-30
$8,000
Consulting
Fuse
2018-08-07
$7,958
Printing
Haymarket
2018-09-25
$7,702
Contractual expenses
Haymarket
2018-08-28
$6,712
Contractual expenses
Inspired Catering
2018-08-23
$6,103
Dinner
Cure
2018-07-02
$6,000
Events
Inner City Culture
2018-08-07
$6,000
Donations
Merit School of Music
2018-07-01
$5,000
Events
Sheraton Chicago
2018-07-01
$5,000
Deposit
Illinois Dept of Revenue
2018-09-17
$4,810
State taxes
Richard Duchossis
2018-09-11
$4,400
Compliance
Russ M. Strobel
2018-09-11
$4,400
Compliance
Pericles Abbasi
2018-08-08
$4,000
Consulting
MAV Consulting
2018-07-01
$4,000
Consulting
Haymarket
2018-08-14
$3,930
Contractual expenses
Inspired Catering
2018-07-01
$3,686
Dinner
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