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How did Martin A Sandoval spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Martin A Sandoval's election campaign committee, Friends of Martin A Sandoval, spent $74,322 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Sandoval's committee spent the most on radio advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($15,000) going to Univision in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sandoval's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Radio advertising
$15,000
20.2%
Campaign work
$12,470
16.8%
Campaign staff
$11,600
15.6%
Printing
$4,318
5.8%
Postage
$4,098
5.5%
Car lease payment
$3,191
4.3%
Office cleaning
$2,496
3.4%
Newspaper advertising
$2,469
3.3%
Promotional items
$2,339
3.2%
Donations
$2,000
2.7%
Meals
$1,915
2.6%
Election day expenses
$1,458
2%
Party - staff
$1,306
1.8%
Promotional items-jackets
$1,288
1.7%
Fund raising (food)
$1,179
1.6%
Office equipment
$1,062
1.4%
T-shirts silkscreening
$947
1.3%
Fund raising entertainment
$704
1%
Car rental
$696
0.9%
Staff lodging
$676
0.9%
Jacket silkscreening
$621
0.8%
Cell phones
$595
0.8%
Promotional items-buttons
$474
0.6%
Utilities
$472
0.6%
Office supplies
$269
0.4%
Food
$250
0.3%
Candidate lodging
$242
0.3%
Subscriptions
$159
0.2%
Copies
$17
< 0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Univision
2016-03-14
$8,000
Radio advertising
Univision
2016-03-14
$7,000
Radio advertising
Tambra Zumwalt
2016-03-14
$6,000
Campaign staff
Usps
2016-03-08
$2,058
Postage
Matthew Castillo
2016-01-08
$2,000
Campaign work
Ruben Reyes
2016-03-15
$2,000
Campaign work
Kestler Digital Printing
2016-01-22
$1,850
Printing
Clarissa Vega
2016-01-11
$1,600
Campaign staff
Usps
2016-01-28
$1,190
Postage
Calmeca Academy
2016-03-15
$1,000
Donations
E&L Communications
2016-02-09
$1,000
Newspaper advertising
La Prensa Newspaper
2016-02-29
$1,000
Newspaper advertising
Jose Rojas
2016-02-04
$1,000
Campaign staff
Jose Rojas
2016-03-15
$1,000
Campaign staff
Tambra Zumwalt
2016-02-03
$1,000
Campaign staff
Express Cleaning
2016-02-29
$960
Office cleaning
TopNotch Silkscreening
2016-03-04
$947
T-shirts silkscreening
Cinco Estrellas
2016-03-14
$942
Party - staff
Rogers Auto Group
2016-02-26
$909
Car lease payment
Rogers Auto Group
2016-01-26
$909
Car lease payment
Rogers Auto Group
2016-03-28
$909
Car lease payment
Dunkin Donuts
2016-03-15
$894
Election day expenses
Pedro Garcia
2016-03-31
$840
Campaign work
Michael Perez
2016-03-16
$840
Campaign work
Clarissa Vega
2016-03-01
$800
Campaign work

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