Aquino's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with 79.1% of this total ($55,000) going to ABCompuprint in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Aquino's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$69,498
52.5%
Polling services
$17,500
13.2%
Salaries
$12,000
9.1%
Consulting services
$7,000
5.3%
Video production
$5,000
3.8%
Postage & office supplies
$4,477
3.4%
Petty cash withdrawl
$4,465
3.4%
Election night party
$2,100
1.6%
Compliance services
$1,625
1.2%
Catering
$1,581
1.2%
Legal services
$1,482
1.1%
Fundraising venue
$1,055
0.8%
Postage
$980
0.7%
Election day staff
$800
0.6%
Videographer
$500
0.4%
Radio ad buy
$480
0.4%
Database expenses
$450
0.3%
Web services
$448
0.3%
Credit card processing fees
$325
0.3%
Phone & internet
$305
0.2%
Photography services
$265
0.2%
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
ABCompuprint
2016-03-14
$55,000
Printing
Connection Strategies
2016-01-25
$9,075
Polling services
Chi-Town Printing
2016-03-08
$6,070
Printing
Connection Strategies
2016-03-03
$5,400
Polling services
Ivan Gonzalez
2016-03-22
$5,000
Salaries
Mario Lopez
2016-03-24
$5,000
Salaries
Paladin Political Group, LLC
2016-03-15
$5,000
Video production
Costco
2016-03-08
$4,477
Postage & office supplies
Friends of Omar Aquino
2016-03-15
$4,465
Petty cash withdrawl
Governmental Solutions
2016-03-07
$4,277
Printing
KMM Consulting, LLC
2016-02-22
$3,500
Consulting services
KMM Consulting, LLC
2016-03-25
$3,500
Consulting services
Chi-Town Printing
2016-03-08
$3,390
Printing
Connection Strategies
2016-02-19
$3,025
Polling services
The Levee
2016-03-15
$2,100
Election night party
Mario Lopez
2016-02-23
$2,000
Salaries
Jennifer Kim
2016-02-09
$1,625
Compliance services
Tom Jaconetty
2016-03-10
$1,482
Legal services
Citizen Bar
2016-02-25
$1,030
Fundraising venue
La Villa Restaurant
2016-03-16
$745
Catering
Usps
2016-03-10
$588
Postage
Fedex
2016-03-16
$528
Printing
Ruben Calderon
2016-03-31
$500
Videographer
Wsbc 1240 Am
2016-02-22
$480
Radio ad buy
Ngp Van
2016-02-11
$450
Database expenses
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