Fernandez's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with 96.1% of this total ($12,400) going to Illinois Voter Education PAC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Fernandez's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$12,900
59.1%
Consulting
$3,000
13.7%
Palm cards
$1,925
8.8%
Lawn signs
$1,020
4.7%
Election day expenses
$1,000
4.6%
Field work
$780
3.6%
Printing
$698
3.2%
Promotional items
$273
1.3%
Legal fees
$250
1.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 20 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Illinois Voter Education PAC
2016-02-23
$6,200
Mailing
Illinois Voter Education PAC
2016-03-04
$6,200
Mailing
Mary Kay Dawson
2016-01-01
$1,000
Consulting
Mary Kay Dawson
2016-02-01
$1,000
Consulting
Mary Kay Dawson
2016-03-01
$1,000
Consulting
Jesse Ruben Juarez
2016-01-17
$780
Field work
Kevron Printing & Mailing, Inc
2016-03-18
$698
Printing
Minuteman Press Chicago
2016-02-25
$558
Lawn signs
34th Ward Regular Democratic Org
2016-03-15
$500
Election day expenses
Democratic Party of Leyden Township
2016-01-10
$500
Election day expenses
Democratic Party of the 49th Ward
2016-03-04
$500
Palm cards
The Coalition PAC
2016-02-23
$500
Palm cards
Minuteman Press Chicago
2016-03-10
$462
Lawn signs
Democratic Party of Evanston
2016-02-24
$425
Palm cards
Minuteman Press Chicago
2016-03-25
$273
Promotional items
19th Ward Democratic Org
2016-03-04
$250
Palm cards
48th Ward Democratic Organization
2016-03-04
$250
Mailing
Friends of Stanley Moore
2016-03-02
$250
Palm cards
Indo-American Democratic Org
2016-03-08
$250
Mailing
United Processing, Inc.
2016-01-17
$250
Legal fees
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