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How did Pat Quinn spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Pat Quinn's election campaign committee, Taxpayers for Quinn, spent $65,615 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Quinn's committee spent the most on phone calls in the quarter, with all those payments ($30,000) going to Brushfire Strategies in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Quinn's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Phone calls
$30,000
45.7%
Services rendered
$21,500
32.8%
Payroll
$4,664
7.1%
Rent
$2,824
4.3%
Tax payment
$1,985
3%
Moving services
$1,290
2%
Phone bill
$924
1.4%
Airfare
$537
0.8%
Database fee
$500
0.8%
Subscriptions
$345
0.5%
Domain services
$273
0.4%
Processing fees
$261
0.4%
Office supplies
$203
0.3%
Food and beverage expenses
$165
0.3%
Storage fee
$141
0.2%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Brushfire Strategies
2016-06-06
$30,000
Phone calls
Cheryl Byers
2016-04-15
$8,000
Services rendered
Cheryl Byers
2016-04-29
$2,000
Services rendered
Cheryl Byers
2016-05-13
$2,000
Services rendered
Cheryl Byers
2016-05-31
$2,000
Services rendered
Cheryl Byers
2016-06-15
$2,000
Services rendered
Cheryl Byers
2016-06-30
$2,000
Services rendered
Jefferson Fulton Building
2016-06-01
$1,725
Rent
Claude Walker
2016-04-05
$1,250
Services rendered
Claude Walker
2016-05-15
$1,250
Services rendered
William Morgan
2016-04-15
$1,166
Payroll
William Morgan
2016-04-29
$1,166
Payroll
William Morgan
2016-05-13
$1,166
Payroll
William Morgan
2016-05-31
$1,166
Payroll
Jefferson Fulton Building
2016-04-30
$1,099
Rent
Martin Reggi
2016-05-24
$1,000
Services rendered
Southwest Airlines
2016-05-18
$537
Airfare
Smith Furniture Services
2016-04-01
$525
Moving services
NGP VAN, Inc.
2016-05-18
$500
Database fee
Smith Furniture Services
2016-04-14
$415
Moving services
Irs
2016-04-15
$395
Tax payment
Irs
2016-04-29
$395
Tax payment
Irs
2016-05-13
$395
Tax payment
Irs
2016-05-31
$395
Tax payment
At&t
2016-05-18
$355
Phone bill

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