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How did Elgie R Sims Jr spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Elgie R Sims Jr's election campaign committee, Friends of Elgie Sims, spent $13,999 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Sims's committee spent the most on auto services in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,089) going to JPM Auto in New York. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sims's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Auto services
$3,089
22.1%
Travel, office equipment and supplies
$1,694
12.1%
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
$1,418
10.1%
Gasoline
$1,098
7.8%
Hotel & lodging services
$1,068
7.6%
Office equipment
$1,055
7.5%
Telephone and internet services
$893
6.4%
Travel expenses
$788
5.6%
Computer software services
$690
4.9%
Storage services
$552
3.9%
Office supplies/equipment
$403
2.9%
Conference registration
$375
2.7%
Transportation services
$272
1.9%
Golf outing expenses
$235
1.7%
Computer services
$195
1.4%
Flowers - charitable donations
$169
1.2%

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
American Express
2016-05-09
$1,694
Travel, office equipment and supplies
Best Buy
2016-06-01
$1,055
Office equipment
JPM Auto
2016-04-05
$1,029
Auto services
JPM Auto
2016-05-03
$1,029
Auto services
JPM Auto
2016-06-03
$1,029
Auto services
Southwest Airlines
2016-05-24
$788
Travel expenses
Wyndham Springfield
2016-04-19
$730
Hotel & lodging services
Alfred AJ Burse
2016-05-18
$650
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
Darren Martin
2016-04-19
$450
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
CSG Midwest
2016-05-11
$375
Conference registration
Club Quarters Hotel
2016-05-24
$338
Hotel & lodging services
Earl Bell
2016-06-13
$318
Personal services for friends of elgie sims
Enterprise Holdings, Inc. PAC
2016-04-10
$272
Transportation services
Staples
2016-06-12
$244
Office supplies/equipment
Ross Stores
2016-06-10
$235
Golf outing expenses
Ngp Van
2016-04-04
$230
Computer software services
Ngp Van
2016-05-01
$230
Computer software services
Ngp Van
2016-06-01
$230
Computer software services
Comcast
2016-04-04
$195
Computer services
Comcast
2016-05-04
$195
Telephone and internet services
Comcast
2016-06-03
$195
Telephone and internet services
Public Storage
2016-04-04
$184
Storage services
Public Storage
2016-05-03
$184
Storage services
Public Storage
2016-06-03
$184
Storage services
1-800-Flowers.com
2016-04-27
$169
Flowers - charitable donations

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