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How did Mel Thillens spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Republican Mel Thillens's election campaign committee, Committee to Elect Mel Thillens, spent $32,215 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Thillens's committee spent the most on rent in the quarter, with all those payments ($9,000) going to Comar Properties in Oak Brook. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Thillens's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Rent
$9,000
27.9%
Staff salaries
$5,840
18.1%
Graphic design
$3,477
10.8%
Promotional items
$3,059
9.5%
Consulting
$2,250
7%
T-shirts
$2,150
6.7%
Printing
$2,149
6.7%
Fund raising (food)
$843
2.6%
Reimbursement-supplies
$733
2.3%
Insurance
$620
1.9%
Meals
$578
1.8%
Photography
$500
1.6%
Ad sponsorship
$500
1.6%
Ad books
$200
0.6%
Advertising
$158
0.5%
Candidate lodging
$154
0.5%

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
Comar Properties
2016-05-09
$9,000
Rent
Election Graphics
2016-04-28
$3,477
Graphic design
K & R Consultants
2016-05-16
$2,250
Consulting
Quantum Group
2016-05-06
$1,421
Printing
Quality Logo Products
2016-06-28
$1,146
Promotional items
Summit Specialties
2016-05-18
$1,075
T-shirts
Summit Specialties
2016-05-17
$1,075
T-shirts
Quality Logo Products
2016-04-29
$956
Promotional items
Quality Logo Products
2016-04-25
$956
Promotional items
Riccardo's Restaurant
2016-06-29
$843
Fund raising (food)
Mel P Thillens
2016-06-14
$733
Reimbursement-supplies
Quantum Group
2016-06-14
$727
Printing
Brianna Helm
2016-06-24
$675
Staff salaries
Rob Williams
2016-06-27
$640
Staff salaries
E.J. Coyne & Co.
2016-06-13
$620
Insurance
Sam Jensen
2016-06-03
$612
Staff salaries
Sam Jensen
2016-06-28
$547
Staff salaries
Matt Ferguson
2016-06-20
$500
Photography
Park Ridge Indian Scouts And Indian Princesses
2016-05-25
$500
Ad sponsorship
Brianna Helm
2016-06-01
$350
Staff salaries
Kelsi Del Principe
2016-06-02
$345
Staff salaries
Brianna Helm
2016-06-01
$300
Staff salaries
Matt Pierucci
2016-06-24
$285
Staff salaries
Andrea Dobben
2016-06-24
$270
Staff salaries
Matt Houck
2016-06-23
$260
Staff salaries

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