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Monday, September 15, 2025

How did Omar Aquino spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Omar Aquino's election campaign committee, Friends of Omar Aquino, spent $76,057 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Aquino's committee spent the most on printing services in the quarter, with 83.1% of this total ($50,000) going to ABCompuprint in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Aquino's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing services
$60,176
79.1%
Consulting services
$7,150
9.4%
Paid id's
$5,676
7.5%
Election day staff
$1,110
1.5%
Lodging
$455
0.6%
Database expenses
$450
0.6%
Catering
$360
0.5%
Fundraising event
$350
0.5%
Meals for volunteers
$178
0.2%
Radio advertisement
$150
0.2%

Table 2 below shows the top 18 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
ABCompuprint
2016-04-11
$50,000
Printing services
First Tuesday
2016-06-14
$6,360
Printing services
The Sexton Group
2016-04-20
$5,676
Paid id's
Chi-Town Printing
2016-06-06
$3,816
Printing services
KMM Consulting
2016-05-05
$3,650
Consulting services
KMM Consulting
2016-05-31
$3,500
Consulting services
Michal Niemkiewicz
2016-05-17
$540
Election day staff
Ngp Van
2016-04-12
$450
Database expenses
Lazo's Tacos
2016-04-12
$360
Catering
D.H. Brown's
2016-05-19
$350
Fundraising event
State House INN
2016-05-09
$324
Lodging
Mark Dobrzycki
2016-05-18
$300
Election day staff
Seth Wilson
2016-05-16
$270
Election day staff
McDonald's
2016-04-04
$150
Meals for volunteers
Alegria Musical Sabatina
2016-06-20
$150
Radio advertisement
State House INN
2016-05-11
$131
Lodging
McDonald's
2016-04-04
$23
Meals for volunteers
McDonald's
2016-04-04
$4
Meals for volunteers

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