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How did Gilbert Villegas spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Gilbert Villegas's election campaign committee, Friends of Gilbert Villegas, spent $8,349 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Villegas's committee spent the most on lease payments in the quarter, with all those payments ($1,602) going to GM Financial in Fort Worth. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Villegas's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Lease payments
$1,602
19.2%
Meetings
$1,581
18.9%
Services rendered
$1,440
17.3%
Legal fees
$1,250
15%
Donations
$750
9%
Phones
$620
7.4%
Advertising
$450
5.4%
Travel
$430
5.2%
Equipment
$165
2%
Uncategorized expenses
$59
0.7%

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
GM Financial
2016-04-04
$534
Lease payments
GM Financial
2016-05-25
$534
Lease payments
GM Financial
2016-06-23
$534
Lease payments
Cucina Biagio
2016-04-11
$506
Meetings
Pericles Abbasi
2016-04-06
$500
Legal fees
Pericles Abbasi
2016-05-06
$500
Legal fees
Public Good
2016-06-14
$500
Donations
Puerto Rican Cultural Center
2016-06-30
$450
Advertising
At&t
2016-05-02
$312
Phones
At&t
2016-06-14
$307
Phones
Hotels.com
2016-04-08
$294
Travel
Pericles Abbasi
2016-04-06
$250
Legal fees
Bell Park Advisory Council
2016-06-02
$250
Donations
Renata Lechowicz
2016-04-14
$240
Services rendered
Renata Lechowicz
2016-04-28
$240
Services rendered
Renata Lechowicz
2016-05-12
$240
Services rendered
Renata Lechowicz
2016-05-26
$240
Services rendered
Renata Lechowicz
2016-06-10
$240
Services rendered
Renata Lechowicz
2016-06-24
$240
Services rendered
Chef's Burger Bistro
2016-05-31
$206
Meetings
Best Buy
2016-04-28
$165
Equipment
Trattoria Porretta
2016-06-01
$156
Meetings
Central Starlite
2016-05-27
$155
Meetings
Hotels.com
2016-04-07
$135
Travel
Mama Luna's Restaurant & Pizza
2016-04-26
$120
Meetings

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