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How did Barbara Flynn Currie spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Barbara Flynn Currie's election campaign committee, Barbara Flynn Currie for State Representative Cmte, spent $23,000 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Currie's committee spent the most on reception in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,605) going to Chicago White Sox in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Currie's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Reception
$4,605
20%
Lodging
$3,574
15.5%
Rent
$3,387
14.7%
Payroll
$2,866
12.5%
Printing
$1,745
7.6%
Taxes
$1,052
4.6%
Office phones and internet
$860
3.7%
Donations
$750
3.3%
Postage
$740
3.2%
Stipends
$645
2.8%
Transportation
$582
2.5%
Invoice
$537
2.3%
Office cleaning
$450
2%
Phone services
$317
1.4%
Website expenses
$264
1.2%
Ad books
$200
0.9%
Checks
$168
0.7%
Food
$151
0.7%
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$100
0.4%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Chicago White Sox
2016-09-13
$4,565
Reception
Courtyard Marriott
2016-08-16
$2,859
Lodging
Consolidated Printing
2016-09-06
$1,745
Printing
U of C Property Holding Corp.
2016-08-16
$1,129
Rent
U of C Property Holding Corp.
2016-07-16
$1,129
Rent
U of C Property Holding Corp.
2016-09-09
$1,129
Rent
US Postal Service
2016-09-06
$740
Postage
Courtyard Marriott
2016-08-16
$714
Lodging
57th St. Children's Book Fair
2016-07-29
$500
Donations
Jackie Bearden
2016-07-05
$484
Stipends
Paychex
2016-08-12
$477
Payroll
Paychex
2016-07-14
$477
Payroll
Paychex
2016-09-14
$477
Payroll
Paychex
2016-08-30
$477
Payroll
Paychex
2016-07-29
$477
Payroll
Paychex
2016-09-29
$477
Payroll
Southwest Airlines
2016-08-16
$406
Transportation
Comcast
2016-07-29
$262
Office phones and internet
Black United Fund of Illinois
2016-07-29
$250
Donations
Comcast
2016-08-16
$234
Office phones and internet
Comcast
2016-09-06
$201
Office phones and internet
Jackson Park Hospital Foundation
2016-07-16
$200
Ad books
Paychex
2016-08-10
$186
Invoice
Southwest Airlines
2016-09-23
$175
Transportation
Paychex
2016-07-11
$175
Invoice

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