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How did Marty Durkan spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Marty Durkan's election campaign committee, Friends for Marty Durkan, spent $86,822 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Durkan's committee spent the most on principal payment, breaker press in the quarter, with all those payments ($36,185) going to Breaker Press in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Durkan's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Principal payment, breaker press
$36,185
41.7%
Principal payment, bouchard gold communications
$35,942
41.4%
Website expenses
$10,000
11.5%
Consulting
$2,000
2.3%
Mailing
$1,484
1.7%
Flowers
$486
0.6%
Campaign work
$475
0.6%
Promotional items
$250
0.3%

Table 2 below shows the top 11 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Bouchard Gold Communications
2016-08-06
$35,942
Principal payment, bouchard gold communications
Breaker Press
2016-08-05
$30,000
Principal payment, breaker press
Spark Improvement
2016-08-11
$10,000
Website expenses
Breaker Press
2016-08-26
$3,660
Principal payment, breaker press
Rickey Hendon
2016-08-10
$2,000
Consulting
Breaker Press
2016-08-26
$1,675
Principal payment, breaker press
Bouchard Gold Communications
2016-08-10
$1,484
Mailing
Breaker Press
2016-08-26
$850
Principal payment, breaker press
Phillip's Interior Plants
2016-07-28
$486
Flowers
Caroline Kwan
2016-07-15
$475
Campaign work
Case Line
2016-08-31
$250
Promotional items

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