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How did Theresa Mah spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Theresa Mah's election campaign committee, Friends of Theresa Mah, spent $14,997 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Mah's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 83.7% of this total ($4,515) going to Carl Camacho in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mah's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$5,392
36%
Bank charges
$2,834
18.9%
Food
$1,791
11.9%
Donations
$1,500
10%
Air fare - candidate
$687
4.6%
Printing
$547
3.7%
Graphic design
$514
3.4%
Printig
$350
2.3%
Office supplies
$327
2.2%
Candidate lodging
$300
2%
Election day workers
$240
1.6%
Parking
$206
1.4%
Transportation
$185
1.2%
Gasoline
$123
0.8%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
New Chan LLC
2016-11-09
$2,500
Bank charges
Carl Camacho
2016-11-25
$2,310
Consulting
Carl Camacho
2016-12-15
$2,205
Consulting
Connie's Pizza
2016-11-09
$918
Food
Pros Arts Studio
2016-12-05
$514
Graphic design
Project Vision
2016-11-17
$500
Donations
St. Ann School
2016-10-13
$500
Donations
Minuteman Press
2016-11-04
$380
Printing
American Airlines
2016-11-17
$364
Air fare - candidate
Minuteman Press
2016-11-25
$350
Printig
ActBlue
2016-12-31
$334
Bank charges
Southwest Airlines
2016-10-11
$302
Air fare - candidate
Wyndham Springfield City Center
2016-11-17
$300
Candidate lodging
Brian Cerullo
2016-10-13
$250
Consulting
Chinese American Service League
2016-12-05
$250
Donations
Latino Policy Forum
2016-11-10
$250
Donations
Dan Ferralez
2016-11-08
$240
Election day workers
Nation Builder
2016-11-20
$209
Consulting
Nation Builder
2016-12-21
$209
Consulting
NationBuilder
2016-10-21
$209
Consulting
Tio Luis Tacos
2016-11-10
$184
Food
Humberto's Pizzeria
2016-10-11
$129
Food
Office Depot
2016-11-08
$129
Office supplies
Humberto's Pizzeria
2016-10-31
$127
Food
Office Depot
2016-10-12
$121
Office supplies

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