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How did Jesse White spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Jesse White's election campaign committee, Citizens for Jesse White, spent $67,249 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

White's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 64.3% of this total ($18,000) going to William Dyson in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how White's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$28,000
41.6%
Contributions
$10,000
14.9%
Staff compensation
$9,028
13.4%
Donations
$5,500
8.2%
Rent
$3,123
4.6%
Telephones
$3,084
4.6%
Computer purchases
$2,087
3.1%
Car repair
$1,407
2.1%
Office equipment
$1,319
2%
Car maintenance/repair
$1,093
1.6%
T-shirts
$667
1%
Printing
$590
0.9%
Car maintenance
$533
0.8%
Internet access
$334
0.5%
Meals
$330
0.5%
Constituent services
$150
0.2%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
William Dyson
2017-01-03
$18,000
Consulting
Jesse White Foundation
2017-01-04
$10,000
Contributions
Teamwork Consulting
2017-03-29
$10,000
Consulting
Illinois State Retirement System
2017-01-17
$9,028
Staff compensation
First Look Charity
2017-01-31
$5,000
Donations
Micro Center
2017-01-05
$1,231
Office equipment
Micro Center
2017-01-05
$1,231
Computer purchases
AT &T Wireless
2017-03-01
$1,151
Telephones
Wells Automotive
2017-03-12
$1,093
Car maintenance/repair
134 North LaSalle, LLC
2017-03-16
$1,042
Rent
134 North LaSalle, LLC
2017-01-05
$1,040
Rent
134 North LaSalle, LLC
2017-02-06
$1,040
Rent
S & K Buick, GMC Inc.
2017-02-13
$932
Car repair
Best Buy
2017-01-16
$856
Computer purchases
Special T Unlimited
2017-03-08
$667
T-shirts
Mid City Printing
2017-01-27
$590
Printing
AT &T Wireless
2017-01-22
$578
Telephones
Wells Automotive
2017-01-27
$533
Car maintenance
Verizon Wireless
2017-01-05
$530
Telephones
Verizon Wireless
2017-02-06
$509
Telephones
Jewish United Fund
2017-03-01
$500
Donations
S & K Buick, GMC Inc.
2017-02-06
$474
Car repair
Turkeychop
2017-02-24
$330
Meals
Comcast Cable
2017-02-06
$170
Internet access
Comcast Cable
2017-01-05
$163
Internet access

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