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How did Kwame Raoul spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Kwame Raoul's election campaign committee, Raoul for Illinois, spent $45,112 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Raoul's committee spent the most on consultant services in the quarter, with all those payments ($37,563) going to P2 Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Raoul's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consultant services
$37,563
83.3%
Telephone services
$1,557
3.5%
Event tickets
$1,175
2.6%
Printing, postage & delivery
$1,092
2.4%
Conference transportation
$1,007
2.2%
Email & web services
$900
2%
Internet/cable
$739
1.6%
Conference lodging
$334
0.7%
Software
$199
0.4%
Memorial gift
$189
0.4%
Meals & hospitality
$164
0.4%
Bank service charges
$124
0.3%
Transportation
$65
0.1%

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
P2 Consulting
2017-01-04
$19,749
Consultant services
P2 Consulting
2017-03-22
$13,309
Consultant services
P2 Consulting
2017-02-01
$4,505
Consultant services
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2017-02-24
$1,092
Printing, postage & delivery
Southwest Airlines
2017-03-13
$1,007
Conference transportation
Ngp Software Inc.
2017-01-17
$900
Email & web services
Museum of Science and Industry
2017-01-30
$700
Event tickets
Comcast
2017-03-02
$481
Internet/cable
Hyatt Hotel
2017-03-15
$334
Conference lodging
Hyde Park Chamber Of Commerce
2017-01-06
$275
Event tickets
Comcast
2017-03-29
$257
Internet/cable
At&t
2017-02-28
$213
Telephone services
At&t
2017-03-29
$213
Telephone services
At&t
2017-01-27
$213
Telephone services
Chicago Cotillion Charities Foundation (CCCF)
2017-03-31
$200
Event tickets
Market Circle, Inc.
2017-01-06
$199
Software
At&t
2017-03-21
$184
Telephone services
At&t
2017-01-23
$179
Telephone services
At&t
2017-02-21
$179
Telephone services
Ja Grill
2017-03-23
$164
Meals & hospitality
At&t
2017-01-23
$160
Telephone services
Hyde Park Florist
2017-03-24
$128
Memorial gift
At&t
2017-01-31
$70
Telephone services
At&t
2017-03-01
$70
Telephone services
At&t
2017-03-29
$70
Telephone services

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