Cassidy's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,363) going to Blueprint Campaign Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cassidy's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$2,363
15.3%
Rent
$2,000
12.9%
Fundraiser gala
$1,500
9.7%
Compliance reporting/management
$1,500
9.7%
Food
$1,477
9.6%
Consulting/event supplies
$1,357
8.8%
Salaries
$648
4.2%
Campaign software
$550
3.6%
Cleaning
$528
3.4%
Event supplies
$502
3.3%
Conference attendance
$425
2.8%
Email marketing
$323
2.1%
Phone bill
$314
2%
In
$290
1.9%
Internet/phone bill
$263
1.7%
Fundraiser donation
$257
1.7%
Banner sign
$211
1.4%
Phone/internet bills
$205
1.3%
Transportation
$166
1.1%
Lodging for legislative session
$158
1%
Work phone bill
$157
1%
Internet expenses
$115
0.7%
Repayment for office supplies
$77
0.5%
Tv/internet
$69
0.5%
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
Alex Preston
2017-03-10
$2,000
Rent
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-03-06
$1,613
Consulting
Equality Illinois
2017-01-17
$1,500
Fundraiser gala
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-01-30
$1,357
Consulting/event supplies
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-01-10
$750
Consulting
Patricia Ewert
2017-01-27
$648
Salaries
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-01-12
$502
Event supplies
Jonathan Pearl
2017-01-12
$500
Compliance reporting/management
Jonathan Pearl
2017-02-08
$500
Compliance reporting/management
Jonathan Pearl
2017-03-06
$500
Compliance reporting/management
National LGBT Task Force
2017-01-09
$425
Conference attendance
Ngp Van
2017-01-09
$300
Campaign software
Rosa Reyna
2017-01-31
$300
Cleaning
Bud & Marilyn's
2017-01-23
$299
Food
At&t
2017-01-25
$290
In
At&t
2017-02-01
$263
Internet/phone bill
Pearl
2017-03-08
$257
Fundraiser donation
Ngp Van
2017-02-03
$250
Campaign software
Merry Maids
2017-01-11
$228
Cleaning
Lolita
2017-01-23
$222
Food
Saputo's Restaurant
2017-02-16
$217
Food
At&t
2017-03-03
$205
Phone/internet bills
Farmers & Distillers
2017-01-04
$181
Food
Gabatoni's Restaurant
2017-03-10
$180
Food
Obed & Isaac's Microbrewery
2017-01-17
$166
Food
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