Andrade's committee spent the most on lodging in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,341) going to Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Andrade's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Lodging
$3,341
38.1%
Rent
$2,250
25.7%
Donations
$750
8.6%
Transportation
$548
6.3%
Holiday event
$461
5.3%
Telephone and office equipment
$431
4.9%
Meals
$337
3.8%
Utilities
$221
2.5%
Office supplies
$208
2.4%
Advertising
$206
2.4%
Beverage and snack
$8
< 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
Margaret Mell Trust
2017-03-31
$750
Rent
Margaret Mell Trust
2017-02-28
$750
Rent
Margaret Mell Trust
2017-01-30
$750
Rent
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
2017-01-17
$748
Lodging
Friends of Murphy School
2017-03-22
$500
Donations
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
2017-02-27
$481
Lodging
Mirabella Italian Cuisine
2017-01-03
$461
Holiday event
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
2017-03-20
$448
Lodging
Verizon Wireless
2017-02-06
$431
Telephone and office equipment
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
2017-02-21
$366
Lodging
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
2017-03-13
$308
Lodging
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
2017-01-30
$261
Lodging
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
2017-02-13
$259
Lodging
Athletic Field Advisory Council
2017-02-06
$250
Donations
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
2017-03-27
$223
Lodging
Augies Front Burner
2017-03-31
$199
Meals
Costco Wholesale
2017-03-06
$174
Office supplies
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
2017-01-13
$147
Lodging
Facebook
2017-02-01
$124
Advertising
Peoples Gas
2017-01-12
$79
Utilities
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
2017-01-10
$78
Lodging
Mirabella Italian Cuisine
2017-01-23
$77
Meals
Peoples Gas
2017-03-14
$75
Utilities
Amtrak
2017-02-14
$74
Transportation
Amtrak
2017-01-25
$74
Transportation