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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

How did Gilbert Villegas spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Gilbert Villegas's election campaign committee, Friends of Gilbert Villegas, spent $15,807 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Villegas's committee spent the most on senior event in the quarter, with all those payments ($5,000) going to Trattoria Porretta in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Villegas's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Senior event
$5,000
31.6%
Services rendered
$2,120
13.4%
Marketing
$1,404
8.9%
Phones
$1,166
7.4%
Car lease payment
$1,076
6.8%
Legal fees
$1,000
6.3%
Insurance
$950
6%
Donations
$700
4.4%
Postage
$669
4.2%
Equipment - purchase
$635
4%
Meals
$600
3.8%
Meetings
$485
3.1%

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
Trattoria Porretta
2017-01-10
$5,000
Senior event
At&t
2017-02-13
$660
Phones
Lenovo Group
2017-02-13
$635
Equipment - purchase
Dunkin Donuts
2017-02-06
$600
Meals
GM Financial
2017-01-25
$535
Car lease payment
GM Financial
2017-03-24
$534
Car lease payment
At&t
2017-02-24
$505
Phones
Pericles Abbasi
2017-03-10
$500
Legal fees
Pericles Abbasi
2017-01-30
$500
Legal fees
State Farm
2017-01-20
$475
Insurance
State Farm
2017-01-26
$475
Insurance
Kestler Digital Printing
2017-01-31
$468
Marketing
Kestler Digital Printing
2017-03-27
$468
Marketing
Luis Colindres
2017-02-09
$300
Services rendered
Renata Lechowicz
2017-03-22
$300
Services rendered
Renata Lechowicz
2017-03-08
$300
Services rendered
Renata Lechowicz
2017-02-08
$300
Services rendered
Lawn Signs for Belmont Cragin Schools
2017-02-13
$250
Donations
Renata Lechowicz
2017-01-03
$250
Services rendered
Lou Collier Baseball Assn
2017-01-20
$250
Donations
Renata Lechowicz
2017-01-11
$240
Services rendered
Kestler Digital Printing
2017-01-09
$210
Marketing
US Postal Service
2017-01-09
$204
Postage
US Postal Service
2017-02-01
$204
Postage
New Era Veterans of Chicago
2017-02-08
$200
Donations

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