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How did Brendan Reilly spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Non partisan Brendan Reilly's election campaign committee, Citizens for Alderman Reilly, spent $105,733 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Reilly's committee spent the most on staff in the quarter, with 31.6% of this total ($10,000) going to Erin Baumann in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Reilly's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Staff
$31,698
30%
Consulting
$30,332
28.7%
Taxes
$11,342
10.7%
Phones
$10,278
9.7%
Rent
$8,566
8.1%
Transportation
$1,610
1.5%
Fees
$1,596
1.5%
Printing
$1,527
1.4%
Meal
$1,458
1.4%
Event expenses
$1,289
1.2%
Meetings
$1,176
1.1%
Database expenses
$915
0.9%
Insurance
$736
0.7%
Electricity
$725
0.7%
Storage
$647
0.6%
Supplies
$643
0.6%
Maintenance
$609
0.6%
Payroll
$579
0.6%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
US Treasury
2017-06-30
$8,765
Taxes
LBH Chicago, LLC
2017-04-17
$5,000
Consulting
LBH Chicago, LLC
2017-05-01
$5,000
Consulting
LBH Chicago, LLC
2017-05-17
$5,000
Consulting
LBH Chicago, LLC
2017-06-01
$5,000
Consulting
LBH Chicago, LLC
2017-06-16
$5,000
Consulting
LBH Chicago, LLC
2017-06-30
$5,000
Consulting
372 W Ontario Limited Partnership
2017-05-01
$4,387
Rent
372 W Ontario Limited Partnership
2017-04-01
$4,179
Rent
At&t
2017-05-30
$2,697
Phones
Illinois Department of Revenue
2017-06-30
$2,576
Taxes
At&t
2017-05-19
$2,386
Phones
At&t
2017-04-10
$2,383
Phones
Gabrielle Hart
2017-06-30
$2,250
Staff
Robert Kearney
2017-06-30
$2,250
Staff
Gabrielle Hart
2017-06-16
$2,076
Staff
Robert Kearney
2017-06-16
$2,076
Staff
Erin Baumann
2017-06-17
$2,000
Staff
Erin Baumann
2017-06-30
$2,000
Staff
Shola Kehinde
2017-06-16
$2,000
Staff
Shola Kehinde
2017-06-30
$2,000
Staff
Meryl Robinson
2017-06-30
$1,583
Staff
Erin Baumann
2017-04-17
$1,500
Staff
Erin Baumann
2017-05-01
$1,500
Staff
Erin Baumann
2017-05-16
$1,500
Staff

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