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How did Jesus Chuy Garcia spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Jesus Chuy Garcia's election campaign committee, Friends of Chuy Garcia, spent $22,218 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Garcia's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 98.2% of this total ($13,401) going to Manuel Perez in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Garcia's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$13,651
61.4%
Rent
$2,800
12.6%
Utilities
$1,699
7.7%
Donations
$1,200
5.4%
Catering
$670
3%
Cell phones
$517
2.3%
Email
$495
2.2%
Air fare - candidate
$477
2.2%
Postage
$298
1.3%
Food
$210
1%
Ad books
$200
0.9%

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
Manuel Perez
2017-05-12
$4,000
Consulting
Manuel Perez
2017-04-13
$3,401
Consulting
Manuel Perez
2017-06-08
$2,000
Consulting
Manuel Perez
2017-05-16
$2,000
Consulting
Manuel Perez
2017-06-26
$2,000
Consulting
Frank De La Torre
2017-05-02
$1,400
Rent
Frank De La Torre
2017-05-11
$700
Rent
Frank De La Torre
2017-05-30
$700
Rent
ComEd
2017-05-10
$653
Utilities
Little Village Little League Baseball
2017-06-02
$500
Donations
Hilda Kitchen, Inc.
2017-04-24
$360
Catering
ComEd
2017-05-26
$355
Utilities
Hilda Kitchen, Inc.
2017-06-29
$310
Catering
Global Fund For Women
2017-05-26
$300
Donations
Christine Geovanis
2017-05-16
$250
Consulting
Southwest Airlines
2017-05-03
$238
Air fare - candidate
United Airlines
2017-05-03
$238
Air fare - candidate
Lucky Vito's Pizza
2017-06-26
$210
Food
16th Street Theater NFP
2017-06-23
$200
Donations
Durango Unido En Chicago
2017-06-20
$200
Ad books
Midway Baseball
2017-05-25
$200
Donations
United States Postal Service
2017-05-11
$200
Postage
Verizon Wireless
2017-05-10
$181
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2017-06-12
$168
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2017-04-12
$168
Cell phones

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