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How did John Arena spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic John Arena's election campaign committee, Citizens to Elect John Arena, spent $14,753 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Arena's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 65.1% of this total ($6,419) going to Progressive Solutions LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Arena's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$9,856
66.8%
Staff
$1,875
12.7%
Database expenses
$960
6.5%
Popcorn maker
$472
3.2%
Donations
$369
2.5%
Food for meeting
$220
1.5%
Credit card processing
$210
1.4%
Travel
$193
1.3%
Web hosting
$191
1.3%
Supplies
$167
1.1%
Office supplies
$125
0.9%
Cleaning supplies
$58
0.4%
Event expenses
$28
0.2%
Travel expenses
$25
0.2%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
JKV Strategies
2017-09-27
$3,437
Consulting
Progressive Solutions LLC
2017-09-21
$3,419
Consulting
Progressive Solutions LLC
2017-07-16
$3,000
Consulting
Steven Spagnolo
2017-07-25
$625
Staff
Steven Spagnolo
2017-08-08
$625
Staff
Steven Spagnolo
2017-08-16
$625
Staff
Restaurant Depot
2017-08-28
$472
Popcorn maker
Ngp
2017-07-03
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2017-08-02
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2017-09-05
$320
Database expenses
17th District
2017-07-31
$200
Donations
GoDaddy
2017-09-06
$191
Web hosting
Dunham Park Girls Softball Association
2017-07-21
$169
Donations
American Airlines
2017-07-25
$168
Travel
Costco
2017-08-04
$125
Office supplies
ActBlue
2017-09-21
$123
Credit card processing
Home Depot
2017-09-21
$111
Supplies
La Villa Pizza
2017-07-03
$78
Food for meeting
ActBlue
2017-09-16
$76
Credit card processing
Home Depot
2017-08-28
$58
Cleaning supplies
La Villa Pizza
2017-07-16
$57
Food for meeting
Restaurant Depot
2017-08-28
$56
Supplies
La Villa Pizza
2017-08-16
$42
Food for meeting
La Villa Pizza
2017-08-04
$42
Food for meeting
Costco
2017-07-07
$28
Event expenses

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