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Monday, November 25, 2024

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

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Democratic Jesus Chuy Garcia's election campaign committee, Friends of Chuy Garcia, spent $15,527 in the third 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 94.3% of this total ($8,000) going to Manuel Perez in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Garcia's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$8,481
54.6%
Utilities
$1,203
7.8%
Database expenses
$1,162
7.5%
Cell phones
$686
4.4%
Service fees
$666
4.3%
Hall rental for raising funds
$600
3.9%
Air fare - candidate
$513
3.3%
Email
$495
3.2%
Donations
$450
2.9%
Website expenses
$300
1.9%
Insurance
$270
1.7%
Equipment rental
$248
1.6%
Postage
$245
1.6%
Catering
$205
1.3%

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
Manuel Perez
2017-09-20
$2,000
Consulting
Manuel Perez
2017-08-21
$2,000
Consulting
Manuel Perez
2017-07-25
$2,000
Consulting
Manuel Perez
2017-08-04
$2,000
Consulting
Ngp-van
2017-08-22
$1,162
Database expenses
Rosa's Lounge
2017-08-14
$600
Hall rental for raising funds
ComEd
2017-07-03
$580
Utilities
Ludic, LLC
2017-09-13
$481
Consulting
ActBlue
2017-09-30
$430
Service fees
ComEd
2017-09-08
$337
Utilities
Verizon Wireless
2017-07-12
$311
Cell phones
Gloria Drew
2017-07-11
$250
Donations
FP mailing Solutions
2017-09-25
$248
Equipment rental
United States Postal Service
2017-08-15
$245
Postage
Solazo on Randolph Inc.
2017-08-31
$205
Catering
American Association of Notaries
2017-07-24
$201
Insurance
Benjamin Robles
2017-08-29
$200
Donations
Verizon Wireless
2017-09-12
$187
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2017-08-10
$187
Cell phones
Spirit Airlines
2017-09-25
$184
Air fare - candidate
American Airlines
2017-09-25
$170
Air fare - candidate
Mailchimp
2017-08-01
$165
Email
Mailchimp
2017-07-03
$165
Email
Mailchimp
2017-09-01
$165
Email
Southwest Airlines
2017-07-17
$158
Air fare - candidate

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