Villegas's committee spent the most on services rendered in the quarter, with 50.7% of this total ($3,600) going to Yamil Pena in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Villegas's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Services rendered
$7,100
20.5%
Return of contribution
$6,500
18.7%
Marketing
$3,731
10.8%
Legal fees
$2,405
6.9%
Promotional items
$2,015
5.8%
Raffle prizes
$1,958
5.7%
Supplies
$1,884
5.4%
Meetings
$1,806
5.2%
Postage
$1,564
4.5%
Donations
$1,425
4.1%
Video production
$1,050
3%
Phones
$725
2.1%
Uncategorized expenses
$500
1.4%
Insurance
$475
1.4%
Cards
$401
1.2%
Commercials
$300
0.9%
Senior event
$286
0.8%
Car maintenance
$261
0.8%
Water
$200
0.6%
Printing
$90
0.3%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Zitella Development
2017-10-10
$5,000
Return of contribution
Blue Sky Impressions
2017-12-18
$2,015
Promotional items
Zitella Development
2017-10-10
$1,500
Return of contribution
Cook Brothers
2017-11-24
$1,433
Raffle prizes
4Imprint
2017-12-11
$1,407
Marketing
US Postal Service
2017-12-19
$1,326
Postage
Lester Cohn
2017-11-04
$1,050
Video production
Wagenmaker & Oberly, LLC
2017-11-07
$905
Legal fees
Justin Heath
2017-12-22
$750
Services rendered
L2 Political
2017-12-08
$600
Marketing
Stars and Stripes
2017-12-19
$600
Marketing
Jewel
2017-12-18
$525
Raffle prizes
Pericles Abbasi
2017-10-02
$500
Legal fees
Pericles Abbasi
2017-11-07
$500
Legal fees
Pericles Abbasi
2017-12-04
$500
Legal fees
Communities United
2017-10-23
$500
Donations
Hermosa Neighborhood Assn
2017-11-22
$500
Uncategorized expenses
State Farm
2017-12-19
$475
Insurance
The Gallery Collection
2017-12-18
$401
Cards
Cynthia Guerrero
2017-11-25
$400
Services rendered
Gift Services
2017-12-18
$398
Marketing
L2 Political
2017-12-08
$335
Marketing
Amazon.com
2017-11-30
$309
Supplies
Renata Lechowicz
2017-10-13
$300
Services rendered
Renata Lechowicz
2017-10-26
$300
Services rendered