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How did Walter Burnett Jr spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Non partisan Walter Burnett Jr's election campaign committee, Friends of Walter Burnett, Jr, spent $22,769 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Burnett's committee spent the most on office equipment in the quarter, with all those payments ($9,027) going to Next Day Multimedia in Plano. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Burnett's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Office equipment
$9,027
39.7%
Donations
$5,910
26%
Magazine advertising
$1,867
8.2%
Staff salaries
$1,275
5.6%
Consulting
$1,100
4.8%
Dues and assessment
$905
4%
Advertising
$864
3.8%
Advertising-benches
$756
3.3%
Contractual expenses
$700
3.1%
Membership dues
$200
0.9%
Newspaper advertising
$165
0.7%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Next Day Multimedia
2018-03-26
$9,027
Office equipment
General McArthur
2018-01-22
$1,100
Consulting
Westside Black Elected Officials
2018-03-07
$1,000
Donations
St. Marks
2018-02-20
$905
Dues and assessment
Wright Advertising Corp.
2018-03-12
$864
Advertising
Skinner Park Advisory Council
2018-03-15
$800
Donations
Wright Advertising Corp.
2018-02-05
$756
Magazine advertising
Wright Advertising Corp.
2018-01-11
$756
Advertising-benches
Brickdike Redevelopment
2018-01-02
$700
Donations
Stan Daniels
2018-02-15
$700
Contractual expenses
Gazette
2018-01-08
$547
Magazine advertising
Paul Paul Bauer Foundation
2018-02-15
$500
Donations
Chicago Coalition 4 The Homeless
2018-03-06
$360
Donations
Minute Man Press
2018-01-22
$332
Magazine advertising
St Joseph Church
2018-03-28
$300
Donations
Latvese Burnett
2018-02-01
$250
Staff salaries
Latvese Burnett
2018-01-12
$250
Staff salaries
Denise Robinson
2018-01-16
$250
Donations
Akiel Williams
2018-03-28
$250
Staff salaries
Minute Man Press
2018-02-01
$232
Magazine advertising
Brickdike Redevelopment
2018-03-12
$200
Donations
Kevin Carmichael
2018-03-15
$200
Donations
Kevin Carmichael
2018-01-18
$200
Staff salaries
Kevin Carmichael
2018-02-13
$200
Staff salaries
Chicago State Educators
2018-03-06
$200
Donations

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