Dowell's committee spent the most on campaign work in the quarter, with all those payments ($17,150) going to Bamani Obedele in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Dowell's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign work
$17,150
31.6%
Postage
$7,030
13%
Donations
$5,750
10.6%
Printing
$4,978
9.2%
Food
$4,123
7.6%
Internet access
$2,818
5.2%
Advertising
$1,778
3.3%
Insurance
$1,553
2.9%
Contractual expenses
$1,500
2.8%
Rent
$1,375
2.5%
Office supplies
$867
1.6%
Security
$650
1.2%
Utilities
$554
1%
Maintenance service
$550
1%
Fund raising advertisement
$450
0.8%
Parking
$450
0.8%
Cell phones
$392
0.7%
Gasoline
$337
0.6%
Accounting fees
$300
0.6%
Telephones
$294
0.5%
Office equipment
$275
0.5%
Meals
$275
0.5%
Telephone polling
$262
0.5%
Seminar
$200
0.4%
Air fare - candidate
$185
0.3%
Computer services
$139
0.3%
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
Bamani Obedele
2018-03-14
$5,600
Campaign work
Bamani Obedele
2018-03-02
$4,890
Campaign work
Bamani Obedele
2018-02-05
$3,660
Campaign work
U.S. Postal Service
2018-02-15
$3,271
Postage
Bamani Obedele
2018-01-08
$3,000
Campaign work
Raoul for Illinois
2018-01-22
$3,000
Donations
Frye-Williamson
2018-02-12
$2,535
Printing
U.S. Postal Service
2018-01-26
$2,361
Postage
First Communications
2018-03-28
$1,825
Internet access
Frye-Williamson
2018-01-24
$1,733
Printing
Subway
2018-03-15
$1,587
Food
Geico
2018-03-01
$1,553
Insurance
friends for lamont robinson
2018-02-26
$1,500
Donations
Friends of Charise williams
2018-01-31
$1,500
Contractual expenses
Rickey hendon
2018-01-26
$1,500
Advertising
Dunkin Donuts
2018-03-16
$1,437
Food
U.S. Postal Service
2018-02-15
$1,397
Postage
First Communications
2018-03-28
$832
Internet access
South Central Medical Center
2018-01-25
$687
Rent
South Central Medical Center
2018-02-27
$687
Rent
Larry Robinson
2018-01-26
$550
Maintenance service
Target Group, Inc.
2018-02-12
$500
Office supplies
eF Design Group
2018-03-14
$485
Printing
Breaker Press Company Inc
2018-03-06
$450
Fund raising advertisement
Golden Fish and Chicken
2018-03-03
$390
Food
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