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How did Roderick T Sawyer spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Roderick T Sawyer's election campaign committee, Friends of Roderick T Sawyer, spent $28,895 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Sawyer's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,481) going to Progressive Solutions in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sawyer's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$6,481
22.4%
Payroll
$5,648
19.6%
Contractual expenses
$3,063
10.6%
Rent
$3,000
10.4%
Utilities
$1,716
5.9%
Cell phones
$1,329
4.6%
Taxes - federal and state
$1,179
4.1%
Tickets
$985
3.4%
Computer software
$975
3.4%
Fund raising - dj
$926
3.2%
Payroll services
$766
2.7%
Food
$700
2.4%
Taxes - federal
$544
1.9%
Office maintenance
$528
1.8%
Snow removal
$320
1.1%
Telephones - wiring
$272
0.9%
Advertising
$239
0.8%
Phone services
$218
0.8%

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
Progressive Solutions
2018-02-05
$3,481
Consulting
Charles Sawyer, Jr.
2018-01-11
$1,516
Contractual expenses
Progressive Solutions
2018-01-11
$1,500
Consulting
Progressive Solutions
2018-03-01
$1,500
Consulting
Wayne Lewis
2018-01-11
$1,250
Contractual expenses
Eastlake Management Group
2018-01-02
$1,000
Rent
Eastlake Management Group
2018-03-01
$1,000
Rent
Eastlake Management Group
2018-02-01
$1,000
Rent
City Club of Chicago
2018-02-07
$985
Tickets
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-02-28
$943
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-03-29
$943
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-02-15
$943
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-03-23
$943
Payroll
Eric Boolu Master Wills
2018-03-30
$926
Fund raising - dj
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-01-31
$830
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2018-01-12
$816
Payroll
NGP VAN, Inc (RoboCall)
2018-01-03
$675
Computer software
Verizon Wireless
2018-01-24
$610
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2018-03-23
$359
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2018-02-26
$359
Cell phones
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2018-02-01
$350
Food
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2018-03-12
$350
Food
Mark Sledge
2018-02-12
$320
Snow removal
Comcast Cable
2018-02-26
$303
Utilities
Peoples Gas
2018-01-29
$303
Utilities

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