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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

How did Gilbert Villegas spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Gilbert Villegas's election campaign committee, Friends of Gilbert Villegas, spent $36,819 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Villegas's committee spent the most on meetings in the quarter, with 72.8% of this total ($7,037) going to Trattoria Porretta in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Villegas's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Meetings
$9,671
26.3%
Services rendered
$8,400
22.8%
Signs
$5,411
14.7%
Supplies
$2,070
5.6%
Air fare - candidate
$1,982
5.4%
Legal fees
$1,500
4.1%
Donations
$1,467
4%
Senior luncheon raffle prizes
$1,256
3.4%
Car lease payment
$1,073
2.9%
Phones
$817
2.2%
Gifts
$750
2%
Candidate lodging
$457
1.2%
Postage
$452
1.2%
Marketing
$323
0.9%
Design services
$309
0.8%
Luncheon
$271
0.7%
Software
$250
0.7%
Donation for son xavier's medical treatment
$200
0.5%
Water
$155
0.4%

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
Trattoria Porretta
2018-03-12
$5,443
Meetings
Breaker Press Co.
2018-03-13
$2,900
Signs
Expedia
2018-01-16
$1,586
Air fare - candidate
Trattoria Porretta
2018-03-21
$1,392
Meetings
Breaker Press Co.
2018-02-12
$1,311
Signs
Amazon.com
2018-02-07
$1,291
Supplies
Cook Brothers
2018-01-09
$1,256
Senior luncheon raffle prizes
Stars and Stripes
2018-01-26
$1,200
Signs
American Red Cross
2018-03-05
$1,000
Donations
John Doyle
2018-03-21
$1,000
Services rendered
Andy Jekiel
2018-03-22
$1,000
Services rendered
Magdalena Fudalewicz
2018-02-20
$750
Gifts
Las Tablas
2018-01-29
$627
Meetings
Yamil Pena
2018-01-02
$600
Services rendered
Yamil Pena
2018-03-26
$600
Services rendered
Yamil Pena
2018-01-26
$600
Services rendered
Yamil Pena
2018-02-26
$600
Services rendered
Yamil Pena
2018-02-13
$600
Services rendered
Yamil Pena
2018-03-08
$600
Services rendered
GM Financial
2018-03-23
$539
Car lease payment
GM Financial
2018-02-20
$534
Car lease payment
Pericles Abbasi
2018-01-18
$500
Legal fees
Pericles Abbasi
2018-02-20
$500
Legal fees
Pericles Abbasi
2018-03-07
$500
Legal fees
Ocean Cut
2018-01-19
$500
Meetings

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