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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

How did Theresa Mah spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Theresa Mah's election campaign committee, Friends of Theresa Mah, spent $55,459 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Mah's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with 92.3% of this total ($17,893) going to Public Response Group in Palos Heights. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mah's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$19,387
35%
Consulting
$10,313
18.6%
Donations
$8,425
15.2%
Rent
$4,500
8.1%
Food
$4,340
7.8%
Office equipment
$2,334
4.2%
Cleaning
$2,055
3.7%
Photography
$800
1.4%
Transportation
$542
1%
Graphic design
$540
1%
Bank charges
$503
0.9%
Air fare - candidate
$457
0.8%
Consultung
$306
0.6%
Music
$300
0.5%
Parking
$277
0.5%
Email lists
$209
0.4%
Newspaper advertising
$168
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
Public Response Group
2018-03-05
$17,893
Printing
Resurrection Project
2018-01-24
$5,000
Donations
FIG Catering, LLC
2018-02-10
$3,244
Food
ACLU Roger Baldwin Foundation
2018-03-23
$2,000
Donations
Monsibic, Inc.
2018-02-08
$1,921
Office equipment
Mayra Lopez-Zuniga
2018-01-04
$1,891
Consulting
M. Tobalin Cleaning
2018-03-06
$1,750
Cleaning
Direct Democracy LLC
2018-01-08
$1,250
Consulting
Bo Zhang
2018-01-29
$1,200
Rent
Bo Zhang
2018-02-26
$1,200
Rent
Bo Zhang
2018-01-02
$1,200
Rent
Ada Tong
2018-01-31
$1,058
Consulting
Ada Tong
2018-01-04
$1,058
Consulting
Ada Tong
2018-02-26
$1,058
Consulting
Ada Tong
2018-03-22
$1,058
Consulting
Luxy, Inc.
2018-02-10
$800
Photography
Esau Chavez
2018-02-20
$680
Consulting
Minuteman Press
2018-01-29
$643
Printing
Esau Chavez
2018-02-15
$620
Consulting
Esau Chavez
2018-01-11
$578
Consulting
Aries Charter Transportation, Inc.
2018-02-07
$542
Transportation
Athena Design Group, Inc.
2018-03-16
$540
Graphic design
ActBlue
2018-03-31
$503
Bank charges
Brighton Kelly Baseball
2018-02-26
$500
Donations
Southwest Airlines
2018-01-31
$457
Air fare - candidate

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