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How did Charlie Beach spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Charlie Beach's election campaign committee, Friends of Charlie Beach, spent $101,398 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Beach's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 43% of this total ($19,000) going to Foremost Strategy LLP in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Beach's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$44,238
43.6%
Printing/mailing
$29,372
29%
Printing
$10,927
10.8%
Professional services
$7,357
7.3%
Fundraiser - facility & refreshments
$5,811
5.7%
Accounting fees
$1,200
1.2%
Graphic design services
$962
1%
Newspaper advertising
$660
0.7%
Court reporting services
$525
0.5%
Internet contributions processing fees
$344
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
Breaker Press
2018-03-17
$14,015
Printing/mailing
Foremost Strategy LLP
2018-02-26
$9,000
Consulting
Breaker Press
2018-03-09
$8,130
Printing/mailing
Breaker Press
2018-01-11
$7,227
Printing/mailing
Subrosa Investigations
2018-03-08
$4,888
Professional services
Yes Printing
2018-01-27
$4,000
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-02-02
$3,946
Printing
Kimpton Hotel Allegro
2018-02-08
$3,511
Fundraiser - facility & refreshments
Foremost Strategy LLP
2018-01-27
$3,000
Consulting
Foremost Strategy LLP
2018-01-02
$3,000
Consulting
Kylah Johnston
2018-01-23
$3,000
Consulting
Kylah Johnston
2018-02-26
$3,000
Consulting
Kylah Johnston
2018-02-16
$3,000
Consulting
Angela Watkins Roberts
2018-01-12
$2,500
Consulting
Subrosa Investigations
2018-02-06
$2,468
Professional services
Allegro Hotel
2018-01-04
$2,300
Fundraiser - facility & refreshments
Andria Aguilar
2018-02-16
$2,200
Consulting
Andria Aguilar
2018-02-26
$2,200
Consulting
SPD Printing
2018-03-12
$2,131
Printing
Foremost Strategy LLP
2018-01-01
$2,000
Consulting
Foremost Strategy LLP
2018-02-01
$2,000
Consulting
Marta Papadiak
2018-01-23
$2,000
Consulting
Marta Papadiak
2018-02-16
$2,000
Consulting
Marta Papadiak
2018-02-26
$2,000
Consulting
Stanley J. Wallach
2018-01-01
$1,200
Accounting fees

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