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How did Walter Burnett Jr spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Non partisan Walter Burnett Jr's election campaign committee, Friends of Walter Burnett, Jr, spent $36,639 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Burnett's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 96.6% of this total ($14,084) going to Sam Smith in Evanston. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Burnett's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$14,584
39.8%
Promotional items
$8,000
21.8%
Donations
$3,100
8.5%
Advertising
$2,819
7.7%
Event expenses
$2,725
7.4%
Auto expense
$2,203
6%
Staff salaries
$1,250
3.4%
Ad-benches
$864
2.4%
Magazine advertising
$388
1.1%
Reimbursement-office equipment
$351
1%
Event meals
$293
0.8%
Reimbusrement- office supplies
$23
< 0.1%
Reimubursement - office supplies
$20
< 0.1%
Reimubursement- office expense
$17
< 0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Sam Smith
2018-06-08
$14,084
Consulting
Sam Arcos Bunch Of Tees
2018-06-20
$8,000
Promotional items
Next Day Multimedia
2018-05-15
$1,800
Advertising
Wright Advertising Corp.
2018-04-12
$864
Ad-benches
Chicago Park District
2018-06-11
$720
Event expenses
Kevin Carmichael
2018-06-01
$702
Advertising
Gm Financial
2018-06-26
$667
Auto expense
Gm Financial
2018-05-29
$667
Auto expense
Gm Financial
2018-05-02
$667
Auto expense
Chicago Park District
2018-05-11
$520
Event expenses
Garfield Park Community Council
2018-04-20
$500
Donations
General McArthur
2018-04-24
$500
Consulting
Life Savers Portable
2018-05-11
$425
Event expenses
Minute Man Press
2018-05-11
$388
Magazine advertising
Avis Miller
2018-05-07
$351
Reimbursement-office equipment
Minute Man Press
2018-06-11
$317
Advertising
Oakley Square Apartments
2018-04-19
$300
Donations
Congress Pizza
2018-06-13
$293
Event meals
Cetc
2018-04-12
$260
Event expenses
Suder Montessori Magnet Pta
2018-04-23
$250
Donations
Akiel Williams
2018-06-14
$250
Staff salaries
Akiel Williams
2018-05-01
$250
Staff salaries
Akiel Williams
2018-04-15
$250
Staff salaries
Akiel Williams
2018-05-16
$250
Staff salaries
Akiel Williams
2018-06-01
$250
Staff salaries

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