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How did Jesse White spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Jesse White's election campaign committee, Citizens for Jesse White, spent $89,712 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

White's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 29.7% of this total ($13,500) going to Rocco Claps in Villa Park. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how White's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$45,500
50.7%
Refund of excess contribution
$12,100
13.5%
Fund raising (food)
$6,139
6.8%
Telephones
$5,353
6%
Printing
$4,228
4.7%
Rent
$3,145
3.5%
Car lease payment
$2,455
2.7%
Telephones-april, may, june
$2,273
2.5%
Dinner meeting
$1,350
1.5%
Air fare - staff
$1,159
1.3%
T-shirts
$992
1.1%
Photography
$925
1%
Internet access
$904
1%
Air fare - candidate
$559
0.6%
Accounting fees
$430
0.5%
Lunch meeting
$375
0.4%
Office supplies
$344
0.4%
Staff lodging
$337
0.4%
Car repair
$251
0.3%
Newspaper advertising
$250
0.3%
Donations
$200
0.2%
Refreshments
$196
0.2%
Dinner meetings
$117
0.1%
Internet access-mobile
$90
0.1%
Office equipment
$32
< 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
Earle Moloney
2018-05-03
$12,100
Refund of excess contribution
P2 Consulting Inc.
2018-04-03
$8,000
Consulting
Harry Caray's Restaurant
2018-04-14
$5,554
Fund raising (food)
Thomas Benigno
2018-06-01
$5,000
Consulting
Leo Louchios
2018-06-01
$5,000
Consulting
Robert Yadgir
2018-04-16
$5,000
Consulting
Robert Yadgir
2018-06-01
$5,000
Consulting
Rocco Claps
2018-04-09
$4,500
Consulting
Rocco Claps
2018-06-13
$4,500
Consulting
Rocco Claps
2018-05-08
$4,500
Consulting
Mid City Printing
2018-04-17
$4,228
Printing
At&t
2018-06-27
$2,766
Telephones
Verizon Wireless
2018-06-30
$2,273
Telephones-april, may, june
At&t
2018-04-10
$1,293
Telephones
At&t
2018-05-17
$1,293
Telephones
134 North LaSalle, LLC
2018-04-10
$1,049
Rent
134 North LaSalle, LLC
2018-05-01
$1,049
Rent
134 North LaSalle, LLC
2018-06-10
$1,046
Rent
H.W. Devlin
2018-04-04
$1,000
Consulting
H.W. Devlin
2018-06-01
$1,000
Consulting
Player Sports
2018-04-10
$992
T-shirts
GM Financial
2018-05-17
$824
Car lease payment
GM Financial
2018-04-06
$824
Car lease payment
GM Financial
2018-06-12
$806
Car lease payment
United Airlines
2018-04-02
$600
Air fare - staff

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