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How did George A Cardenas spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Non partisan George A Cardenas's election campaign committee, Friends of George A Cardenas, spent $50,583 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Cardenas's committee spent the most on fund raising - food & venue (fgac 2017 golf outing) in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,923) going to Silver Lakes Country Club in Orland Park. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cardenas's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fund raising - food & venue (fgac 2017 golf outing)
$6,923
13.7%
Rent/cam - campaign office
$6,600
13.1%
Software - constituent services
$4,479
8.9%
Legal fees
$3,600
7.1%
Printing - postcards
$3,483
6.9%
Ward services
$2,500
4.9%
Car lease payment
$1,999
4%
Insurance
$1,232
2.4%
Supplies
$1,189
2.4%
Polling/campaign services
$1,100
2.2%
Polling/surveys
$1,100
2.2%
Ward services - april 2018
$1,100
2.2%
Mobile & data service
$1,037
2.1%
Ward landscapping services
$1,000
2%
Campaign staff
$1,000
2%
Meetings/meals - alderman
$866
1.7%
Alderman meetings
$857
1.7%
Car maintenance - 12th ward van
$815
1.6%
Meals/meetings - alderman
$784
1.6%
Office supplies
$758
1.5%
Insurance - 12th ward van
$736
1.5%
Printing - palm cards
$725
1.4%
Saucedo graduation breakfast
$720
1.4%
Fraud charges - need to dispute
$618
1.2%
Parking
$600
1.2%
Campaign services
$500
1%
Window repair - alderman home vandalism
$430
0.9%
Mobile device & service
$400
0.8%
Baseball mural
$400
0.8%
Meals - campaign staff
$312
0.6%
Janitorial - office
$300
0.6%
Printing - decals
$250
0.5%
City sticker - 12th ward van
$215
0.4%
Crm database management
$211
0.4%
E-mailing service
$190
0.4%
Car rental
$181
0.4%
Cable & internet service
$160
0.3%
Meetings/meals - alderman (may 2018)
$142
0.3%
Merchant processing & reporting
$140
0.3%
Flowers - lois wagner wake
$121
0.2%
Flowers - joe lopez wake
$121
0.2%
E-mailing svc
$120
0.2%
Crm database management svc
$105
0.2%
Alarm system/service
$103
0.2%
Security alarm service
$103
0.2%
Alarm system svc
$103
0.2%
Mail integration service
$100
0.2%
Merchant credit card processing & reporting
$43
< 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
Silver Lakes Country Club
2018-04-04
$6,923
Fund raising - food & venue (fgac 2017 golf outing)
James P Nally, PC
2018-06-07
$3,600
Legal fees
Dot Press.us
2018-05-09
$3,483
Printing - postcards
Armando Cardenas
2018-06-04
$2,500
Ward services
Proseries
2018-06-28
$2,279
Software - constituent services
2454-60 W 38th Street LLC
2018-05-03
$2,200
Rent/cam - campaign office
2454-60 W 38th Street LLC
2018-04-02
$2,200
Rent/cam - campaign office
2454-60 W 38th Street LLC
2018-06-01
$2,200
Rent/cam - campaign office
Proseries
2018-05-08
$2,200
Software - constituent services
Glenn Young
2018-06-29
$1,100
Polling/campaign services
Glenn Young
2018-05-31
$1,100
Polling/surveys
Glenn Young
2018-04-30
$1,100
Ward services - april 2018
Ramon Lopez
2018-06-18
$1,000
Ward landscapping services
Ally Financial
2018-05-29
$999
Car lease payment
Ally Financial
2018-04-30
$999
Car lease payment
Smith & Wollensky
2018-05-16
$784
Meals/meetings - alderman
Courrier Agency Inc
2018-04-13
$736
Insurance - 12th ward van
A C Signs & Consulting
2018-04-25
$725
Printing - palm cards
Arturo Linares
2018-06-14
$720
Saucedo graduation breakfast
Bank Of America
2018-05-22
$618
Fraud charges - need to dispute
ParkChicago
2018-06-28
$600
Parking
Monte Jalisco Auto Mechanic Co
2018-04-10
$585
Car maintenance - 12th ward van
Staples
2018-06-25
$563
Supplies
Mac-Z Zurawski
2018-05-03
$500
Campaign staff
Mac-Z Zurawski
2018-05-31
$500
Campaign staff

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