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How did Susana Mendoza spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Susana Mendoza's election campaign committee, Friends for Susana Mendoza For Comptroller, spent $89,563 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Mendoza's committee spent the most on fund raising - services in the quarter, with all those payments ($60,000) going to KJD Strategies in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mendoza's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fund raising - services
$60,000
67%
Payroll
$5,315
5.9%
Fund raising (food)
$3,368
3.8%
Printing
$3,355
3.8%
Website design
$2,500
2.8%
Software platform
$2,475
2.8%
Taxes - federal
$1,819
2%
Mileage expenses
$1,768
2%
Website expenses
$1,292
1.4%
Merchant transaction fee
$1,121
1.3%
Hall rental for raising funds
$1,000
1.1%
Supplies
$962
1.1%
Candidate lodging
$761
0.9%
Equipment - purchase
$699
0.8%
Meals
$625
0.7%
Phones
$442
0.5%
State taxes
$309
0.4%
Subscriptions
$305
0.3%
Parade fee - 2018
$300
0.3%
Mailbox rental
$300
0.3%
Staff lodging
$290
0.3%
Donations
$250
0.3%
Taxes - unemployment
$159
0.2%
Postage
$138
0.2%

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
KJD Strategies
2018-05-10
$20,000
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2018-06-20
$10,000
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2018-06-25
$10,000
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2018-06-26
$10,000
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2018-05-10
$10,000
Fund raising - services
Flight Club (Chicago)
2018-06-29
$2,868
Fund raising (food)
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-04-09
$2,565
Printing
Gareene Indigo Design Company
2018-04-30
$2,500
Website design
Flight Club (Chicago)
2018-06-08
$1,000
Hall rental for raising funds
Susana Mendoza
2018-06-05
$905
Mileage expenses
Simon Cohen
2018-05-30
$899
Payroll
Simon Cohen
2018-05-14
$899
Payroll
Simon Cohen
2018-04-30
$899
Payroll
Simon Cohen
2018-06-14
$899
Payroll
Simon Cohen
2018-04-16
$899
Payroll
Susana Mendoza
2018-04-16
$863
Mileage expenses
Samantha Alonso
2018-06-14
$818
Payroll
Sage Payment Solutions
2018-05-02
$791
Merchant transaction fee
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-06-21
$790
Printing
Ngp Van
2018-04-02
$750
Software platform
Ngp Van
2018-05-02
$750
Software platform
Ngp Van
2018-06-04
$750
Software platform
Hilton (Washington)
2018-04-19
$670
Candidate lodging
Bluehost, Inc.
2018-05-14
$601
Website expenses
Irs
2018-06-22
$520
Taxes - federal

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