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How did Michael Cabonargi spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Michael Cabonargi's election campaign committee, Friends of Cabonargi, spent $79,451 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Cabonargi's committee spent the most on refunds in the quarter, with 6.9% of this total ($4,500) going to Steven B. Pearlman & Associates in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cabonargi's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Refunds
$65,000
81.8%
Fundraising consulting
$5,250
6.6%
Event expenses
$4,547
5.7%
Database fee
$2,100
2.6%
Dining
$879
1.1%
Postage and mail housing
$452
0.6%
Subscriptions
$395
0.5%
Electronic filing
$250
0.3%
Post office box
$182
0.2%
Sympathy flowers
$100
0.1%
Charity
$100
0.1%
Contributions
$100
0.1%
Postage
$94
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
Steven B. Pearlman & Associates
2018-04-20
$4,500
Refunds
George Reveliotis
2018-04-17
$4,250
Refunds
Reveliotis Law
2018-04-18
$4,250
Refunds
Sarnoff & Baccash
2018-04-13
$4,000
Refunds
Siegel & Callahan, P. C.
2018-05-01
$3,750
Refunds
Schmidt Salzman & Moran, Ltd
2018-04-13
$3,500
Refunds
Urban Real Estate Research, Inc.
2018-05-03
$3,250
Refunds
Chapekis & Chapekis
2018-04-24
$3,000
Refunds
Flanagan/Bilton, LLC
2018-04-17
$3,000
Refunds
Katsaros & Steffey, P. C.
2018-05-03
$3,000
Refunds
McCracken Walsh Calisle & deLaVan
2018-04-23
$3,000
Refunds
Schiller, Strauss & Lavin PC
2018-04-17
$3,000
Refunds
Highline Bar + Lounge
2018-06-04
$2,534
Event expenses
NGP VAN Inc.
2018-05-10
$2,100
Database fee
Highline Bar + Lounge
2018-04-03
$2,013
Event expenses
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2018-04-03
$1,750
Fundraising consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2018-05-01
$1,750
Fundraising consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2018-06-04
$1,750
Fundraising consulting
Brown, Udell, Pomerantz & Delrahim, Ltd.
2018-04-18
$1,750
Refunds
Richard Shapiro
2018-04-17
$1,450
Refunds
George Behrens
2018-04-16
$1,250
Refunds
McCormick and Wagner, LLC
2018-04-16
$1,250
Refunds
David E. McCracken III
2018-05-01
$1,250
Refunds
Eugene L.Griffin & Associates
2018-04-27
$1,050
Refunds
Dennis W. Hetler & Associates
2018-04-20
$1,000
Refunds

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