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Thursday, April 3, 2025

How did Theresa Mah spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Theresa Mah's election campaign committee, Friends of Theresa Mah, spent $26,600 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Mah's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 46.9% of this total ($5,675) going to Mayra Lopez-Zuniga in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mah's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$12,106
45.5%
Rent
$4,700
17.7%
Donations
$3,500
13.2%
Office equipment
$992
3.7%
Insurance
$978
3.7%
Food
$954
3.6%
Air fare - candidate
$719
2.7%
Newspaper advertising
$480
1.8%
Copier rental
$330
1.2%
Service charges
$315
1.2%
Candidate lodging
$301
1.1%
Office cleaning
$300
1.1%
Email list services
$209
0.8%
Cleaning
$180
0.7%
Parking
$165
0.6%
E mail services
$130
0.5%
Website expenses
$114
0.4%
Domain registration
$72
0.3%
Email services
$50
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
Mayra Lopez-Zuniga
2018-06-29
$1,891
Consulting
Mayra Lopez-Zuniga
2018-05-25
$1,891
Consulting
Mayra Lopez-Zuniga
2018-05-01
$1,891
Consulting
Bo Zhang
2018-04-27
$1,200
Rent
Bo Zhang
2018-06-24
$1,200
Rent
Bo Zhang
2018-04-18
$1,200
Rent
Ada Tong
2018-04-30
$1,058
Consulting
Ada Tong
2018-06-29
$1,058
Consulting
Ada Tong
2018-05-25
$1,058
Consulting
Chicago Dia de los Nios
2018-04-16
$1,000
Donations
Active Copier
2018-05-01
$992
Office equipment
Alper Services
2018-06-11
$978
Insurance
Esau Chavez
2018-04-16
$833
Consulting
Esau Chavez
2018-04-02
$833
Consulting
Esau Chavez
2018-04-02
$637
Consulting
Tony Wu
2018-04-16
$630
Consulting
Illinois House Democratic Women's Caucus
2018-05-29
$500
Donations
Peace & Education Coalition
2018-04-16
$500
Donations
Pilsen Athletic League
2018-04-16
$500
Donations
Loukinens' on 4th
2018-04-16
$392
Food
Fabulous Freddie's Italian Eatery
2018-06-20
$353
Food
Park Central Hotel
2018-06-25
$301
Candidate lodging
Crossroads Fund
2018-04-09
$300
Donations
VHR Properties
2018-04-19
$300
Rent
VHR Properties
2018-04-01
$300
Rent

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