Kennedy's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 51.8% of this total ($15,000) going to Mary Beth Sova in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kennedy's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$28,938
30.4%
Principal payment, mcdonnell
$25,000
26.2%
Campaign work
$5,961
6.3%
Computer software
$4,951
5.2%
Credit card fees
$4,775
5%
Payroll
$4,108
4.3%
Fine
$3,500
3.7%
Hall rental for raising funds
$3,464
3.6%
Website expenses
$3,000
3.2%
Election day workers
$2,272
2.4%
Donations
$1,750
1.8%
Photography
$1,680
1.8%
Phones
$1,165
1.2%
Printing
$1,000
1.1%
Accounting fees
$937
1%
Newspaper advertising
$480
0.5%
Insurance
$436
0.5%
Computer purchases
$389
0.4%
Payroll fees
$385
0.4%
Internet access
$249
0.3%
Fund raising entertainment
$235
0.3%
Rent
$220
0.2%
Advertising
$209
0.2%
Bank charges
$183
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
Peter McDonnell
2018-04-18
$25,000
Principal payment, mcdonnell
Mary Beth Sova
2018-04-03
$15,000
Consulting
Ra Joy
2018-05-15
$4,938
Consulting
Tiffany Hightower
2018-04-02
$4,500
Consulting
Porter McNeil
2018-04-02
$4,500
Consulting
Illinois State Board of Elections
2018-05-25
$3,500
Fine
Watch Street Consulting, Inc
2018-04-25
$3,000
Website expenses
Rob Moon
2018-04-09
$2,938
Campaign work
Uic
2018-04-06
$2,865
Hall rental for raising funds
ActBlue
2018-04-06
$2,500
Credit card fees
Max Kennedy
2018-04-23
$2,368
Campaign work
Ngp Van
2018-04-02
$2,089
Credit card fees
Kathleen Madden
2018-04-12
$2,001
Payroll
Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago
2018-04-18
$1,750
Donations
AMS Communications
2018-04-05
$1,680
Photography
MailChimp
2018-04-02
$1,249
Computer software
Kathleen Madden
2018-04-11
$1,163
Payroll
At&t
2018-04-23
$1,028
Phones
Chi-Town Printing
2018-04-05
$1,000
Printing
MailChimp
2018-05-02
$999
Computer software
Kathleen Madden
2018-04-12
$943
Payroll
SMN Inc
2018-04-06
$937
Accounting fees
Andy Deluca
2018-04-06
$922
Election day workers
Google
2018-05-02
$805
Computer software
Google
2018-06-04
$804
Computer software
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