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How did Jesse Ruiz spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Jesse Ruiz's election campaign committee, Friends of Jesse Ruiz, spent $17,247 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Ruiz's committee spent the most on website expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,110) going to Veracity Media in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Ruiz's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Website expenses
$6,110
35.4%
Credit card fees
$5,646
32.7%
Accounting/compliance
$2,000
11.6%
Software
$1,500
8.7%
Catering
$958
5.6%
Payroll fees
$388
2.3%
Transportation
$373
2.2%
Telephone expenses
$271
1.6%

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
Veracity Media
2018-04-27
$6,110
Website expenses
Bankcard Merchant Services
2018-04-02
$5,595
Credit card fees
NGP VAN, Inc
2018-05-04
$1,500
Software
Blue Wave Political Partners
2018-04-13
$1,000
Accounting/compliance
Blue Wave Political Partners
2018-05-14
$1,000
Accounting/compliance
Taquerias Atotonilco
2018-04-13
$958
Catering
At&t
2018-06-15
$165
Telephone expenses
Adp
2018-05-17
$153
Payroll fees
Adp
2018-06-22
$95
Payroll fees
Adp
2018-04-06
$71
Payroll fees
Adp
2018-06-01
$67
Payroll fees
Lyft
2018-04-10
$65
Transportation
Bankcard Merchant Services
2018-05-02
$48
Credit card fees
Lyft
2018-06-26
$37
Transportation
Lyft
2018-05-23
$35
Transportation
Lyft
2018-06-28
$35
Transportation
Lyft
2018-06-28
$34
Transportation
At&t
2018-04-03
$29
Telephone expenses
At&t
2018-05-03
$29
Telephone expenses
At&t
2018-06-04
$29
Telephone expenses
Lyft
2018-06-26
$28
Transportation
Lyft
2018-06-15
$21
Transportation
Lyft
2018-06-26
$19
Transportation
At&t
2018-05-16
$16
Telephone expenses
Lyft
2018-06-26
$14
Transportation

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