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How did Maria Pappas spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Maria Pappas's election campaign committee, Committee to Elect Maria Pappas, spent $31,012 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Pappas's committee spent the most on promotional items in the quarter, with all those payments ($15,987) going to Better Containers Mfg Co Inc in Hillside. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Pappas's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Promotional items
$15,987
51.6%
Refunds
$9,750
31.4%
News service
$1,500
4.8%
Advertising
$1,450
4.7%
Driving expenses
$1,325
4.3%
Parade fee
$500
1.6%
Contributions
$250
0.8%
Donations
$250
0.8%

Table 2 below shows the top 23 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Better Containers Mfg Co Inc
2018-04-04
$5,439
Promotional items
Better Containers Mfg Co Inc
2018-04-12
$5,439
Promotional items
Better Containers Mfg Co Inc
2018-06-29
$5,108
Promotional items
Verros, Lafakis & Berkshire PC
2018-05-07
$4,250
Refunds
Peter Verros
2018-05-07
$1,750
Refunds
PR Newswire
2018-05-18
$1,500
News service
Jerry Acciari
2018-04-20
$875
Driving expenses
Deutsch, Levy & Engel
2018-05-10
$750
Refunds
Loukas Kozonis
2018-05-14
$750
Refunds
Law Offices Adam E. Bossov, P.C.
2018-05-15
$750
Refunds
Polish Museum of America
2018-04-17
$750
Advertising
Elmhurst St. Patrick's Parade
2018-04-23
$500
Parade fee
German American Children's Choir
2018-04-10
$500
Advertising
Tim Rueckert
2018-04-05
$450
Driving expenses
Citizens for Pat Dowell
2018-05-24
$250
Contributions
Joanne Elliot
2018-05-11
$250
Refunds
Eugene L. Griffin & Assoc., Ltd.
2018-05-11
$250
Refunds
Field and Goldberg LLC
2018-05-09
$250
Refunds
Polish Museum of America
2018-06-22
$250
Donations
Reveliotis Law, P.C.
2018-05-08
$250
Refunds
Michael J. Shine
2018-06-06
$250
Refunds
The Shops on Wabash LLC
2018-05-14
$250
Refunds
First Church of Love and Faith
2018-04-27
$200
Advertising

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