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Monday, June 30, 2025

How did Rafael Yanez spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Rafael Yanez's election campaign committee, Friends for Rafael Yanez, spent $12,615 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Yanez's committee spent the most on staff salaries in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,700) going to Melania Vega in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Yanez's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Staff salaries
$4,700
37.3%
Rent
$2,300
18.2%
Principal payment, yanez
$2,000
15.9%
Printing
$1,350
10.7%
Legal fees
$600
4.8%
Hall rental for raising funds
$500
4%
Graphic design
$455
3.6%
Bank charges
$398
3.2%
Campaign work
$300
2.4%
Meals
$12
0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Rafael Yanez
2018-09-30
$2,000
Principal payment, yanez
4607 Ashland Building, LLC
2018-09-19
$1,800
Rent
Melania Vega
2018-09-01
$1,700
Staff salaries
Melania Vega
2018-09-16
$1,500
Staff salaries
Melania Vega
2018-09-30
$1,500
Staff salaries
SPD Press Printing
2018-09-08
$700
Printing
ef Design Group, Inc.
2018-09-05
$650
Printing
Ed Mullen
2018-09-08
$600
Legal fees
4607 Ashland Building, LLC
2018-09-19
$500
Rent
Rolando Santoyo
2018-09-13
$455
Graphic design
Linda Diaz
2018-08-02
$300
Campaign work
Gustavo Sanchez
2018-07-22
$250
Hall rental for raising funds
Tierra Caliente
2018-08-27
$250
Hall rental for raising funds
ActBlue Illinois
2018-09-30
$145
Bank charges
ActBlue Illinois
2018-08-26
$73
Bank charges
ActBlue Illinois
2018-09-09
$39
Bank charges
ActBlue Illinois
2018-09-16
$39
Bank charges
ActBlue Illinois
2018-09-23
$35
Bank charges
ActBlue Illinois
2018-07-22
$25
Bank charges
ActBlue Illinois
2018-07-29
$14
Bank charges
Tierra Caliente
2018-07-25
$12
Meals
ActBlue Illinois
2018-09-02
$10
Bank charges
ActBlue Illinois
2018-08-19
$5
Bank charges
ActBlue Illinois
2018-08-12
$4
Bank charges
ActBlue Illinois
2018-08-05
$3
Bank charges

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