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How did Gilbert Villegas spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Gilbert Villegas's election campaign committee, Friends of Gilbert Villegas, spent $80,794 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Villegas's committee spent the most on services rendered in the quarter, with 29.5% of this total ($4,286) going to John Doyle in Western Springs. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Villegas's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Services rendered
$14,512
18%
Printing
$8,661
10.7%
Polling
$5,400
6.7%
Travel
$4,527
5.6%
Campaign manager
$4,500
5.6%
Catering
$4,243
5.3%
Return of excess contribution
$4,000
5%
Advertising
$3,470
4.3%
Billboard expenses
$3,470
4.3%
T-shirts
$2,937
3.6%
Donations
$2,386
3%
Equipment - purchase
$2,367
2.9%
Signs
$2,000
2.5%
Supplies
$1,807
2.2%
Meals
$1,768
2.2%
Car lease payment
$1,675
2.1%
Legal fees
$1,500
1.9%
Consulting
$1,500
1.9%
Phones
$1,309
1.6%
Website expenses
$1,131
1.4%
Rentals
$1,085
1.3%
Fund raising (food)
$859
1.1%
Tent rental
$840
1%
Parade sponsorship
$750
0.9%
Parade rental
$544
0.7%
Dj for ward picnic
$450
0.6%
Utilities
$444
0.6%
Golf outings
$435
0.5%
Picnic supplies
$406
0.5%
Rental
$385
0.5%
Donation for bulldogs youth team
$330
0.4%
Ad books
$250
0.3%
Marketing
$172
0.2%
Water
$166
0.2%
Flowers
$165
0.2%
Block party
$120
0.2%
Bounce house rental for back to school
$120
0.2%
Bounce house
$100
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
Breaker Press Co.
2018-09-21
$5,186
Printing
Kevin Wunder
2018-09-07
$4,500
Campaign manager
Clear Channel Outdoors
2018-07-03
$3,470
Advertising
Clear Channel Outdoors
2018-08-01
$3,470
Billboard expenses
Blue Sun Campaigns
2018-09-27
$2,700
Polling
Blue Sun Campaigns
2018-08-09
$2,700
Polling
Benchmark Construction
2018-09-14
$2,000
Return of excess contribution
Chicago City Council Latino Caucus
2018-08-03
$2,000
Donations
Stars and Stripes
2018-09-28
$2,000
Signs
Kimpton Carlyle
2018-07-30
$1,829
Travel
Kimpton Everly Hotel
2018-07-30
$1,805
Travel
Francisco Hurtado
2018-09-08
$1,800
Catering
Trattoria Porretta
2018-08-15
$1,764
Catering
Santana Silk Screening
2018-07-17
$1,512
T-shirts
Gloria Chevere
2018-09-26
$1,500
Consulting
Justin Heath
2018-08-24
$1,500
Services rendered
Old Veteran Construction, Inc.
2018-09-26
$1,500
Return of excess contribution
Breaker Press Co.
2018-08-15
$1,485
Printing
Santana Silk Screening
2018-09-12
$1,425
T-shirts
Trolley Rentals in Chicago
2018-09-10
$1,085
Rentals
Cdw
2018-09-12
$1,055
Equipment - purchase
GoDaddy
2018-08-06
$1,054
Website expenses
Breaker Press Co.
2018-09-13
$995
Printing
Breaker Press Co.
2018-09-05
$995
Printing
Cynthia Guerrero
2018-09-01
$900
Services rendered

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