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How did Patrick Daley Thompson spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Patrick Daley Thompson's election campaign committee, Friends of Patrick D Thompson, spent $31,474 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Thompson's committee spent the most on professional consulting services in the quarter, with all those payments ($15,000) going to P2 Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Thompson's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Professional consulting services
$15,000
47.7%
Air fare - candidate
$8,752
27.8%
Accounting fees
$2,200
7%
Candidate lodging
$1,665
5.3%
Copier
$1,459
4.6%
Stop payment on contribution received 6/28/18
$1,000
3.2%
Donations
$500
1.6%
Advertising
$500
1.6%
Printing
$237
0.8%
Monthly voter database fee
$160
0.5%

Table 2 below shows the top 13 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
P2 Consulting
2018-08-03
$15,000
Professional consulting services
United Airlines
2018-07-06
$8,054
Air fare - candidate
Bansley and Kiener, L.L.P.
2018-09-29
$2,200
Accounting fees
Cotg
2018-07-24
$1,459
Copier
Grand Hyatt Tokyo
2018-07-10
$1,088
Candidate lodging
V M & Associates #1 Inc.
2018-07-06
$1,000
Stop payment on contribution received 6/28/18
Air China
2018-07-06
$698
Air fare - candidate
Park Hyatt
2018-07-06
$577
Candidate lodging
Chicago City Council Latino Caucus Foundation
2018-09-14
$500
Advertising
Aquinas Literary Center
2018-08-08
$250
Donations
Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago
2018-09-14
$250
Donations
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-08-08
$237
Printing
NGP Van
2018-08-08
$160
Monthly voter database fee

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