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How did Edward M Burke spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Non partisan Edward M Burke's election campaign committee, 14th Ward Regular Democratic Org, spent $32,786 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Burke's committee spent the most on postage in the quarter, with 67.5% of this total ($3,000) going to Reserve Account in St. Louis. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Burke's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Postage
$4,444
13.6%
Utilities
$3,826
11.7%
Insurance
$3,508
10.7%
Car payment
$3,394
10.4%
Taxes
$3,351
10.2%
Printing
$2,264
6.9%
Newspaper advertising
$1,867
5.7%
Services
$1,698
5.2%
Rent
$1,650
5%
Lease payments
$1,312
4%
Election day expenses
$912
2.8%
Food
$673
2.1%
Subscriptions
$595
1.8%
Projector
$531
1.6%
Graphic design
$500
1.5%
Repairs
$410
1.3%
Supplies
$405
1.2%
Water
$344
1.1%
Election expense
$309
0.9%
Permit
$200
0.6%
Donations
$200
0.6%
A/c repairs
$196
0.6%
Websites
$188
0.6%

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
Reserve Account
2018-08-28
$3,000
Postage
Merrimack Mutual Insurance
2018-07-20
$2,113
Insurance
Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services
2018-08-21
$1,312
Lease payments
Cook County Collector
2018-07-12
$1,293
Taxes
Cook County Collector
2018-07-12
$1,231
Taxes
Fuse
2018-08-22
$1,214
Printing
Selena Rodriguez
2018-07-25
$1,098
Services
Postmaster General
2018-07-31
$1,000
Postage
Campaign Monitor
2018-07-11
$912
Election day expenses
Fuse
2018-07-19
$757
Printing
Comed
2018-08-15
$691
Utilities
Comed
2018-09-12
$689
Utilities
State Farm Insurance
2018-09-18
$641
Insurance
Comed
2018-07-10
$621
Utilities
State Farm Insurance
2018-09-18
$589
Insurance
Ally
2018-08-14
$588
Car payment
Ally
2018-07-02
$588
Car payment
Ford Credit
2018-07-25
$554
Car payment
Ford Credit
2018-08-22
$554
Car payment
Ford Credit
2018-07-01
$554
Car payment
Ford Credit
2018-09-19
$554
Car payment
Burke, P.c., Edward
2018-07-01
$550
Rent
Burke, P.c., Edward
2018-07-31
$550
Rent
Burke, P.c., Edward
2018-09-04
$550
Rent
Chicago Dept of Finance
2018-07-01
$534
Utilities

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