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