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How did Michelle Mussman spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Michelle Mussman's election campaign committee, Friends of Michelle Mussman, spent $289,159 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Mussman's committee spent the most on media expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($115,000) going to Buying Time LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mussman's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Media expenses
$115,000
39.8%
Printing
$40,210
13.9%
Poll
$38,500
13.3%
Payroll
$33,165
11.5%
Commercial production
$17,940
6.2%
Postage
$17,548
6.1%
Supplies
$8,805
3.1%
Colbert mailing
$3,392
1.2%
Office supplies
$1,525
0.5%
Data management
$1,500
0.5%
Office lease- july
$1,100
0.4%
Office lease - september
$1,100
0.4%
Office lease - august
$1,100
0.4%
Copy machine rental
$1,047
0.4%
Robo calls
$850
0.3%
Website design
$775
0.3%
Staff housing - august
$775
0.3%
Internet service
$754
0.3%
T shirts
$736
0.3%
Voter registration post cards
$620
0.2%
Stickers
$354
0.1%
Cell phones
$326
0.1%
Staff housing-july
$300
0.1%
Buttons
$265
< 0.1%
Donuts
$204
< 0.1%
Donations
$200
< 0.1%
Electronic filing
$200
< 0.1%
Event entertainment
$200
< 0.1%
Wire transfer fee
$180
< 0.1%
Utililties
$166
< 0.1%
Gasoline
$141
< 0.1%
Utilities
$117
< 0.1%
Mileage expenses
$47
< 0.1%
Cell phone balance
$11
< 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
Buying Time LLC
2016-09-20
$35,000
Media expenses
Tulchin Research
2016-07-18
$27,500
Poll
Buying Time LLC
2016-09-01
$20,000
Media expenses
Buying Time LLC
2016-08-29
$20,000
Media expenses
Buying Time LLC
2016-09-27
$20,000
Media expenses
Buying Time LLC
2016-08-19
$20,000
Media expenses
Breaker Press Company
2016-09-20
$11,389
Printing
Tulchin Research
2016-09-20
$11,000
Poll
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-09-22
$9,440
Commercial production
Breaker Press Company
2016-09-13
$9,197
Printing
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-08-11
$8,500
Commercial production
Breaker Press Company
2016-09-01
$6,482
Printing
US Postal Service
2016-08-16
$6,235
Postage
US Postal Service
2016-08-16
$5,437
Postage
Union Signs and Printing
2016-08-19
$5,160
Printing
Breaker Press Company
2016-08-25
$3,392
Colbert mailing
Frye Williamson Press
2016-08-16
$3,179
Printing
Frye Williamson Press
2016-08-16
$2,776
Printing
Office Depot /Office Max
2016-09-12
$2,364
Supplies
Breaker Press Company
2016-07-18
$2,025
Printing
US Postal Service
2016-08-24
$1,880
Postage
Frederick C. Barker
2016-09-01
$1,725
Payroll
NGP Van
2016-09-14
$1,500
Data management
Sarah Travis
2016-07-22
$1,500
Payroll
Antrixa Patel
2016-08-28
$1,166
Payroll

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