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How did Dan Patlak spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Republican Dan Patlak's election campaign committee, Citizens For Dan Patlak, spent $552,250 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Patlak's committee spent the most on advertising in the quarter, with 39.8% of this total ($57,239) going to WBBM-AM Radio 890 in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Patlak's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Advertising
$143,866
26.1%
Mailing
$134,833
24.4%
Principal payment, patlak
$90,000
16.3%
Printing and mailing
$83,832
15.2%
Mail and printing
$80,000
14.5%
Field work
$7,600
1.4%
Advertisement
$2,870
0.5%
Consulting
$2,087
0.4%
Printing
$1,756
0.3%
Food & beverage
$1,227
0.2%
Literature
$1,159
0.2%
Research
$1,062
0.2%
Radio voice
$425
< 0.1%
Ad and dinner tickets
$410
< 0.1%
Contributions
$250
< 0.1%
Rent
$250
< 0.1%
Robo call recording
$200
< 0.1%
Banquet
$170
< 0.1%
Ad design
$150
< 0.1%
Production media expenses
$50
< 0.1%
Mileage expenses
$50
< 0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Dan Patlak
2016-12-15
$90,000
Principal payment, patlak
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-12
$80,000
Mail and printing
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-06
$80,000
Printing and mailing
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-26
$60,000
Mailing
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-22
$40,000
Mailing
WBBM-AM Radio 890
2016-10-19
$39,899
Advertising
WGN Radio
2016-10-19
$22,635
Advertising
Salem Communications
2016-10-12
$19,440
Advertising
WBBM-AM Radio 890
2016-10-07
$17,340
Advertising
WLS-AM Radio
2016-10-19
$16,192
Advertising
McGaffer Communications, LLP
2016-10-18
$14,467
Mailing
WGN Radio
2016-10-11
$9,825
Advertising
McGaffer Communications, LLP
2016-10-26
$9,544
Mailing
McGaffer Communications
2016-11-02
$8,033
Mailing
Daily Herald Media Group
2016-10-13
$7,212
Advertising
WLS-AM Radio
2016-10-07
$7,012
Advertising
Vigil Printing
2016-10-10
$3,832
Printing and mailing
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-13
$2,788
Mailing
Journal & Topics Newspaper
2016-10-10
$2,270
Advertisement
MJ Newsletter
2016-11-10
$1,337
Consulting
FedEx
2016-10-23
$1,290
Printing
Monk's Pub
2016-10-17
$1,227
Food & beverage
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-03
$1,159
Literature
Facebook
2016-11-12
$1,151
Advertising
Polish Daily News
2016-10-17
$1,000
Advertising

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