Crespo's committee spent the most on field work in the quarter, with 17.5% of this total ($2,651) going to Ramon Alvarez Jr. in Hanover Park. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Crespo's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Field work
$15,162
25.4%
Poll
$11,000
18.5%
Campaign staff
$9,000
15.1%
Phone bank expenses
$3,933
6.6%
Campaign work
$2,750
4.6%
Postage
$2,679
4.5%
Office supplies
$2,111
3.5%
Staff dinner
$1,787
3%
Election day workers
$1,600
2.7%
Fund raising advertisement
$1,475
2.5%
Cell phones
$1,322
2.2%
Fund raising (food)
$1,260
2.1%
Election day expenses
$1,030
1.7%
Website expenses
$781
1.3%
Office cleaning
$750
1.3%
Meals - field
$673
1.1%
Utilities
$565
1%
Candidate lodging
$497
0.8%
Storage
$419
0.7%
Annual gala
$250
0.4%
Ad books
$200
0.3%
Staff breakfast
$189
0.3%
Palm cards
$175
0.3%
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
Tulchin Research
2016-11-07
$11,000
Poll
Michael Murray
2016-11-16
$4,500
Campaign staff
Leonard Henderson
2016-12-05
$2,000
Campaign work
US Postmaster
2016-10-24
$1,880
Postage
Morton's The Steakhouse
2016-12-05
$1,787
Staff dinner
Michael Murray
2016-10-13
$1,500
Campaign staff
Michael Murray
2016-10-03
$1,500
Campaign staff
Michael Murray
2016-11-02
$1,500
Campaign staff
Alliance Printing
2016-10-20
$1,475
Fund raising advertisement
Ti Amo
2016-11-10
$1,221
Fund raising (food)
Ti Amo
2016-11-04
$893
Election day expenses
US Postmaster
2016-10-27
$799
Postage
Ramon Alvarez Jr.
2016-11-01
$666
Field work
Ramon Alvarez Jr.
2016-11-21
$662
Field work
Ramon Alvarez Jr.
2016-10-05
$617
Field work
Ramon Alvarez Jr.
2016-11-16
$550
Election day workers
Office Depot
2016-10-31
$541
Office supplies
Ramon Alvarez Jr.
2016-10-25
$531
Phone bank expenses
Ramon Alvarez Jr.
2016-10-14
$520
Phone bank expenses
Ramon Alvarez Jr.
2016-10-19
$505
Field work
Mary Alice Giles
2016-12-28
$500
Campaign work
Links Technology Solutions, Inc.
2016-10-11
$450
Website expenses
Joseph Brzezniak
2016-10-12
$427
Field work
Kevin Sullivan
2016-10-18
$401
Field work
Donald King
2016-11-03
$393
Field work
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