Crespo's committee spent the most on candidate lodging in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,194) going to The State House Inn in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Crespo's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Candidate lodging
$2,194
27.1%
Conference
$1,000
12.4%
Utilities
$692
8.6%
Website expenses
$600
7.4%
Cell phones
$542
6.7%
Gasoline
$506
6.3%
Job fair
$500
6.2%
Inauguration dinner
$468
5.8%
Storage
$419
5.2%
Staff dinner
$396
4.9%
Subscriptions
$331
4.1%
Dues
$235
2.9%
Notary
$183
2.3%
Training event
$20
0.3%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation
2017-01-10
$1,000
Conference
Hanover Township Foundation
2017-03-13
$500
Job fair
Chesapeake Seafood
2017-01-13
$468
Inauguration dinner
Saputo's
2017-01-12
$396
Staff dinner
The State House Inn
2017-03-29
$316
Candidate lodging
Links Technology Solutions, Inc.
2017-03-31
$300
Website expenses
Links Technology Solutions, Inc.
2017-01-30
$300
Website expenses
The State House Inn
2017-03-15
$237
Candidate lodging
The State House Inn
2017-03-21
$237
Candidate lodging
The State House Inn
2017-01-10
$235
Candidate lodging
Hoffman Estates Chamber of Commerce
2017-03-20
$235
Dues
Comcast
2017-01-24
$203
Utilities
Verizon Wireless
2017-01-10
$203
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2017-02-07
$191
Cell phones
Chicago Tribune
2017-02-10
$181
Subscriptions
The State House Inn
2017-01-13
$174
Candidate lodging
Nicor
2017-02-14
$170
Utilities
The State House Inn
2017-03-09
$158
Candidate lodging
The State House Inn
2017-01-11
$156
Candidate lodging
The State House Inn
2017-02-09
$156
Candidate lodging
The State House Inn
2017-01-23
$156
Candidate lodging
The State House Inn
2017-02-23
$156
Candidate lodging
Chicago Tribune
2017-01-04
$149
Subscriptions
Verizon Wireless
2017-03-22
$148
Cell phones
U-Haul
2017-03-02
$139
Storage
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