How did Fred Crespo spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Apr 7, 2017

Democratic Fred Crespo's election campaign committee, Citizens for Fred Crespo, spent $8,090 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

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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