Moylan's committee spent the most on newspaper advertising in the quarter, with 97.4% of this total ($2,000) going to Journal & Topics Newspaper in Des Plaines. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Moylan's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Newspaper advertising
$2,053
26.7%
Car lease payment
$1,500
19.5%
Donations
$950
12.4%
Phones
$894
11.6%
Car maintenance
$583
7.6%
Candidate lodging
$474
6.2%
Utilities
$290
3.8%
Equipment - purchase
$241
3.1%
Promotional items
$218
2.8%
Gasoline
$194
2.5%
Food
$186
2.4%
Subscriptions
$106
1.4%
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
GM Finance Dr
2018-03-19
$1,500
Car lease payment
Journal & Topics Newspaper
2018-01-10
$1,000
Newspaper advertising
Journal & Topics Newspaper
2018-03-20
$1,000
Newspaper advertising
Patrick Cadillac
2018-03-19
$583
Car maintenance
Des Plaines Youth Baseball
2018-03-31
$350
Donations
Nicor Gas
2018-02-01
$290
Utilities
AT&T Services Inc.
2018-01-03
$223
Phones
AT&T Services Inc.
2018-02-03
$214
Phones
Boy scout troop # 160
2018-01-25
$200
Donations
District 62 Foundation
2018-02-08
$200
Donations
Italian American Political Coalition
2018-03-01
$200
Donations
Alexander's Steakhouse
2018-02-28
$186
Food
AT&T Services Inc.
2018-03-03
$186
Phones
Amazon.com
2018-01-27
$159
Promotional items
Wyndham Springfield City Centre
2018-03-01
$158
Candidate lodging
Wyndham Springfield City Centre
2018-03-08
$158
Candidate lodging
Best Buy
2018-02-25
$156
Equipment - purchase
Best Buy
2018-02-25
$85
Equipment - purchase
AT&T Services Inc.
2018-03-05
$80
Phones
AT&T Services Inc.
2018-03-13
$80
Phones
AT&T Services Inc.
2018-01-13
$80
Phones
Wyndham Springfield City Centre
2018-01-31
$79
Candidate lodging
Wyndham Springfield City Centre
2018-02-26
$79
Candidate lodging
Amazon.com
2018-01-06
$59
Promotional items
Daily Herald media group
2018-03-05
$53
Subscriptions
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