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How did Ann Gillespie spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Ann Gillespie's election campaign committee, Citizens for Ann Gillespie, spent $102,451 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Gillespie's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with all those payments ($65,007) going to Wildfire Contact in Methuen. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Gillespie's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$65,007
63.5%
Consulting
$12,660
12.4%
Yard signs
$5,934
5.8%
Gotv calls
$5,013
4.9%
Consulting services
$4,900
4.8%
Consulting fee
$4,116
4%
Printing services
$1,748
1.7%
Catering
$1,460
1.4%
Act blue fee
$253
0.3%
Credit card processing fees
$232
0.2%
January rent
$200
0.2%
Rent
$200
0.2%
March rent
$200
0.2%
April rent
$200
0.2%
Actblue fee
$120
0.1%
Calls
$107
0.1%
Bank fee
$60
< 0.1%
Cc and merchant fees
$29
< 0.1%
Act blue fees
$6
< 0.1%

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
KMM Consulting, LLC
2018-01-26
$10,500
Consulting
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-19
$10,464
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-09
$9,659
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-14
$9,659
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-09
$9,550
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-01
$9,257
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-02
$6,906
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-23
$6,009
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-01-11
$5,934
Yard signs
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-28
$5,013
Gotv calls
Eric D Palmer
2018-02-05
$4,116
Consulting fee
Eric D Palmer
2018-01-06
$4,000
Consulting services
Maddie Wazowicz
2018-03-22
$2,160
Consulting
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-01
$1,955
Printing
Chi-Town Printing, Inc.
2018-01-04
$1,468
Printing services
Fausto's Italian Kitchen
2018-03-20
$1,460
Catering
Maddie Wazowicz
2018-02-19
$900
Consulting services
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-01
$899
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-05
$645
Printing
Chi-Town Printing, Inc.
2018-01-11
$280
Printing services
Sage Payment Solutions
2018-02-02
$232
Credit card processing fees
Gpad
2018-01-03
$200
January rent
Gpad
2018-02-08
$200
Rent
Gpad
2018-03-06
$200
March rent
Gpad
2018-03-26
$200
April rent

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