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

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Democratic Fred Crespo's election campaign committee, Citizens for Fred Crespo, spent $6,924 in the second 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 ($1,954) going to Red Roof Plus in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Crespo's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Candidate lodging
$1,954
28.2%
Postage
$1,324
19.1%
Utilities
$585
8.5%
Cell phones
$477
6.9%
Subscriptions
$452
6.5%
Storage
$434
6.3%
Gala
$373
5.4%
Gasoline
$370
5.3%
Staff lunch meeting
$342
4.9%
Website expenses
$280
4%
Volunteer lunch
$229
3.3%
Donations
$100
1.4%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
US Postmaster
2018-04-30
$1,000
Postage
Red Roof Plus
2018-04-30
$395
Candidate lodging
Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
2018-06-15
$373
Gala
Garibaldi's Pizza & Pasta House
2018-06-18
$342
Staff lunch meeting
Red Roof Plus
2018-04-16
$316
Candidate lodging
Red Roof Plus
2018-04-23
$316
Candidate lodging
US Postmaster
2018-04-03
$300
Postage
Network Solutions
2018-05-09
$280
Website expenses
Red Roof Plus
2018-05-14
$237
Candidate lodging
Red Roof Plus
2018-05-21
$237
Candidate lodging
Garibaldi's Pizza & Pasta House
2018-05-18
$229
Volunteer lunch
Red Roof Plus
2018-06-04
$214
Candidate lodging
Nicor
2018-04-04
$187
Utilities
Chicago Tribune
2018-04-19
$181
Subscriptions
Verizon Wireless
2018-04-23
$159
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2018-05-14
$159
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2018-06-15
$159
Cell phones
Red Roof Plus
2018-05-25
$158
Candidate lodging
Nicor
2018-05-31
$152
Utilities
U-Haul
2018-04-02
$144
Storage
U-Haul
2018-05-01
$144
Storage
U-Haul
2018-05-31
$144
Storage
Comcast
2018-05-04
$104
Utilities
Comcast
2018-05-15
$104
Utilities
Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
2018-06-14
$100
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