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How did Tom Bennett spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Republican Tom Bennett's election campaign committee, Friends of Tom Bennett, spent $11,168 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Bennett's committee spent the most on fundraising cubs tickets in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,435) going to Northside Rooftops, LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bennett's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fundraising cubs tickets
$2,435
21.8%
Fund raising (food)
$2,323
20.8%
Consulting--july
$1,250
11.2%
Consulting
$1,250
11.2%
Cunsulting sept.
$1,250
11.2%
Hall rental for raising funds
$384
3.4%
Mailing
$297
2.7%
Cell phones
$297
2.7%
Internet access
$295
2.6%
Mailing--hoopeston
$251
2.3%
Subscriptions
$244
2.2%
Cell phone bill
$236
2.1%
Mileage expenses
$159
1.4%
Supplies
$156
1.4%
Website 2 mo.
$118
1.1%
Postage
$98
0.9%
P o box fees
$62
0.6%
Website expenses
$59
0.5%

Table 2 below shows the top 23 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Northside Rooftops, LLC
2017-08-05
$2,435
Fundraising cubs tickets
The Newberg Group
2017-07-12
$1,250
Consulting--july
The Newberg Group
2017-08-05
$1,250
Consulting
The Newberg Group
2017-09-01
$1,250
Cunsulting sept.
Adam Elder
2017-09-11
$1,057
Fund raising (food)
Baby Bull's
2017-07-12
$828
Fund raising (food)
Rossville Family Restaurant
2017-09-06
$437
Fund raising (food)
Kruse Center
2017-09-11
$384
Hall rental for raising funds
The Newberg Group
2017-09-01
$297
Mailing
The Newberg Group
2017-08-18
$251
Mailing--hoopeston
The Daily Journal
2017-08-18
$244
Subscriptions
Verizon Wireless Headquarters
2017-07-12
$236
Cell phone bill
Angel Crawford
2017-09-11
$159
Mileage expenses
The Newberg Group
2017-08-03
$156
Supplies
Verizon Wireless Headquarters
2017-08-18
$148
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless Headquarters
2017-09-15
$148
Cell phones
Nation Builder
2017-08-28
$118
Website 2 mo.
Frontier Communications
2017-09-06
$112
Internet access
Frontier Communications
2017-08-09
$100
Internet access
Usps
2017-07-15
$98
Postage
Frontier Communications
2017-07-07
$82
Internet access
Usps
2017-07-12
$62
P o box fees
Nation Builder
2017-07-07
$59
Website expenses

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