Garcia's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 94.3% of this total ($8,000) going to Manuel Perez in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Garcia's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$8,481
54.6%
Utilities
$1,203
7.8%
Database expenses
$1,162
7.5%
Cell phones
$686
4.4%
Service fees
$666
4.3%
Hall rental for raising funds
$600
3.9%
Air fare - candidate
$513
3.3%
Email
$495
3.2%
Donations
$450
2.9%
Website expenses
$300
1.9%
Insurance
$270
1.7%
Equipment rental
$248
1.6%
Postage
$245
1.6%
Catering
$205
1.3%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Manuel Perez
2017-09-20
$2,000
Consulting
Manuel Perez
2017-08-21
$2,000
Consulting
Manuel Perez
2017-07-25
$2,000
Consulting
Manuel Perez
2017-08-04
$2,000
Consulting
Ngp-van
2017-08-22
$1,162
Database expenses
Rosa's Lounge
2017-08-14
$600
Hall rental for raising funds
ComEd
2017-07-03
$580
Utilities
Ludic, LLC
2017-09-13
$481
Consulting
ActBlue
2017-09-30
$430
Service fees
ComEd
2017-09-08
$337
Utilities
Verizon Wireless
2017-07-12
$311
Cell phones
Gloria Drew
2017-07-11
$250
Donations
FP mailing Solutions
2017-09-25
$248
Equipment rental
United States Postal Service
2017-08-15
$245
Postage
Solazo on Randolph Inc.
2017-08-31
$205
Catering
American Association of Notaries
2017-07-24
$201
Insurance
Benjamin Robles
2017-08-29
$200
Donations
Verizon Wireless
2017-09-12
$187
Cell phones
Verizon Wireless
2017-08-10
$187
Cell phones
Spirit Airlines
2017-09-25
$184
Air fare - candidate
American Airlines
2017-09-25
$170
Air fare - candidate
Mailchimp
2017-08-01
$165
Email
Mailchimp
2017-07-03
$165
Email
Mailchimp
2017-09-01
$165
Email
Southwest Airlines
2017-07-17
$158
Air fare - candidate