How did Jesus Chuy Garcia spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2018

Democratic Jesus Chuy Garcia's election campaign committee, Friends of Chuy Garcia, spent $39,785 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Garcia's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 66.7% of this total ($10,000) going to Manuel Perez in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Garcia's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$15,000

37.7%

Rent

$4,900

12.3%

Printing

$4,381

11%

Meals

$2,001

Donations

$1,997

Fund raising entertainment

$1,454

3.7%

Fund raising (food)

$1,250

3.1%

Utilities

$1,062

2.7%

Vote builder access

$1,000

2.5%

Catering

$980

2.5%

Fund raising - space rental

$915

2.3%

Equipment - maintenance

$779

Supplies

$689

1.7%

Graphic design

$595

1.5%

Cell phones

$562

1.4%

$495

1.2%

Air fare - candidate

$459

1.2%

Website expenses

$324

0.8%

Office supplies

$287

0.7%

Service fees

$282

0.7%

Insurance

$200

0.5%

Post office box

$166

0.4%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Manuel Perez

2017-11-30

$4,000

Consulting

Frank De La Torre

2017-10-10

$3,500

Rent

Manuel Perez

2017-10-07

$2,000

Consulting

Manuel Perez

2017-10-26

$2,000

Consulting

Manuel Perez

2017-11-08

$2,000

Consulting

SPD Press, Inc.

2017-10-06

$1,922

Printing

Mi Tierra Restaurant

2017-11-29

$1,746

Meals

Moody Tongue Brewing

2017-11-17

$1,454

Fund raising entertainment

Solazo on Randolph Inc.

2017-10-10

$1,250

Fund raising (food)

Democratic Party of Illinois

2017-10-05

$1,000

Vote builder access

Antonio Favela

2017-11-01

$1,000

Consulting

Antonio Favela

2017-10-01

$1,000

Consulting

SPD Press, Inc.

2017-12-08

$976

Printing

Moody Tongue Brewing

2017-11-06

$915

Fund raising - space rental

Bennan Business Solutions

2017-11-30

$779

Equipment - maintenance

Frank De La Torre

2017-11-01

$700

Rent

Frank De La Torre

2017-12-01

$700

Rent

ComEd

2017-10-11

$570

Utilities

Chato's Pasta House

2017-11-15

$500

Catering

Solazo on Randolph Inc.

2017-10-23

$480

Catering

SPD Press, Inc.

2017-12-06

$435

Printing

SPD Press, Inc.

2017-12-06

$435

Printing

SPD Press, Inc.

2017-12-06

$435

Printing

Sam's Club

2017-12-20

$344

Supplies

Sam's Club

2017-12-20

$344

Supplies

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