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How did Karen Yarbrough spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Karen Yarbrough's election campaign committee, Citizens to Elect Karen Yarbrough, spent $12,681 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Yarbrough's committee spent the most on advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,000) going to Chicago Defender in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Yarbrough's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Advertising
$3,000
23.7%
Casual labor
$2,092
16.5%
Transportation
$1,510
11.9%
Rent
$1,500
11.8%
Telephone service
$971
7.7%
Utilities
$774
6.1%
Printing
$694
5.5%
T-shirts
$494
3.9%
Election day - supplies
$450
3.6%
Employee outing
$350
2.8%
Postcards
$242
1.9%
Database program
$223
1.8%
Meetings
$200
1.6%
Contributions
$140
1.1%
Fundraising expenses
$39
0.3%

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
Chicago Defender
2016-11-01
$3,000
Advertising
Richella Goeloe
2016-11-09
$992
Casual labor
Richella Goeloe
2016-10-18
$600
Casual labor
Donora Realty Co.
2016-10-24
$500
Rent
Donora Realty Co.
2016-11-23
$500
Rent
Donora Realty Co.
2016-12-23
$500
Rent
United Airlines
2016-10-19
$500
Transportation
Forest Printing
2016-11-03
$494
Printing
Special T Unlimited
2016-11-03
$494
T-shirts
Dunk Donuts
2016-11-16
$450
Election day - supplies
United Airlines
2016-11-25
$392
Transportation
ComEd
2016-10-20
$366
Utilities
Black Ensemble Theater
2016-11-29
$350
Employee outing
United Airlines
2016-11-17
$330
Transportation
Mikayla White
2016-10-11
$300
Casual labor
VistaPrint
2016-12-29
$242
Postcards
At&t
2016-12-15
$237
Telephone service
At&t
2016-10-24
$209
Telephone service
Forest Printing
2016-11-03
$200
Printing
Ted's Place
2016-10-19
$200
Meetings
United Airlines
2016-10-07
$200
Transportation
Mikayla White
2016-10-31
$200
Casual labor
Sprint PCS
2016-12-15
$141
Telephone service
Sprint Telecom
2016-10-17
$141
Telephone service
Sprint PCS
2016-11-14
$141
Telephone service

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