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How did Thomas Cullerton spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Thomas Cullerton's election campaign committee, Friends of Tom Cullerton, spent $22,762 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Cullerton's committee spent the most on campaign work in the quarter, with 60.7% of this total ($8,000) going to Pericles Abbasi in . Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cullerton's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign work
$13,170
57.9%
Salaries
$2,000
8.8%
Fundraising event
$1,881
8.3%
Lodging
$1,343
5.9%
Software
$1,259
5.5%
Donations
$980
4.3%
Gas
$681
3%
Transportation
$329
1.5%
Phones
$315
1.4%
Meals
$297
1.3%
Supplies
$248
1.1%
Office cleaning
$200
0.9%
Membership dues
$50
0.2%
Parking
$5
< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Pericles Abbasi
2017-01-05
$8,000
Campaign work
Michael Bailey
2017-02-04
$2,000
Campaign work
Indigo Restaurant
2017-01-11
$1,881
Fundraising event
Michael Bailey
2017-01-03
$1,000
Campaign work
Michael Bailey
2017-03-03
$1,000
Campaign work
Michael Bailey
2017-03-06
$1,000
Campaign work
Nick Giannini
2017-02-21
$1,000
Salaries
Nick Giannini
2017-03-01
$1,000
Salaries
NAACP DuPage County
2017-02-23
$750
Donations
Ngp Van
2017-02-25
$750
Software
National Tire & Battery
2017-02-20
$329
Transportation
State House Inn
2017-03-10
$272
Lodging
State House Inn
2017-03-17
$237
Lodging
Midwest Window Cleaning
2017-03-09
$200
Office cleaning
NAACP DuPage County
2017-02-27
$200
Donations
State House Inn
2017-03-04
$186
Lodging
State House Inn
2017-01-25
$174
Lodging
Savanna Clements
2017-03-03
$170
Campaign work
My Route Planner
2017-01-03
$169
Software
My Route Planner
2017-02-02
$169
Software
My Route Planner
2017-03-03
$169
Software
State House Inn
2017-03-30
$158
Lodging
State House Inn
2017-01-11
$156
Lodging
State House Inn
2017-02-10
$156
Lodging
Indigo Restaurant
2017-01-11
$121
Meals

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