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How did Rick Guzman spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Non partisan Rick Guzman's election campaign committee, Guzman for Aurora, spent $136,312 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Guzman's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($68,306) going to Wildfire Contact LLC in Des Moines. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Guzman's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$68,306
50.1%
Campaign staff
$29,273
21.5%
Fund raising
$5,500
4%
Principal payment, guzman
$5,000
3.7%
Signs
$4,290
3.2%
Advertising - digital
$2,000
1.5%
Consulting
$2,000
1.5%
Radio advertising
$1,964
1.4%
Hall rental for raising funds
$1,788
1.3%
Newspaper advertising
$1,708
1.3%
Legal fees
$1,500
1.1%
Campaign work
$1,500
1.1%
Office supplies
$1,448
1.1%
Palm cards
$1,439
1.1%
Printing
$1,389
1%
Computer services
$1,275
0.9%
Fund raising (food)
$1,025
0.8%
Advertising
$920
0.7%
Yard signs
$848
0.6%
Staff salaries
$750
0.6%
Bank charges
$559
0.4%
Food
$540
0.4%
Robo calls
$308
0.2%
Postage
$204
0.2%
Supplies
$191
0.1%
Office equipment
$180
0.1%
Meals
$160
0.1%
Digital advertising
$120
< 0.1%
Promotional items
$119
< 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
Wildfire Contact LLC
2017-03-18
$8,965
Mailing
Wildfire Contact LLC
2017-03-22
$8,815
Mailing
Wildfire Contact LLC
2017-03-28
$8,607
Mailing
Wildfire Contact LLC
2017-01-30
$8,503
Mailing
Wildfire Contact LLC
2017-03-30
$7,240
Mailing
Wildfire Contact LLC
2017-02-10
$7,218
Mailing
Wildfire Contact LLC
2017-01-17
$6,673
Mailing
Wildfire Contact LLC
2017-02-15
$6,175
Mailing
Wildfire Contact LLC
2017-03-02
$6,107
Mailing
Christina Granfield
2017-01-03
$5,833
Campaign staff
Rick Guzman
2017-01-15
$5,000
Principal payment, guzman
KelmScott
2017-01-08
$4,290
Signs
Kelly Marie Murphy
2017-03-01
$3,500
Fund raising
Christina Granfield
2017-03-01
$2,500
Campaign staff
Christina Granfield
2017-03-18
$2,500
Campaign staff
Christina Granfield
2017-03-19
$2,500
Campaign staff
Christina Granfield
2017-01-15
$2,500
Campaign staff
Christina Granfield
2017-02-01
$2,500
Campaign staff
Christina Granfield
2017-02-15
$2,500
Campaign staff
Kelly Marie Murphy
2017-02-01
$2,000
Fund raising
Aurora Civic Center Authority
2017-02-19
$1,788
Hall rental for raising funds
KNI Communications
2017-03-31
$1,500
Advertising - digital
Law Office of Kory Atkinson
2017-01-08
$1,500
Legal fees
Tyler Phillips
2017-01-08
$1,500
Campaign work
Tribune Publishing Co
2017-03-31
$1,346
Newspaper advertising

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