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How did Patricia R Bellock spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Republican Patricia R Bellock's election campaign committee, Citizens to Elect Patricia R Bellock, spent $15,754 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Bellock's committee spent the most on principal payment, bellock in the quarter, with all those payments ($5,750) going to Patricia R. Bellock in Hinsdale. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bellock's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Principal payment, bellock
$5,750
36.5%
10,000 pens for st. pats parade
$652
4.1%
Magazine ads for veterans day and chamber book
$610
3.9%
Parade giveaways
$502
3.2%
Campaign bookkeeping and reporting
$500
3.2%
Parade volunteers thank you lunch
$345
2.2%
Campaign postage
$317
2%
Campaign typing and postage reimbursement
$315
2%
Supplies,cowl costumes, uso clothes donation
$298
1.9%
Parade entry fee
$295
1.9%
New year cards
$288
1.8%
Campaign office supplies
$236
1.5%
Lodging 3-nights
$235
1.5%
Inaugural guests
$235
1.5%
Hotel rooms-inauguration guests
$234
1.5%
Hong kong parliament chicago reception - food
$234
1.5%
Volunteer campaign thank you gifts
$229
1.5%
Bottles of wine for christmas gifts for finance comm. members
$218
1.4%
Campaign donor dinner
$203
1.3%
Gov. license plate
$202
1.3%
Springfield new office supplies
$201
1.3%
Springfield office moving supplies and parade giveaways
$195
1.2%
Supplies for new leadership program, univ. of illinois student meeting
$186
1.2%
Gasoline
$178
1.1%
Parade giveaways/candy
$176
1.1%
Thank you gifts for volunteers and district staff
$167
1.1%
Donations to uso office event - sports equipment, magazines, soap, lotions
$165
1.1%
Pbs room for inauguration
$156
1%
Shirts & caps for parades
$148
0.9%
Springfield office supplies/ photos/ water bottles
$148
0.9%
Campaign chairman thank you gift
$134
0.9%
Gifts for research staff (6) and interns
$131
0.8%
St. pats parade - candy giveaways
$125
0.8%
Donor thank you dinner
$124
0.8%
District office supplies
$117
0.7%
Addison twshp auction items
$117
0.7%
Hotel lodging one night
$115
0.7%
Supplies for move to new office
$106
0.7%
Juvenile justice meeting
$101
0.6%
Campaign committee meeting
$100
0.6%
Springfield legislative aide gift
$100
0.6%
Office postage and shipping
$88
0.6%
Supplies for womens leadership program
$80
0.5%
Legislative aide birthday gift
$73
0.5%
Food/ volunteer walkers
$68
0.4%
Staff and aides luncheon
$60
0.4%
Valentine gifts for springfield secretaries (12)
$58
0.4%
Managed care health meeting
$57
0.4%
Dist. ofc. disability meeting/ lunch
$56
0.4%
Supplies for springfield office
$50
0.3%
Food for arc meeting
$46
0.3%
Office postage
$43
0.3%
Breakfast for dist. office
$41
0.3%
Springfield staff and secretaries breakfast food
$40
0.3%
Managed care meeting at district office
$36
0.2%
Breakfast for healthcare meeting
$26
0.2%
Breakfast/district office - health care meeting
$19
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
Patricia R. Bellock
2017-01-05
$3,000
Principal payment, bellock
Patricia R. Bellock
2017-03-06
$1,000
Principal payment, bellock
4Imprint
2017-03-06
$652
10,000 pens for st. pats parade
Hinsdalean
2017-01-10
$610
Magazine ads for veterans day and chamber book
Patricia R. Bellock
2017-01-05
$500
Principal payment, bellock
Patricia R. Bellock
2017-03-06
$500
Principal payment, bellock
Melissa LaBrash
2017-01-12
$500
Campaign bookkeeping and reporting
Patricia R. Bellock
2017-01-19
$400
Principal payment, bellock
Patricia R. Bellock
2017-01-19
$350
Principal payment, bellock
Gullivers Pizzeria
2017-03-06
$345
Parade volunteers thank you lunch
Oriental Trading Company
2017-03-06
$340
Parade giveaways
Yvonne Kolling
2017-02-27
$315
Campaign typing and postage reimbursement
Elite Repeat
2017-01-17
$298
Supplies,cowl costumes, uso clothes donation
Elmhurst St. Patricks Day Committee
2017-02-10
$295
Parade entry fee
Shutterfly Photos
2017-02-06
$288
New year cards
Crowne PLaza
2017-02-24
$235
Lodging 3-nights
Wyndham Springfield Hotel
2017-01-12
$235
Inaugural guests
Wyndham Springfield Hotel
2017-01-11
$234
Hotel rooms-inauguration guests
Corner Bakery
2017-01-03
$234
Hong kong parliament chicago reception - food
TJ Maxx
2017-01-27
$229
Volunteer campaign thank you gifts
Jody Dvorak
2017-01-20
$218
Bottles of wine for christmas gifts for finance comm. members
Eddie Merlots
2017-01-22
$203
Campaign donor dinner
Secretery of State
2017-02-11
$202
Gov. license plate
Jewel Foods
2017-01-04
$201
Springfield new office supplies
GFS Market Place
2017-02-07
$195
Springfield office moving supplies and parade giveaways

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