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How did Karina Villa spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Karina Villa's election campaign committee, Citizens For Karina Villa, spent $100,323 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Villa's committee spent the most on television advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($49,300) going to AKPD Message and Media in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Villa's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television advertising
$49,300
49.1%
Staff salaries
$14,524
14.5%
Postage
$10,553
10.5%
Printing
$6,828
6.8%
Yard signs
$4,500
4.5%
Phone bank expenses
$3,736
3.7%
Rent
$3,450
3.4%
Photography
$1,393
1.4%
Office equipment
$1,370
1.4%
Fund raising (food)
$888
0.9%
Office supplies
$681
0.7%
Fund raising event
$556
0.6%
Gasoline
$415
0.4%
Robo calls
$400
0.4%
Internet access
$368
0.4%
Food
$343
0.3%
Internet emails
$250
0.3%
Bank charges
$222
0.2%
Graphic design
$200
0.2%
Telephones
$196
0.2%
Phones
$61
< 0.1%
Fund raising advertisement
$50
< 0.1%
Telephone expenses
$33
< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
AKPD Message and Media
2018-09-26
$49,300
Television advertising
Union Signs and Printing
2018-09-05
$4,500
Yard signs
Winning Connections Inc.
2018-09-18
$3,736
Phone bank expenses
US post Office
2018-09-28
$2,808
Postage
Bernie Cotton
2018-08-31
$1,800
Rent
Breaker Press Co. Inc.
2018-07-19
$1,575
Printing
Jessica Hansen
2018-09-30
$1,556
Staff salaries
Frye Williamson Press
2018-09-28
$1,538
Printing
Samantha Quinoes
2018-09-17
$1,522
Staff salaries
Digital Copier Supercenter
2018-08-09
$1,370
Office equipment
Samantha Quinoes
2018-09-30
$1,215
Staff salaries
Piper Ferguson
2018-08-02
$1,200
Photography
Forest Printing
2018-08-14
$1,013
Printing
Forest Printing
2018-09-26
$827
Printing
Alex Guerrero
2018-09-30
$813
Staff salaries
Alliance Printing
2018-09-20
$754
Printing
US post Office
2018-08-27
$745
Postage
Zurisasai Rodriguez
2018-09-23
$705
Staff salaries
Alec Aziz-Antel
2018-09-30
$645
Staff salaries
Samantha Quinoes
2018-09-03
$645
Staff salaries
Shivani Dave
2018-08-22
$641
Staff salaries
Zurisasai Rodriguez
2018-08-13
$637
Staff salaries
Maria Rodriquez-Hess
2018-09-30
$615
Staff salaries
Arbor Crossing Trails, LLC
2018-07-01
$550
Rent
Arbor Crossing Trails, LLC
2018-07-31
$550
Rent

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