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How did Jim Caffrey spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Jim Caffrey's election campaign committee, Friends of Jim Caffrey, spent $28,539 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Caffrey's committee spent the most on polling in the quarter, with all those payments ($11,308) going to Margin of Era Research, LCC in Darien. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Caffrey's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Polling
$11,308
39.6%
Consulting
$9,375
32.9%
Printing
$4,450
15.6%
Website expenses
$1,300
4.6%
Donation processing fees
$638
2.2%
Principal payment, caffrey
$505
1.8%
Social media assistance
$230
0.8%
Postage
$225
0.8%
Office supplies
$209
0.7%
Newspaper advertising
$195
0.7%
Donation processing fee
$51
0.2%
Post office box
$51
0.2%

Table 2 below shows the top 24 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Margin of Era Research, LCC
2018-08-20
$10,308
Polling
Alliance Printing
2018-09-21
$2,340
Printing
Tom Walsh
2018-08-05
$1,875
Consulting
Tom Walsh
2018-08-18
$1,875
Consulting
Tom Walsh
2018-09-02
$1,875
Consulting
Tom Walsh
2018-09-16
$1,875
Consulting
Tom Walsh
2018-09-30
$1,875
Consulting
Morgan Nunan
2018-09-21
$1,300
Website expenses
Margin of Era Research, LCC
2018-08-04
$1,000
Polling
Alliance Printing
2018-08-06
$850
Printing
Alliance Printing
2018-08-30
$800
Printing
Jim Caffrey
2018-08-01
$505
Principal payment, caffrey
Alliance Printing
2018-07-11
$460
Printing
ActBlue
2018-09-28
$325
Donation processing fees
Spinutech
2018-08-04
$230
Social media assistance
Elmhurst Post Office
2018-07-19
$225
Postage
Amazon.com
2018-09-28
$209
Office supplies
Rock Vally Publishing, LLC
2018-08-08
$195
Newspaper advertising
ActBlue
2018-08-17
$128
Donation processing fees
ActBlue
2018-08-31
$95
Donation processing fees
ActBlue
2018-09-24
$61
Donation processing fees
ActBlue
2018-07-19
$51
Donation processing fee
Elmhurst Post Office
2018-09-25
$51
Post office box
ActBlue
2018-07-31
$28
Donation processing fees

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