Ives's committee spent the most on civil penalties in the quarter, with all those payments ($8,250) going to Illinois State Board of Election in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Ives's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Civil penalties
$8,250
70.4%
Legal fees
$2,537
21.6%
Website expenses
$865
7.4%
Bank charges
$75
0.6%
Table 2 below shows the top 8 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Illinois State Board of Election
2018-09-28
$8,250
Civil penalties
Klein, Stoddard, Buck &Lewis, LLC
2018-09-28
$2,537
Legal fees
Newsinator Llc
2018-07-19
$250
Website expenses
MailChimp
2018-09-04
$240
Website expenses
Google Adwords
2018-07-02
$125
Website expenses
Google Adwords
2018-08-01
$125
Website expenses
Google Adwords
2018-09-04
$125
Website expenses
Newsinator Llc
2018-07-19
$75
Bank charges
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