How did Litesa Wallace spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Apr 7, 2017

Democratic Litesa Wallace's election campaign committee, Friends of Litesa Wallace, spent $5,273 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Wallace's committee spent the most on political consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,500) going to Ty Cratic in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Wallace's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Political consulting

$2,500

47.4%

Donations

$550

10.4%

Candidate lodging

$379

7.2%

Candidate travel to d. c./meeting with congresswoman bustos

$291

5.5%

Rent

$255

4.8%

Scholarship

$250

4.7%

Candidate travel to d. c./ meeting with congresswoman bustos

$189

3.6%

Candidate transportation

$176

3.3%

Books for middle school libraries & the economica justice & equity comm. members

$170

3.2%

District guests lodging inauguration

$166

3.2%

Food

$152

2.9%

Transportation

$149

2.8%

Candidate travel to chicago

$44

0.8%

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

Ty Cratic

2017-02-06

$2,500

Political consulting

Women's March

2017-02-01

$550

Donations

Pheasant Run Conference Center

2017-01-03

$379

Candidate lodging

Orbitz Travel Insurance

2017-01-27

$291

Candidate travel to d. c./meeting with congresswoman bustos

Nordloff Rental

2017-02-01

$255

Rent

Ramms

2017-02-23

$250

Scholarship

Amazon

2017-02-01

$170

Books for middle school libraries & the economica justice & equity comm. members

Howard Johnson

2017-01-17

$166

District guests lodging inauguration

Domino's Pizza

2017-03-27

$152

Food

American Airlines

2017-01-30

$104

Candidate travel to d. c./ meeting with congresswoman bustos

American Airlines

2017-01-30

$85

Candidate travel to d. c./ meeting with congresswoman bustos

Coach USA

2017-01-19

$44

Candidate transportation

Coach USA

2017-01-24

$44

Candidate transportation

Coach USA

2017-02-06

$44

Candidate transportation

Coach USA

2017-02-21

$44

Candidate transportation

Coach USA

2017-01-15

$44

Candidate travel to chicago

Uber

2017-03-20

$11

Transportation

Uber

2017-01-19

$10

Transportation

Uber

2017-02-21

Transportation

Uber

2017-03-17

Transportation

Uber

2017-01-23

Transportation

Uber

2017-02-13

Transportation

Uber

2017-01-20

Transportation

Uber

2017-01-19

Transportation

Uber

2017-01-20

Transportation

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