Harris's committee spent the most on toy drive in the quarter, with 41.4% of this total ($2,686) going to Toys R Us in Matteson. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Harris's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Toy drive
$6,486
42.6%
Supplies
$2,375
15.6%
Donations
$1,100
7.2%
Candidate lodging
$1,064
7%
Food
$1,000
6.6%
Ad books
$1,000
6.6%
Website expenses
$500
3.3%
Subscriptions
$350
2.3%
Photography
$330
2.2%
Transportation
$252
1.7%
Uncategorized expenses
$200
1.3%
Communications
$191
1.3%
Office supplies
$169
1.1%
Fees
$108
0.7%
Communication
$95
0.6%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Blu School Supplies
2016-10-01
$2,375
Supplies
Mattell Toy Store
2016-12-08
$1,760
Toy drive
Toys R Us
2016-12-19
$1,615
Toy drive
Good360
2016-12-05
$1,496
Toy drive
Toys R Us
2016-12-21
$1,070
Toy drive
Beggars Pizza (Harvey)
2016-11-01
$1,000
Food
WDB Marketing
2016-11-01
$1,000
Ad books
Institute For Positive Living
2016-11-14
$900
Donations
Jw Marriott
2016-12-05
$802
Candidate lodging
Incite Graphics
2016-12-19
$500
Website expenses
Mattell Toy Store
2016-12-16
$412
Toy drive
National Black Caucus State Legislators
2016-11-29
$350
Subscriptions
Phil Free Media
2016-12-23
$330
Photography
Harvey Park District
2016-11-14
$200
Donations
NAACP Springfield Branch
2016-10-18
$200
Uncategorized expenses
Southwest Airlines
2016-11-28
$187
Transportation
State House Inn
2016-11-30
$174
Candidate lodging
Carla Burruss
2016-12-27
$169
Office supplies
Good360
2016-12-08
$130
Toy drive
National Black Caucus State Legislators
2016-11-18
$108
Fees
Constant Contact
2016-12-27
$95
Communications
Constant Contact
2016-10-25
$95
Communication
Constant Contact
2016-11-25
$95
Communications
State House Inn
2016-11-16
$87
Candidate lodging
Southwest Airlines
2016-12-05
$64
Transportation
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