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How did Michael Brendan Barrett spend campaign funds in the first quarter?

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Democratic Michael Brendan Barrett's election campaign committee, Committee to Elect Michael Brendan Barrett, spent $293,150 in the first quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Barrett's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with all those payments ($135,093) going to Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Barrett's committee spent its money in the first quarter.

Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$135,093
46.1%
Mailing
$84,000
28.7%
Production media expenses
$65,000
22.2%
Signs
$5,500
1.9%
Printing
$1,659
0.6%
Legal fees
$597
0.2%
Food
$550
0.2%
Newspaper advertising
$500
0.2%
Election day workers
$250
< 0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 13 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC
2018-02-09
$65,000
Production media expenses
Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC
2018-02-16
$60,000
Television media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC
2018-03-13
$55,000
Television media
Kevron Printing
2018-03-14
$44,000
Mailing
Kevron Printing
2018-03-06
$24,000
Mailing
Snyder Pickerill Media Group, LLC
2018-02-27
$20,093
Television media
Kevron Printing
2018-02-23
$16,000
Mailing
Stars & Stripes Silk Screening, Inc.
2018-02-15
$5,500
Signs
Kevron Printing
2018-01-22
$1,659
Printing
Odelson & Sterk
2018-02-19
$597
Legal fees
Blazin Ribs & Chicken - Anthony Anderson
2018-03-07
$550
Food
Messenger PRess
2018-03-27
$500
Newspaper advertising
Daniel Spano
2018-03-20
$250
Election day workers

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