Jones's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with 64.1% of this total ($16,040) going to Breaker Press in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Jones's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$25,040
30.9%
Campaign work
$12,800
15.8%
Radio advertising
$7,812
9.6%
Principal payment, jones
$3,914
4.8%
Car rental
$3,163
3.9%
Robo calls
$2,557
3.2%
Stamps
$2,375
2.9%
Copy machine
$1,800
2.2%
Meals
$1,623
2%
Consulting
$1,500
1.9%
Telephones
$1,452
1.8%
Office expense
$1,334
1.6%
Postage
$1,299
1.6%
Accounting fees
$1,250
1.5%
Campaign staff
$1,250
1.5%
Phones
$850
1.1%
Fund raising (food)
$821
1%
Utilities- state office
$750
0.9%
Advertising- social media
$750
0.9%
Community shredding event
$700
0.9%
Cable and internet
$647
0.8%
Candidate lodging
$602
0.7%
Office supplies
$574
0.7%
Hall rental for raising funds
$543
0.7%
Utilities
$529
0.7%
Transportation
$510
0.6%
Bank charges
$485
0.6%
Telephone expense
$476
0.6%
Office supplies and food for campaign office
$441
0.5%
Constituent polling
$410
0.5%
Campaign phone repair
$338
0.4%
Cable and internet expense
$333
0.4%
Food for community event
$308
0.4%
Production media expenses
$300
0.4%
Business expense- blackhawks hockey game
$292
0.4%
Gasoline
$283
0.4%
Food for campaign office
$258
0.3%
Tolls
$236
0.3%
Phones for campaign office
$139
0.2%
Advertising
$139
0.2%
Phone repair- campaign
$89
0.1%
Cell phone- repair
$65
< 0.1%
Shipping
$56
< 0.1%
Phones for campaign
$27
< 0.1%
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
Breaker Press
2018-03-19
$3,890
Printing
Excel Printing & Mailing
2018-02-28
$3,676
Printing
James Jones
2018-03-19
$3,000
Campaign work
Excel Printing & Mailing
2018-03-16
$2,584
Printing
Crawford Broadcasting
2018-03-08
$2,562
Radio advertising
Crawford Broadcasting
2018-03-14
$2,500
Radio advertising
Breaker Press
2018-03-08
$2,350
Printing
James Jones
2018-03-19
$2,100
Campaign work
Breaker Press
2018-03-15
$2,000
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-02-26
$1,500
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-03-19
$1,500
Printing
Crawford Broadcasting
2018-03-15
$1,500
Radio advertising
Fako Research and Strategies Inc.
2018-03-05
$1,500
Consulting
Bma
2018-03-19
$1,300
Copy machine
Breaker Press
2018-03-05
$1,300
Printing
James Jones
2018-03-19
$1,250
Campaign staff
At&t
2018-01-30
$1,100
Telephones
Hertz Rent-A-Car
2018-01-29
$1,026
Car rental
Excel Printing & Mailing
2018-01-29
$1,005
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-01-29
$1,000
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-02-26
$1,000
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-03-19
$1,000
Printing
Crawford Broadcasting
2018-03-14
$1,000
Radio advertising
Excel Printing & Mailing
2018-03-15
$1,000
Printing
Saprina Jones
2018-03-22
$1,000
Campaign work
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