Hastings's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($7,106) going to Mitchell Schaben in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Hastings's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$7,106
19.5%
Printing
$4,784
13.1%
Communications
$2,217
6.1%
Donations
$2,000
5.5%
Fundraiser-event
$2,000
5.5%
Campaign work
$1,850
5.1%
Candidate lodging
$1,845
5.1%
Storage
$1,401
3.8%
Mailing
$1,310
3.6%
Fundraising-entertainment
$1,300
3.6%
Mailing/printing election day palm cards
$1,293
3.6%
Mailing - orland township palm card mailer
$1,280
3.5%
Food-campaign workers
$1,172
3.2%
Office supplies
$1,169
3.2%
Supplies
$927
2.5%
Transportation
$720
2%
Automobile expense
$525
1.4%
Automobile-expense
$525
1.4%
Automobilie-expense
$525
1.4%
Bank fees
$499
1.4%
Awards
$409
1.1%
Gasoline
$372
1%
Advertising-internet
$313
0.9%
Processing fees
$250
0.7%
Groceries
$203
0.6%
Shipping
$175
0.5%
Office equipment
$162
0.4%
Electronics
$74
0.2%
Late fee
$38
0.1%
Session hotel
$2
< 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
Mitchell Schaben
2018-01-12
$7,106
Consulting
Kevron Printing
2018-02-21
$2,433
Printing
LFC Entertainment Group of Orland Park
2018-03-07
$2,000
Fundraiser-event
Kevron Printing
2018-03-30
$1,932
Printing
Life Storage
2018-01-11
$1,401
Storage
At&t
2018-02-08
$1,316
Communications
Kevron Printing
2018-01-10
$1,310
Mailing
Kevron Printing
2018-01-22
$1,293
Mailing/printing election day palm cards
Kevron Printing
2018-03-30
$1,280
Mailing - orland township palm card mailer
Juvenile Protection Association
2018-02-05
$1,000
Donations
Lisa Slattery
2018-02-16
$1,000
Campaign work
Southland Ministerial Health Network
2018-01-17
$1,000
Donations
Ngp Van
2018-01-01
$960
Food-campaign workers
Chicago Trolley Company
2018-03-20
$720
Transportation
Office Depot
2018-01-15
$570
Office supplies
Ford Motor Credit
2018-01-16
$525
Automobile expense
Ford Motor Credit
2018-02-13
$525
Automobile-expense
Ford Motor Credit
2018-03-13
$525
Automobilie-expense
Doubletree Hotel
2018-03-16
$500
Candidate lodging
Shannon Rovers
2018-03-09
$500
Fundraising-entertainment
Sam's Club
2018-03-10
$477
Supplies
Party City
2018-02-17
$450
Supplies
At&t
2018-02-03
$438
Communications
Kevron Printing
2018-01-03
$419
Printing
Evon's Trophies & Awards
2018-02-16
$409
Awards