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How did Thaddeus Jones spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Thaddeus Jones's election campaign committee, Jones for State Representative, spent $48,959 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Jones's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with 71.9% of this total ($5,294) going to Breaker Press in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Jones's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$7,367
15.1%
Campaign work
$4,150
8.5%
Campaign staff
$3,450
7.1%
Car rental
$2,787
5.7%
Meals
$2,681
5.5%
Stamps
$2,300
4.7%
Transportation
$2,038
4.2%
Candidate lodging
$1,867
3.8%
Principal payment, jones
$1,820
3.7%
Telephones
$1,749
3.6%
Rent
$1,530
3.1%
Tickets
$1,314
2.7%
Office equipment-furniture
$1,150
2.4%
Entertainment expense
$1,000
2%
Accounting fees
$1,000
2%
Office supplies
$700
1.4%
Photography
$658
1.3%
Office expense- cancellation of service charges
$650
1.3%
Vehicle payment
$646
1.3%
Utilities
$632
1.3%
Rent-south holland office
$600
1.2%
Fund raising - hall rental & food
$600
1.2%
Gasoline
$583
1.2%
Lodging - candidate (legislature conference)
$550
1.1%
Promotional items
$531
1.1%
Copier machine payment
$500
1%
Donations
$500
1%
Legal fees
$500
1%
Postage
$500
1%
Rent july 2018
$465
1%
Rent aug 2018
$465
1%
Rent sept 2018
$465
1%
Tickets- office staff event
$417
0.9%
Cable and internet
$389
0.8%
Consulting
$350
0.7%
Database service for ngp van
$336
0.7%
Robo calls
$227
0.5%
Legislator conference
$224
0.5%
Computer - maintenance
$197
0.4%
Donation- shoes for toy giveaway
$187
0.4%
Website design
$175
0.4%
Supplies
$159
0.3%
Database service ngp
$127
0.3%
Mailing
$119
0.2%
Office expense- amount was refunded on 10/19
$74
0.2%
Internet access
$64
0.1%
Internet access-refunded on 11/7
$54
0.1%
Office expense- amount was refunded on 10/11
$54
0.1%
Fund raising (food)
$32
< 0.1%
Service charge
$10
< 0.1%

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
Excel Printing & Mailing
2018-11-29
$1,648
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-10-01
$1,310
Printing
Tameka Stevens
2018-12-10
$1,200
Campaign work
John Kasperek
2018-10-04
$1,000
Entertainment expense
Breaker Press
2018-12-13
$1,000
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-10-29
$1,000
Printing
Loni Swain
2018-12-10
$1,000
Campaign work
Breaker Press
2018-10-29
$824
Printing
Hertz Rent-A-Car
2018-11-21
$804
Car rental
Hertz Rent-A-Car
2018-11-19
$800
Car rental
Hertz Rent-A-Car
2018-12-31
$752
Car rental
Revere Central, Inc
2018-11-19
$750
Office equipment-furniture
Comcast Xfinity
2018-10-22
$650
Office expense- cancellation of service charges
GM Financial
2018-10-01
$646
Vehicle payment
South Shore Development LLC
2018-11-16
$600
Rent-south holland office
South Shore Development LLC
2018-11-15
$600
Rent
Tilly's Po Boys Restaurant
2018-11-02
$600
Fund raising - hall rental & food
At&t
2018-12-03
$570
Telephones
At&t
2018-10-22
$568
Telephones
Usps
2018-10-04
$550
Stamps
Usps
2018-10-26
$550
Stamps
Discountmugs.com
2018-11-23
$531
Promotional items
Breaker Press
2018-12-24
$500
Printing
Business Machine Agents Inc
2018-10-18
$500
Copier machine payment
Inzone Project
2018-11-27
$500
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