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How did Richard Rick Watson spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Richard Rick Watson's election campaign committee, Citizens for Richard "Rick" Watson, spent $28,943 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Watson's committee spent the most on signs in the quarter, with all those payments ($10,515) going to Sikorski Signs in Belleville. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Watson's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Signs
$10,515
36.3%
Promotional items
$6,259
21.6%
Billboard expenses
$5,350
18.5%
Posts for signs
$1,392
4.8%
Digital posters
$1,315
4.5%
Fund raising (food)
$1,274
4.4%
Postage & service fee
$904
3.1%
Printing
$836
2.9%
Parade committee
$500
1.7%
Golf flyers
$280
1%
Defender's association, scott air force base, il
$200
0.7%
Ticket printing
$95
0.3%
Additional ticket printing
$22
< 0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 17 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
PROMOpartners
2018-05-21
$5,888
Promotional items
Sikorski Signs
2018-05-16
$5,515
Signs
Sikorski Signs
2018-04-18
$5,000
Signs
Claude Heimburger
2018-04-19
$3,100
Billboard expenses
Claude Heimburger
2018-06-18
$2,250
Billboard expenses
Home Depot
2018-06-07
$1,392
Posts for signs
Outfront Media
2018-05-23
$1,315
Digital posters
Cutter's
2018-06-13
$1,274
Fund raising (food)
Mailing Methods
2018-06-15
$904
Postage & service fee
Snow Printing LLC
2018-05-21
$548
Printing
Richard Battas
2018-04-30
$500
Parade committee
PROMOpartners
2018-04-12
$370
Promotional items
Snow Printing LLC
2018-05-23
$288
Printing
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-05-31
$280
Golf flyers
BackStoppers, Inc.
2018-04-10
$200
Defender's association, scott air force base, il
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-06-05
$95
Ticket printing
Snow Printing LLC
2018-06-15
$22
Additional ticket printing

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