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

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Democratic Richard Rick Watson's election campaign committee, Citizens for Richard "Rick" Watson, spent $23,058 in the third 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 ($6,805) going to Sikorski Signs in Belleville. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Watson's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Signs
$6,805
29.5%
Golf tournament expenses
$4,148
18%
Promotional items
$3,931
17.1%
Yard signs
$2,830
12.3%
Printing
$1,764
7.7%
Shirts
$953
4.1%
T-shirts
$747
3.2%
Golf tournament food
$619
2.7%
Stamps
$250
1.1%
Prize for golf tournament
$247
1.1%
Golf t-signs
$242
1.1%
Mailer
$223
1%
Sponsor
$200
0.9%
Flyers
$95
0.4%

Table 2 below shows the top 16 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Sikorski Signs
2018-08-14
$6,805
Signs
Orchards Golf Course
2018-09-06
$4,148
Golf tournament expenses
PROMOpartners
2018-08-08
$3,931
Promotional items
Sikorski Signs
2018-07-20
$2,830
Yard signs
PROMOpartners
2018-07-12
$953
Shirts
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-08-20
$917
Printing
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-09-05
$847
Printing
PROMOpartners
2018-09-24
$747
T-shirts
Roche Logan
2018-09-06
$619
Golf tournament food
Usps
2018-07-17
$250
Stamps
Best Buy
2018-09-04
$247
Prize for golf tournament
Sikorski Signs
2018-09-10
$242
Golf t-signs
Mailing Methods
2018-07-12
$223
Mailer
Optimist Club of Belleville Foundation
2018-08-29
$100
Sponsor
Optimist Club of Belleville Foundation
2018-08-20
$100
Sponsor
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-08-10
$95
Flyers

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