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How did Katie Stuart spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

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Democratic Katie Stuart's election campaign committee, Friends for Katie Stuart, spent $476,171 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Stuart's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with all those payments ($370,936) going to Buying Time, LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Stuart's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$370,936
77.9%
Polling
$46,000
9.7%
Mailing
$19,000
4%
Postage
$16,672
3.5%
Signs
$6,100
1.3%
Printing
$5,376
1.1%
Payroll
$2,658
0.6%
Staff rent
$2,342
0.5%
Walk pieces
$1,050
0.2%
Office supplies
$929
0.2%
Rent
$875
0.2%
Envelopes
$740
0.2%
Phone bank expenses
$658
0.1%
Office equipment
$588
0.1%
Email services
$500
0.1%
Computer toner
$331
< 0.1%
Robo calls
$300
< 0.1%
Mileage reimbursement
$287
< 0.1%
Donations
$250
< 0.1%
Wire fee
$200
< 0.1%
Parade candy
$190
< 0.1%
Phone services
$186
< 0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Buying Time, LLC
2018-09-28
$60,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-09-07
$60,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-09-19
$55,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-09-13
$55,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-08-29
$30,049
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-08-24
$30,049
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-08-30
$30,000
Television media
Tulchin Research
2018-08-15
$30,000
Polling
Buying Time, LLC
2018-08-15
$25,419
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-08-13
$25,419
Television media
Devine, Mulvey, Longabaugh
2018-07-31
$19,000
Mailing
Tulchin Research
2018-09-24
$16,000
Polling
Union Signs & Printing
2018-08-27
$5,600
Signs
USPS Post Office
2018-09-28
$5,006
Postage
MOW Printing
2018-09-13
$1,822
Printing
USPS Post Office
2018-09-13
$1,500
Postage
USPS Post Office
2018-09-11
$1,500
Postage
Gori Properties
2018-07-10
$1,467
Staff rent
MOW Printing
2018-08-27
$1,126
Printing
Soar Communication Strategies
2018-07-30
$1,050
Walk pieces
USPS Post Office
2018-08-10
$1,003
Postage
USPS Post Office
2018-07-25
$1,000
Postage
USPS Post Office
2018-08-20
$1,000
Postage
USPS Post Office
2018-08-23
$1,000
Postage
USPS Post Office
2018-08-28
$1,000
Postage

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