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How did Christopher Belt spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Christopher Belt's election campaign committee, Friends of Christopher Belt, spent $61,317 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Belt's committee spent the most on campaign work in the quarter, with 18.7% of this total ($6,250) going to Stephen Sampson in Centreville. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Belt's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign work
$33,385
54.5%
Phones
$12,311
20.1%
Postage
$5,017
8.2%
Supplies
$2,876
4.7%
Rent
$2,000
3.3%
Printing
$1,547
2.5%
Volunteer meals
$852
1.4%
Event entertainment
$700
1.1%
Donations
$600
1%
Internet expenses
$418
0.7%
Transportation
$390
0.6%
Event planning
$325
0.5%
Gas cards
$250
0.4%
Bank fee
$233
0.4%
Website expenses
$215
0.4%
Utilities
$194
0.3%

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
Winning Connections
2018-11-05
$5,275
Phones
Winning Connections
2018-11-07
$5,200
Phones
United States Postal Service
2018-10-24
$5,000
Postage
James Haywood
2018-11-01
$2,500
Campaign work
Rosalynd Johnson
2018-11-08
$2,500
Campaign work
Stephen Sampson
2018-11-09
$2,500
Campaign work
Centreville Township Citizens for Better Government
2018-10-03
$2,000
Rent
Robert Johnson
2018-12-18
$2,000
Campaign work
Adam White
2018-11-21
$2,000
Campaign work
Winning Connections
2018-11-05
$1,500
Phones
Snow Printing
2018-11-05
$1,465
Printing
Rosalynd Johnson
2018-10-31
$1,250
Campaign work
Rosalynd Johnson
2018-10-15
$1,250
Campaign work
Stephen Sampson
2018-11-01
$1,250
Campaign work
Stephen Sampson
2018-10-16
$1,250
Campaign work
Stephen Sampson
2018-10-01
$1,250
Campaign work
James Haywood
2018-11-19
$1,000
Campaign work
Samuel Morgan
2018-10-05
$583
Campaign work
Carmen Cannon
2018-11-08
$573
Campaign work
Ronald McCloud
2018-11-16
$565
Campaign work
Allison Brown
2018-11-08
$533
Campaign work
Schnucks
2018-11-06
$519
Supplies
Melvin Turnage Band
2018-11-19
$500
Event entertainment
New Shining Light Baptist Church
2018-11-05
$500
Donations
Danyelle Radford
2018-11-13
$493
Campaign work

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