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How did Sam Yingling spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Sam Yingling's election campaign committee, Friends of Sam Yingling, spent $18,351 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Yingling's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 71.4% of this total ($5,000) going to Stanford Camapigns in Austin. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Yingling's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$7,000
38.2%
Rent
$5,400
29.4%
Donations
$1,500
8.2%
Campaign work
$1,100
6%
Equipment
$1,089
5.9%
Phone services
$727
4%
Insurance
$475
2.6%
Phone bank expenses
$355
1.9%
Utilities
$314
1.7%
Office supplies
$228
1.2%
Service call
$161
0.9%

Table 2 below shows the top 20 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Stanford Camapigns
2016-05-04
$2,500
Consulting
Stanford Camapigns
2016-06-13
$2,500
Consulting
NCRE Inc.
2016-06-01
$2,000
Rent
State Strategies
2016-04-11
$2,000
Consulting
Ottolino Trust
2016-04-22
$1,700
Rent
Ottolino Trust
2016-06-29
$1,350
Rent
Piper Ferguson
2016-06-09
$1,100
Campaign work
At&t
2016-06-20
$1,089
Equipment
Mano a Mano
2016-04-11
$800
Donations
At&t
2016-06-20
$727
Phone services
Local 399 Operating Engineers
2016-06-28
$500
Donations
State Farm Insurance
2016-06-29
$475
Insurance
Ngp Van
2016-05-27
$355
Phone bank expenses
Ottolino Trust
2016-06-01
$350
Rent
Amazon
2016-06-27
$228
Office supplies
Environmental Law & Policy Center
2016-04-29
$200
Donations
Waukegan Safe and Lock
2016-06-01
$161
Service call
Comcast
2016-04-28
$104
Utilities
Comcast
2016-05-10
$104
Utilities
Comcast
2016-06-20
$104
Utilities

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