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Friday, April 18, 2025

How did Cristina Castro spend campaign funds in the second quarter?

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Democratic Cristina Castro's election campaign committee, Citizens for Castro, spent $13,760 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Castro's committee spent the most on principal payment, castro in the quarter, with all those payments ($5,035) going to Cristina Castro in Elgin. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Castro's committee spent its money in the second quarter.

Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Principal payment, castro
$5,035
36.6%
Design, print & mailing of primary election postcard
$3,653
26.6%
Campaign t shirts
$1,252
9.1%
Campaign postcards
$1,160
8.4%
Campaign roll of stickers
$584
4.2%
Electronic filing
$580
4.2%
4th of july parade sponsorship
$500
3.6%
Streamwood summer celebration sponsorship
$375
2.7%
Ads
$276
2%
Design and printing of thank you cards
$267
1.9%
Design of ad
$75
0.6%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Gilmore Marketing Concepts
2016-04-01
$3,653
Design, print & mailing of primary election postcard
Cristina Castro
2016-05-05
$1,728
Principal payment, castro
Gilmore Marketing Concepts
2016-06-22
$1,252
Campaign t shirts
Cristina Castro
2016-05-05
$1,186
Principal payment, castro
Gilmore Marketing Concepts
2016-06-07
$1,160
Campaign postcards
Cristina Castro
2016-05-05
$861
Principal payment, castro
Cristina Castro
2016-05-03
$788
Principal payment, castro
Gilmore Marketing Concepts
2016-06-07
$584
Campaign roll of stickers
Barbara S. Mason Campaign Services, Ltd.
2016-05-04
$580
Electronic filing
Downtown Neighborhood Association
2016-04-25
$500
4th of july parade sponsorship
Cristina Castro
2016-05-05
$400
Principal payment, castro
Streamwood Summer Celebration, Inc.
2016-04-22
$375
Streamwood summer celebration sponsorship
Facebook, Inc.
2016-04-01
$276
Ads
Breaker Press
2016-04-14
$267
Design and printing of thank you cards
Gilmore Marketing Concepts
2016-05-03
$75
Design of ad
Cristina Castro
2016-05-05
$69
Principal payment, castro

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