Hey, big spenders!: (from left) Joe Berrios, Richard Mell, Michael J. Madigan, and Jesse White
 

DINING
on the campaign

Joe Berrios, Cook County Assesor (D): $186,080
Edward Acevedo, State Representative (D-Chicago): $65,979
Al Larson, Mayor of Schaumburg: $64,677
George Cardenas, 12th Ward Alderman (D): $53,289
Lou Lang, State Representative (D-Skokie): $52,129

CARS
(bought or leased)

Jesse White, Secretary of State (D): $77,732
Patrick O’Connor, 40th Ward Alderman (D): $48,915
Roger Claar, Mayor of Bolingbrook: $45,305
Dave Syverson, State Senator (R-Rockford): $44,400
Lou Lang, State Representative (D-Skokie): $42,523

OFFICE RENT
paid to themselves

Richard Mell, 33rd Ward Alderman (D): $231,000
Tom Tunney, 44th Ward Alderman (D): $72,000
Edward Burke, 14th Ward Alderman (D): $37,400
Dwight Welch, Mayor of Country Club Hills: $28,750
Barrett Pedersen, Mayor of Franklin Park: $20,800

SPORTS TICKETS
Go Bulls!

Michael J. Madigan, Speaker of the House (D): $912,782
John Cullerton, Senate President (D): $309,743
Patrick O’Connor, 40th Ward Alderman (D): $71,237
Ronald Serpico Sr., Mayor of Melrose Park: $55,524
John Daley, Cook County Commissioner (D): $52,203

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They Charged Whaat?! (to their campaign funds)

$3,849 for airfare to Turkey in 2012
Michelle Harris, 8th Ward Alderman (D)

$5,180 for parking tickets from 2007 to 2012
George Cardenas, 12th Ward Alderman (D)

$6,152 for a Segway in 2009
David Harris, State Representative (R-Arlington Heights)

$9,122 for Broadway in Chicago tickets from 2007 to 2012
Ronald M. Serpico Sr., Mayor of Melrose Park

$10,500 for one day of poll watching in 2010
Derrick Smith, State Representative (D-Chicago)

Photography: (Mell, Berrios) Heather Charles/Chicago Tribune; (Madigan) Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune; (White) Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune; (all others) istockphoto