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How did Bridget Fitzgerald spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Bridget Fitzgerald's election campaign committee, Friends of Bridget Fitzgerald, spent $1,045,618 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Fitzgerald's committee spent the most on media in the quarter, with all those payments ($976,888) going to Snyder Pickerill Media Group in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Fitzgerald's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Media
$976,888
93.4%
Bimonthly pay
$15,262
1.5%
Campaign work
$12,941
1.2%
Bonus
$10,750
1%
Voter contact
$8,750
0.8%
Printing
$7,419
0.7%
Hourly pay
$3,274
0.3%
Web expenses
$2,350
0.2%
Advertising
$1,982
0.2%
Postage
$1,470
0.1%
Utilities
$1,239
0.1%
Credit card processing fees
$821
< 0.1%
Supplies
$805
< 0.1%
Bank fee
$470
< 0.1%
Office maintenance
$328
< 0.1%
Move out expense
$300
< 0.1%
Banner
$287
< 0.1%
Job posting
$243
< 0.1%
Checks
$34
< 0.1%

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
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-10-30
$200,000
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-11-05
$170,000
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-11-07
$145,000
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-10-01
$99,776
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-10-26
$86,278
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-10-29
$86,278
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-10-11
$82,278
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-10-17
$82,278
Media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-11-14
$25,000
Media
Paladin Political
2018-11-05
$8,750
Voter contact
Morgan MacFarlane
2018-11-06
$3,000
Bonus
Breaker Press Company, Inc.
2018-10-29
$2,660
Printing
Cora McCarron
2018-11-05
$2,500
Bonus
Thomas Benedetto
2018-11-05
$2,000
Bonus
Minuteman Press
2018-10-09
$2,000
Printing
Thomas Benedetto
2018-10-03
$1,500
Bimonthly pay
Usps
2018-10-30
$1,470
Postage
PC Signs
2018-11-01
$1,364
Printing
Krystal Garcia
2018-11-05
$1,262
Bimonthly pay
Kathleen Falk
2018-10-15
$1,250
Bimonthly pay
Kathleen Falk
2018-11-05
$1,250
Bimonthly pay
Krystal Garcia
2018-10-03
$1,250
Bimonthly pay
Krystal Garcia
2018-11-05
$1,250
Bimonthly pay
Krystal Garcia
2018-11-09
$1,250
Bimonthly pay
JD Martinez
2018-11-06
$1,250
Bimonthly pay

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