Frankel's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,800) going to Breaker Press, Inc. in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Frankel's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$6,800
35.2%
Newspaper advertising
$4,280
22.2%
Yard signs & brochures
$1,700
8.8%
Advertising - electronic (total paid)
$1,300
6.7%
Brochures
$1,260
6.5%
Palm cards
$699
3.6%
Fund raising (food)
$657
3.4%
Party - staff
$623
3.2%
Advertising - pop up ad
$480
2.5%
Headquarters rent
$312
1.6%
Brochures and buttons
$310
1.6%
Election day pollwatcher expenses
$300
1.6%
Office supplies (stationary & envelopes)
$195
1%
Fund raising - hall rental (downtown fundraiser)
$192
1%
Rent (security deposit)
$156
0.8%
Voter tapes
$25
0.1%
Food
$25
0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Breaker Press, Inc.
2018-03-19
$6,800
Mailing
Wednesday Journal
2018-03-15
$1,968
Newspaper advertising
Breaker Press, Inc.
2018-03-07
$1,700
Yard signs & brochures
Facebook
2018-03-30
$1,300
Advertising - electronic (total paid)
Gepetto's
2018-03-20
$623
Party - staff
Breaker Press, Inc.
2018-03-22
$480
Brochures
Breaker Press, Inc.
2018-02-27
$480
Brochures
Tribune Publishing
2018-03-09
$480
Advertising - pop up ad
Village Free Press
2018-03-05
$402
Newspaper advertising
Breaker Press, Inc.
2018-01-25
$379
Palm cards
Catering by Michael
2018-01-31
$352
Fund raising (food)
Breaker Press, Inc.
2018-02-06
$320
Palm cards
Breaker Press, Inc.
2018-01-22
$310
Brochures and buttons
Breaker Press, Inc.
2018-03-15
$300
Brochures
Cash Withdraw
2018-03-19
$300
Election day pollwatcher expenses
Instacart
2018-01-27
$287
Fund raising (food)
Wednesday Journal
2018-01-31
$265
Newspaper advertising
Wednesday Journal
2018-03-08
$265
Newspaper advertising
Wednesday Journal
2018-02-22
$265
Newspaper advertising
Wednesday Journal
2018-02-28
$265
Newspaper advertising
Wednesday Journal
2018-02-15
$265
Newspaper advertising
Wednesday Journal
2018-02-09
$265
Newspaper advertising
Breaker Press, Inc.
2018-03-08
$195
Office supplies (stationary & envelopes)
Amata Office Centers
2018-03-05
$192
Fund raising - hall rental (downtown fundraiser)
Tribune Publishing
2018-02-15
$160
Newspaper advertising
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