Schmidt's committee spent the most on billboard expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($5,487) going to Turnroth Sign Co, Inc. in Rock Falls. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Schmidt's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Billboard expenses
$5,487
36.4%
Fund raising advertisement
$3,692
24.5%
Mailing
$2,668
17.7%
Donations
$1,150
7.6%
T-shirts
$869
5.8%
Newspaper advertising
$500
3.3%
Website expenses
$363
2.4%
Election day expenses
$237
1.6%
Sponsorships
$60
0.4%
Computer services
$51
0.3%
Table 2 below shows the top 21 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Turnroth Sign Co, Inc.
2018-03-27
$2,748
Billboard expenses
Linc Strategy
2018-01-22
$2,668
Mailing
Turnroth Sign Co, Inc.
2018-01-25
$2,074
Billboard expenses
Linc Strategy
2018-02-23
$2,028
Fund raising advertisement
Linc Strategy
2018-01-09
$1,113
Fund raising advertisement
Wright Family Easter Egg Hunt
2018-03-19
$1,000
Donations
Turnroth Sign Co, Inc.
2018-02-06
$665
Billboard expenses
Linc Strategy
2018-02-28
$550
Fund raising advertisement
WNS Publications, Inc.
2018-02-06
$500
Newspaper advertising
Heusinkveld, Inc.
2018-03-31
$419
T-shirts
Heusinkveld, Inc.
2018-03-07
$400
T-shirts
Facebook
2018-03-19
$250
Website expenses
Triple P BBQ
2018-03-21
$237
Election day expenses
Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce
2018-02-27
$150
Donations
Facebook
2018-02-28
$63
Website expenses
Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce
2018-02-22
$60
Sponsorships
Facebook
2018-02-16
$50
Website expenses
Facebook
2018-01-01
$39
Computer services
Heusinkveld, Inc.
2018-01-31
$25
T-shirts
Heusinkveld, Inc.
2018-01-08
$23
T-shirts
Facebook
2018-01-31
$11
Computer services
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