Chesney's committee spent the most on printing & postage in the quarter, with 82.1% of this total ($20,354) going to 11th Street Express Printing in Rockford. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Chesney's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing & postage
$24,800
35.9%
Postage
$9,776
14.1%
Newspaper advertising
$8,314
12%
Radio advertising
$6,131
8.9%
Yard signs
$6,045
8.8%
Printing
$3,215
4.7%
Consulting
$3,000
4.3%
Advertising
$2,553
3.7%
Promotional items
$849
1.2%
Supplies
$789
1.1%
Election night event food
$600
0.9%
Mailing design
$500
0.7%
Web/graphic design
$500
0.7%
Billboard expenses
$450
0.7%
Meet & greet event- food
$437
0.6%
Election night room rental
$400
0.6%
Meet & greet event - food
$315
0.5%
Election night event entertainment
$235
0.3%
Meet & greet - food
$176
0.3%
Meals
$34
< 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
Big Radio
2018-03-13
$5,130
Radio advertising
11th Street Express Printing
2018-02-23
$4,678
Printing & postage
11th Street Express Printing
2018-02-09
$4,599
Printing & postage
11th Street Express Printing
2018-02-23
$4,560
Printing & postage
11th Street Express Printing
2018-03-09
$4,312
Printing & postage
Awesome Campaigns.com
2018-01-03
$3,928
Yard signs
U.S. Postal Service
2018-03-14
$3,050
Postage
11th Street Express Printing
2018-03-09
$2,203
Printing & postage
Awesome Campaigns.com
2018-02-12
$2,117
Yard signs
Inky Printers
2018-03-27
$2,108
Printing & postage
U.S. Postal Service
2018-01-17
$1,960
Postage
Inky Printers
2018-02-27
$1,786
Printing & postage
U.S. Postal Service
2018-01-08
$1,470
Postage
Rockford Litho
2018-02-26
$1,165
Printing
Wcci
2018-03-16
$1,001
Radio advertising
Jim Thacker
2018-03-07
$1,000
Consulting
Jim Thacker
2018-01-09
$1,000
Consulting
Jim Thacker
2018-02-06
$1,000
Consulting
U.S. Postal Service
2018-01-30
$1,000
Postage
U.S. Postal Service
2018-02-14
$1,000
Postage
Rockford Register Star
2018-03-19
$830
Newspaper advertising
U.S. Postal Service
2018-03-05
$795
Postage
Rockford Litho
2018-03-14
$795
Printing
Facebook
2018-03-19
$749
Advertising
Facebook
2018-01-29
$749
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