Fricke's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($7,942) going to Postmaster in Freeport. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Fricke's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$7,942
23.7%
Television media
$4,856
14.5%
Signs
$3,787
11.3%
Newspaper advertising
$3,566
10.7%
Billboard expenses
$3,330
9.9%
Media - radio
$2,414
7.2%
T-shirts
$2,382
7.1%
Legal fees
$2,004
6%
Radio advertising
$999
3%
Website expenses
$711
2.1%
Food
$669
2%
Raffle prizes
$588
1.8%
Television advertising
$235
0.7%
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
Postmaster
2018-03-15
$5,966
Mailing
See it Signs & Apparel
2018-01-31
$2,382
T-shirts
Journal Standard
2018-03-19
$2,314
Newspaper advertising
Synqronus Communiations
2018-01-25
$2,100
Television media
Synqronus Communiations
2018-02-28
$2,021
Television media
Plager, Krug, Bauer, & Rudolph
2018-01-09
$2,004
Legal fees
Creativeations
2018-01-08
$1,800
Signs
Creativeations
2018-03-26
$1,506
Signs
Big Radio
2018-03-14
$1,406
Media - radio
Visible Outdoor Ads
2018-03-05
$1,400
Billboard expenses
Lamar Advertising
2018-02-15
$1,250
Billboard expenses
Big Radio
2018-03-12
$1,008
Media - radio
Wcci
2018-03-05
$999
Radio advertising
Postmaster
2018-03-16
$932
Mailing
Postmaster
2018-03-14
$817
Mailing
Lamar Advertising
2018-02-07
$680
Billboard expenses
Grant Kohlbauer
2018-03-19
$588
Raffle prizes
Synqronus Communiations
2018-02-22
$585
Television media
Journal Standard
2018-03-14
$577
Newspaper advertising
Rafters
2018-03-23
$497
Food
Inky Printers
2018-03-06
$481
Signs
Galena Gazette
2018-03-09
$400
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-01-29
$363
Website expenses
Facebook
2018-03-01
$348
Website expenses
Rock Valley Publishing
2018-03-08
$275
Newspaper advertising
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