Schmidt's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with 99.3% of this total ($9,771) going to Linc Strategy in Morris. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Schmidt's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$9,838
29.3%
Signs
$7,191
21.4%
Raffle prizes
$4,899
14.6%
T-shirts
$1,957
5.8%
Newspaper advertising
$1,527
4.5%
Golf outings
$1,418
4.2%
Billboard expenses
$1,350
4%
Website expenses
$980
2.9%
Banners
$750
2.2%
Yard signs
$688
2.1%
Raffle winnings
$550
1.6%
Donations
$550
1.6%
Sponsorships
$315
0.9%
Office supplies
$289
0.9%
Bank charges
$287
0.9%
Promotional items
$270
0.8%
Rent
$194
0.6%
Awards
$192
0.6%
Telephone polling
$190
0.6%
Palm cards
$120
0.4%
Printing
$75
0.2%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
VictoryStore.com
2018-07-18
$5,469
Signs
Douglas & Frye Motorsports
2018-08-19
$4,899
Raffle prizes
Linc Strategy
2018-08-20
$4,604
Mailing
Linc Strategy
2018-09-11
$4,436
Mailing
Fulton Country Club
2018-08-11
$1,418
Golf outings
Jr Sign Co
2018-07-27
$1,350
Billboard expenses
Creative Images Center
2018-08-03
$973
Signs
Heusinkveld, Inc.
2018-09-06
$833
T-shirts
Whiteside County Fair
2018-08-09
$750
Banners
Linc Strategy
2018-09-05
$730
Mailing
Sauk Valley Media
2018-08-15
$725
Newspaper advertising
Blain's Farm and Fleet
2018-08-22
$690
Signs
VictoryStore.com
2018-09-10
$688
Yard signs
Sauk Valley Media
2018-09-17
$545
Newspaper advertising
Heusinkveld, Inc.
2018-08-02
$402
T-shirts
Heusinkveld, Inc.
2018-08-15
$387
T-shirts
Squarespace, Inc
2018-08-03
$367
Website expenses
Kevin Church
2018-08-11
$300
Raffle winnings
Sauk Valley Are Chamber of Commerce
2018-08-02
$300
Donations
Facebook
2018-09-30
$296
Website expenses
Vistaprint Netherlands BV
2018-07-23
$289
Office supplies
Squarespace, Inc
2018-07-13
$266
Bank charges
4Imprint
2018-08-03
$257
Promotional items
Dan Heusinkveld
2018-09-25
$250
Raffle winnings
Morrison Schools Foundation
2018-08-17
$250
Donations
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