Chesney's committee spent the most on printing & postage in the quarter, with all those payments ($12,504) going to 11th Street Express Printing in Rockford. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Chesney's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing & postage
$12,504
24.7%
Radio advertising
$8,532
16.8%
Postage
$5,299
10.5%
Printing
$3,724
7.4%
Advertising - video
$3,125
6.2%
Consulting
$3,000
5.9%
Newspaper advertising
$2,995
5.9%
Advertising
$1,758
3.5%
Advertising - billboards
$1,718
3.4%
Internet advertising
$1,497
3%
Event sponsorship
$1,100
2.2%
Advertising - internet
$750
1.5%
Reporting
$750
1.5%
Subscriptions
$538
1.1%
Sponsorships
$500
1%
Promotional items
$416
0.8%
Election night - room rental
$400
0.8%
Campaign committee - food/drink
$340
0.7%
Fr event - entertainment
$275
0.5%
Website/graphic design
$250
0.5%
Web/graphic design
$250
0.5%
Ag committee breakfast
$229
0.5%
Committee meal
$212
0.4%
Supplies
$187
0.4%
Photography
$166
0.3%
Membership
$95
0.2%
Post office box rental
$62
0.1%
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
11th Street Express Printing
2018-09-21
$8,520
Printing & postage
Big Radio
2018-09-14
$5,215
Radio advertising
11th Street Express Printing
2018-09-25
$3,983
Printing & postage
Synqronus Communications
2018-09-19
$2,775
Advertising - video
LAMAR Advertising
2018-09-11
$1,718
Advertising - billboards
Radio Dubuque
2018-09-12
$1,692
Radio advertising
Awesome Campaigns.com
2018-09-11
$1,345
Advertising
Jim Thacker
2018-07-10
$1,000
Consulting
Jim Thacker
2018-08-07
$1,000
Consulting
Jim Thacker
2018-09-04
$1,000
Consulting
U.S. Postal Service
2018-08-28
$1,000
Postage
U.S. Postal Service
2018-08-30
$1,000
Postage
U.S. Postal Service
2018-09-10
$1,000
Postage
The Flash
2018-09-10
$800
Newspaper advertising
Inky Printers
2018-08-16
$786
Printing
Wcci
2018-09-07
$763
Radio advertising
Facebook
2018-09-24
$750
Advertising - internet
Facebook
2018-08-28
$750
Internet advertising
Stateline Area Crime Stoppers
2018-08-24
$750
Event sponsorship
Inky Printers
2018-08-20
$689
Printing
Inky Printers
2018-09-20
$554
Printing
Village Voices
2018-09-12
$550
Newspaper advertising
Rockford Litho
2018-08-24
$547
Printing
Ahead of Our Time Publishing
2018-07-30
$500
Subscriptions
U.S. Postal Service
2018-08-27
$500
Postage
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