Schmidt's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($7,570) going to Linc Strategy in Morris. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Schmidt's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$7,570
61.9%
Fund raising (food)
$1,000
8.2%
Newspaper advertising
$1,000
8.2%
Postage
$805
6.6%
Robo calls
$450
3.7%
Website design
$450
3.7%
Production media expenses
$361
3%
Billboard expenses
$300
2.5%
Printing
$165
1.4%
Website expenses
$130
1.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 18 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Linc Strategy
2018-10-17
$3,972
Mailing
Linc Strategy
2018-12-03
$3,597
Mailing
Large Marge BBQ Inc.
2018-10-14
$1,000
Fund raising (food)
WNS Publications, Inc.
2018-11-07
$1,000
Newspaper advertising
United States Postal Service
2018-10-04
$500
Postage
Pol-X
2018-12-27
$450
Robo calls
Stahr Media
2018-10-04
$450
Website design
Facebook
2018-10-31
$361
Production media expenses
Turnroth Sign Co, Inc.
2018-11-19
$300
Billboard expenses
United States Postal Service
2018-10-26
$150
Postage
Facebook
2018-11-30
$117
Website expenses
WNS Publications, Inc.
2018-10-04
$75
Printing
United States Postal Service
2018-10-16
$70
Postage
United States Postal Service
2018-10-03
$70
Postage
WNS Publications, Inc.
2018-10-26
$45
Printing
WNS Publications, Inc.
2018-10-17
$45
Printing
United States Postal Service
2018-11-01
$15
Postage
Facebook
2018-10-15
$13
Website expenses