Yingling's committee spent the most on tv in the quarter, with 66.6% of this total ($771,074) going to NCC Media in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Yingling's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Tv
$1,157,924
83.9%
Television
$115,825
8.4%
Staff salaries
$32,800
2.4%
Printing
$12,787
0.9%
Consulting
$12,000
0.9%
Polling
$11,000
0.8%
Signs
$7,764
0.6%
Postage
$6,865
0.5%
Rent
$6,700
0.5%
Digital services
$3,250
0.2%
Phone bank expenses
$2,442
0.2%
Supplies
$2,415
0.2%
Lodging
$1,346
0.1%
Election day reception
$1,271
< 0.1%
Meals
$1,019
< 0.1%
Website expenses
$1,015
< 0.1%
Equipment
$1,001
< 0.1%
Travel expenditures
$576
< 0.1%
Advertising
$552
< 0.1%
Utilities
$536
< 0.1%
Phones
$220
< 0.1%
Subscriptions
$208
< 0.1%
Data
$190
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
NCC Media
2016-10-31
$219,645
Tv
NCC Media
2016-10-24
$152,143
Tv
NCC Media
2016-10-17
$150,000
Tv
Wls
2016-10-31
$148,734
Tv
NCC Media
2016-10-10
$139,286
Tv
NCC Media
2016-10-03
$110,000
Tv
Wbbm
2016-10-31
$85,539
Television
Wmaq
2016-10-31
$76,011
Tv
Wgn
2016-10-31
$59,076
Tv
Wls
2016-10-24
$33,031
Tv
Wbbm
2016-10-24
$30,286
Television
Wmaq
2016-10-24
$18,514
Tv
Wfld
2016-10-31
$17,571
Tv
Wgn
2016-10-24
$14,634
Tv
Tulchin Research
2016-11-04
$11,000
Polling
Automated Business Services
2016-11-22
$8,346
Printing
Csnc
2016-10-31
$8,250
Tv
Greg Castellanos
2016-11-11
$5,000
Staff salaries
Michael Dobrow
2016-11-11
$5,000
Staff salaries
Wciu
2016-10-31
$4,929
Tv
Awesome Campaigns
2016-11-04
$4,887
Signs
Wendy Meister
2016-10-15
$3,600
Staff salaries
State Strategies
2016-11-03
$3,500
Consulting
State Strategies
2016-12-17
$3,500
Consulting
State Strategies
2016-10-31
$3,500
Consulting
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