Blumenthal's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($6,000) going to 10th Conressional District Republican Organization in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Blumenthal's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$6,000
44.5%
Consulting
$4,164
30.9%
Campaign staff
$999
7.4%
Campaign work
$885
6.6%
Principal payment, blumenthal
$587
4.4%
Palm cards
$526
3.9%
Food
$192
1.4%
Printing
$118
0.9%
Meals
$13
0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 21 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
10th Conressional District Republican Organization
2016-10-31
$6,000
Mailing
Rita Agostinelli
2016-10-13
$2,842
Consulting
Marianne Bailey
2016-10-28
$739
Consulting
Marianne Bailey
2016-11-14
$637
Campaign staff
Marty Blumenthal
2016-11-03
$587
Principal payment, blumenthal
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2016-11-03
$583
Consulting
Minuteman Press
2016-10-06
$526
Palm cards
Costco
2016-11-07
$362
Campaign staff
Stevie Foreman
2016-11-08
$300
Campaign work
Gila Fagan
2016-11-08
$200
Campaign work
Jewel Osco
2016-11-25
$192
Food
Minuteman Press
2016-11-09
$118
Printing
Stevie Foreman
2016-10-02
$110
Campaign work
Rita Agostinelli
2016-10-23
$90
Campaign work
Rita Agostinelli
2016-10-02
$50
Campaign work
Rita Agostinelli
2016-11-01
$40
Campaign work
Rita Agostinelli
2016-10-08
$30
Campaign work
Rita Agostinelli
2016-11-14
$30
Campaign work
Rita Agostinelli
2016-11-06
$20
Campaign work
Marty Blumenthal
2016-11-03
$15
Campaign work
Jewel Osco
2016-11-09
$13
Meals