Bush's committee spent the most on sublease- campaign office in the quarter, with all those payments ($8,650) going to Kerry's Four Legged Friends in Grayslake. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bush's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Sublease- campaign office
$8,650
34.7%
Rent
$4,056
16.3%
Salaries
$2,051
8.2%
Event expenses
$1,478
5.9%
Payroll taxes
$1,139
4.6%
Bonus
$1,000
4%
Supplies
$919
3.7%
Database services
$630
2.5%
Wireless services
$600
2.4%
Storage
$459
1.8%
Donations
$450
1.8%
Printing
$430
1.7%
Turkeys for thanksgiving donation
$427
1.7%
Office insurance
$375
1.5%
Ad/sponsorship
$300
1.2%
Meals
$276
1.1%
Office cleaning
$261
1.1%
Moving services
$260
1%
Payroll fees
$254
1%
Lodging
$246
1%
Meeting expenses
$234
0.9%
Fundraising expenses
$234
0.9%
Web expenses
$192
0.8%
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
Kerry's Four Legged Friends
2017-10-16
$8,400
Sublease- campaign office
Boones Saloon
2017-11-13
$1,478
Event expenses
Nage One, LLC
2017-11-08
$1,365
Rent
Nage One, LLC
2017-12-05
$1,365
Rent
Nage One, LLC
2017-10-12
$1,326
Rent
Nickolas Meyer
2017-12-19
$700
Bonus
NGP Van Inc.
2017-10-25
$630
Database services
Nickolas Meyer
2017-12-01
$610
Salaries
Nickolas Meyer
2017-12-15
$610
Salaries
Verizon Wireless
2017-10-27
$600
Wireless services
Jewel Osco
2017-11-21
$427
Turkeys for thanksgiving donation
Edward Gallagher
2017-12-01
$415
Salaries
Edward Gallagher
2017-12-15
$415
Salaries
West Bend Mutual Insurance
2017-10-13
$375
Office insurance
Walmart
2017-11-01
$363
Supplies
Edward Gallagher
2017-12-19
$300
Bonus
Northeastern Illinois Federation of Labor AFL-CIO PAC
2017-10-20
$300
Ad/sponsorship
Amazon.com, Inc
2017-12-08
$282
Supplies
Chi-Town Printing Inc.
2017-10-17
$265
Printing
Brendan Rafferty
2017-12-13
$260
Moving services
Kerry's Four Legged Friends
2017-10-31
$250
Sublease- campaign office
Manor Lake Corp
2017-10-17
$250
Donations
Cooper's Hawk
2017-11-08
$234
Meeting expenses
The Vine of Grayslake
2017-11-17
$234
Fundraising expenses
Round Lake Area B.E.S.T.
2017-10-13
$200
Donations
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