Rotering's committee spent the most on advertising - media in the quarter, with all those payments ($581,812) going to Snyder Pickerill in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Rotering's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Advertising - media
$581,812
64.9%
Principal payment, rotering
$147,000
16.4%
Consulting
$60,000
6.7%
Polling
$58,875
6.6%
Staff salaries
$18,675
2.1%
Bank charges
$13,983
1.6%
Printing
$5,811
0.7%
Legal fees
$3,225
0.4%
Internet advertising
$2,233
0.3%
Gasoline, parking, printing
$1,619
0.2%
Computer services
$880
0.1%
Transportation
$678
< 0.1%
Website expenses
$500
< 0.1%
Office supplies
$385
< 0.1%
Website design
$300
< 0.1%
E-newsletter
$207
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Snyder Pickerill
2018-02-15
$144,602
Advertising - media
Snyder Pickerill
2018-02-28
$135,994
Advertising - media
Snyder Pickerill
2018-03-07
$135,994
Advertising - media
Snyder Pickerill
2018-02-21
$116,400
Advertising - media
Nancy Rotering
2018-03-28
$100,000
Principal payment, rotering
Global Strategy Group LLC
2018-01-16
$58,875
Polling
Nancy Rotering
2018-03-29
$47,000
Principal payment, rotering
Snyder Pickerill
2018-02-15
$20,039
Advertising - media
KJD Strategies
2018-01-04
$15,000
Consulting
KJD Strategies
2018-01-18
$15,000
Consulting
KJD Strategies
2018-02-14
$15,000
Consulting
KJD Strategies
2018-03-16
$15,000
Consulting
Snyder Pickerill
2018-02-26
$12,571
Advertising - media
Snyder Pickerill
2018-02-26
$10,142
Advertising - media
Sage
2018-03-02
$6,088
Bank charges
Emily Elisar
2018-01-23
$5,675
Staff salaries
Alyssa Knobel
2018-03-19
$4,000
Staff salaries
Snyder Pickerill
2018-02-22
$4,000
Advertising - media
Sage
2018-01-02
$3,681
Bank charges
Sage
2018-02-02
$3,648
Bank charges
Michael Kreloff
2018-01-17
$3,225
Legal fees
Strategy Group
2018-02-20
$2,500
Printing
Emily Elisar
2018-03-31
$2,250
Staff salaries
Emily Elisar
2018-02-20
$2,250
Staff salaries
Emily Elisar
2018-03-06
$2,250
Staff salaries