Malter's committee spent the most on printing and postage in the quarter, with all those payments ($15,542) going to Chi-Town Printing in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Malter's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing and postage
$15,542
25.9%
Postage and printing
$14,063
23.4%
Consulting
$7,000
11.7%
Mailing
$5,719
9.5%
Research
$5,000
8.3%
Staff salaries
$4,090
6.8%
Campaign staff
$2,210
3.7%
Lawn signs
$2,000
3.3%
Speech writer payment (venmo account error identified)
$1,875
3.1%
Printing
$845
1.4%
Votebuilder
$750
1.3%
Advertising - newsletter
$200
0.3%
Food
$184
0.3%
Computer services
$164
0.3%
Fund raising - processing fee
$156
0.3%
Magazine advertising
$142
0.2%
Contractual expenses
$128
0.2%
Fund raising processing fee
$3
< 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
Chi-Town Printing
2018-03-04
$14,063
Postage and printing
Chi-Town Printing
2018-03-15
$9,638
Printing and postage
Chi-Town Printing
2018-03-14
$5,904
Printing and postage
Deep Blue Strategies
2018-02-12
$5,719
Mailing
Deep Blue Strategies
2018-01-29
$5,000
Research
Bobby Douglass
2018-03-27
$3,000
Consulting
Deep Blue Strategies
2018-01-30
$2,000
Campaign staff
Deep Blue Strategies
2018-02-12
$2,000
Consulting
Auston McLain
2018-03-19
$2,000
Consulting
Union Signs and Printing
2018-01-31
$2,000
Lawn signs
Michele Lowe - Writing
2018-03-29
$1,875
Speech writer payment (venmo account error identified)
Auston McLain
2018-02-27
$1,500
Staff salaries
Auston McLain
2018-02-14
$1,500
Staff salaries
Democratic Party of Illinois
2018-01-28
$750
Votebuilder
Chi-Town Printing
2018-02-08
$660
Printing
Sarah Feiger
2018-01-30
$500
Staff salaries
Khalil Khan
2018-03-18
$290
Staff salaries
Khalil Khan
2018-02-26
$210
Campaign staff
Chicagoland Pro-Israel Political Update
2018-03-09
$200
Advertising - newsletter
Adam Katz
2018-03-31
$200
Staff salaries
Chi-Town Printing
2018-03-13
$185
Printing
Bonta Pizzeria & Restaurant
2018-03-23
$184
Food
Constant Contact
2018-03-31
$164
Computer services
Chicagoland Pro-Israel Political Update
2018-03-14
$142
Magazine advertising
Khalil Khan
2018-03-23
$100
Staff salaries
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