Didech's committee spent the most on research in the quarter, with all those payments ($50,000) going to Tulchin Research in San Francisco. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Didech's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Research
$50,000
36.1%
Mailing
$34,503
24.9%
Contractual expenses
$20,435
14.7%
Campaign work
$5,920
4.3%
Printing
$5,797
4.2%
Internet advertising
$4,485
3.2%
Postage
$3,730
2.7%
Rent
$3,000
2.2%
Yard signs
$2,569
1.9%
Security deposit
$2,000
1.4%
Website design
$1,600
1.2%
Office supplies
$1,237
0.9%
Fund raising (food)
$1,052
0.8%
Robo calls
$653
0.5%
Phones
$545
0.4%
Food for volunteers
$412
0.3%
Internet access
$368
0.3%
Donations
$250
0.2%
Post office box
$41
< 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
Tulchin Research
2018-01-18
$24,000
Research
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-03-12
$17,203
Mailing
Tulchin Research
2018-03-09
$13,000
Research
Tulchin Research
2018-02-17
$13,000
Research
Winning Connections
2018-03-07
$9,158
Contractual expenses
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-02-15
$8,211
Mailing
Winning Connections
2018-03-21
$6,180
Contractual expenses
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-02-05
$4,569
Mailing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-03-13
$4,520
Mailing
Winning Connections
2018-03-17
$3,421
Contractual expenses
North Shore Printers, Inc.
2018-02-06
$2,995
Printing
Buffalo Grove Venture, LLC
2018-01-07
$2,000
Security deposit
Winning Connections
2018-03-22
$1,675
Contractual expenses
Non-Stop Web Design
2018-02-02
$1,600
Website design
North Shore Printers, Inc.
2018-01-12
$1,344
Yard signs
Union Signs and Printing
2018-03-12
$1,225
Yard signs
Prairie House Tavern
2018-01-31
$1,052
Fund raising (food)
Buffalo Grove Venture, LLC
2018-02-01
$1,000
Rent
Buffalo Grove Venture, LLC
2018-03-01
$1,000
Rent
Buffalo Grove Venture, LLC
2018-01-07
$1,000
Rent
Tracey Repa
2018-03-20
$948
Campaign work
North Shore Printers, Inc.
2018-03-13
$901
Printing
Tracey Repa
2018-03-10
$900
Campaign work
North Shore Printers, Inc.
2018-03-07
$808
Printing
U.S. Postmaster
2018-03-09
$750
Postage
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