Mathias's committee spent the most on mail production, printing and postage in the quarter, with all those payments ($11,515) going to CL Graphics in Elmhurst. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mathias's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mail production, printing and postage
$11,515
62.8%
Consulting fees
$2,000
10.9%
Printing walk cards
$1,215
6.6%
Advertising
$1,011
5.5%
Fund raiser - food
$834
4.6%
Telephone calls
$775
4.2%
Walk card design
$375
2.1%
Advertisement in magazine
$200
1.1%
Fundraising fees
$161
0.9%
Postage
$112
0.6%
Membership dues
$100
0.6%
Supplies
$35
0.2%
Table 2 below shows the top 23 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
CL Graphics
2018-11-13
$5,400
Mail production, printing and postage
CL Graphics
2018-10-24
$3,377
Mail production, printing and postage
CL Graphics
2018-11-08
$2,737
Mail production, printing and postage
CL Graphics
2018-10-24
$1,215
Printing walk cards
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2018-10-23
$1,000
Consulting fees
Lou Malnatis Pizzeria
2018-12-03
$834
Fund raiser - food
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2018-10-23
$500
Consulting fees
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2018-11-08
$500
Consulting fees
Facebook
2018-11-15
$434
Advertising
6Sides Marketing
2018-10-23
$375
Walk card design
Google
2018-11-15
$348
Advertising
Victory Geek
2018-11-08
$249
Telephone calls
Lake County Republican Federation
2018-12-10
$200
Advertisement in magazine
Victory Geek
2018-11-15
$199
Telephone calls
Victory Geek
2018-10-24
$168
Telephone calls
Anedot, Inc.
2018-10-30
$161
Fundraising fees
Victory Geek
2018-10-23
$157
Telephone calls
Facebook
2018-11-08
$118
Advertising
CL Graphics
2018-12-10
$112
Postage
Google
2018-11-08
$110
Advertising
Lake County Republican Federation
2018-12-06
$100
Membership dues
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2018-11-08
$23
Supplies
Cor Strategies, Inc.
2018-10-23
$11
Supplies