Yingling's committee spent the most on media purchase in the quarter, with all those payments ($848,649) going to Adelstein & Associates in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Yingling's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Media purchase
$848,649
81.9%
Contractual expenses
$56,261
5.4%
Polling
$32,000
3.1%
Postage
$16,000
1.5%
Consulting
$13,100
1.3%
Phone bank expenses
$11,800
1.1%
Production
$11,150
1.1%
Printing
$10,645
1%
Media
$8,950
0.9%
Rent
$8,000
0.8%
Media consulting
$6,000
0.6%
Digital media production and purchase
$3,750
0.4%
Office supplies
$2,645
0.3%
Website expenses
$2,273
0.2%
Signs
$2,250
0.2%
Production media expenses
$2,200
0.2%
Lodging
$780
< 0.1%
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
Adelstein & Associates
2018-10-23
$491,151
Media purchase
Adelstein & Associates
2018-10-16
$357,498
Media purchase
Tulchin Research
2018-11-08
$16,000
Polling
Tulchin Research
2018-10-24
$16,000
Polling
Winning Connections
2018-11-05
$11,800
Phone bank expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2018-10-24
$11,150
Production
BOCA Media Group
2018-11-30
$8,950
Media
Usps
2018-11-01
$6,000
Postage
Laura Duszynski
2018-11-08
$5,000
Contractual expenses
Usps
2018-10-15
$5,000
Postage
Usps
2018-10-23
$5,000
Postage
Breaker Press
2018-10-25
$4,995
Printing
Emily Miller
2018-11-01
$3,900
Consulting
BOCA Media Group
2018-11-30
$3,750
Digital media production and purchase
Emily Miller
2018-12-01
$3,600
Consulting
Emily Miller
2018-10-01
$3,600
Consulting
State Strategies
2018-11-30
$3,000
Media consulting
State Strategies
2018-11-30
$3,000
Media consulting
Breaker Press
2018-11-01
$2,890
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-10-22
$2,760
Printing
Wendy Meister
2018-10-01
$2,660
Contractual expenses
Sam Morales
2018-11-01
$2,400
Contractual expenses
Union Signs and Printing
2018-10-24
$2,250
Signs
Jetimpex
2018-11-30
$2,023
Website expenses
Wendy Meister
2018-11-08
$2,000
Contractual expenses