Morrison's committee spent the most on design, printing, production & mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($136,320) going to The Strategy Group, LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Morrison's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Design, printing, production & mailing
$136,320
32%
Design, printing, production & postage
$66,791
15.7%
Printing, production and postage
$61,209
14.4%
Consulting
$49,595
11.6%
Media
$39,661
9.3%
Design, print, production and mailing
$33,761
7.9%
Printing, production, postage
$17,018
4%
Postage
$1,452
0.3%
Stamps
$1,350
0.3%
Holiday gift
$1,250
0.3%
Staff rental
$1,117
0.3%
Dinner party thank you gift
$1,100
0.3%
Rent november 2018
$1,000
0.2%
Telephone expenses
$951
0.2%
Donations
$750
0.2%
Printing
$663
0.2%
Jackets for staff
$645
0.2%
Event expenses
$575
0.1%
Capitol fax subscription
$500
0.1%
Year end bonus
$500
0.1%
Thank you gift card for staff
$500
0.1%
Food for staff meeting
$497
0.1%
Merchant fees
$403
< 0.1%
Electric service
$382
< 0.1%
Food and beverage for meeting
$320
< 0.1%
Food and supplies for election day
$318
< 0.1%
Gas gift cards for staff
$300
< 0.1%
Gas - gift cards for staff
$300
< 0.1%
2019 membership
$285
< 0.1%
Website and email
$273
< 0.1%
Bank & wire fees
$267
< 0.1%
Utilities
$259
< 0.1%
Digital media
$259
< 0.1%
Staff food
$236
< 0.1%
Envelopes, machine stand, mouse
$231
< 0.1%
Office supplies for dfld office
$214
< 0.1%
Staff meeting
$198
< 0.1%
Food for election day
$186
< 0.1%
Holiday card printing
$183
< 0.1%
Staff holiday luncheon
$174
< 0.1%
Food for staff
$157
< 0.1%
Wire machine stand
$154
< 0.1%
Office expense
$152
< 0.1%
Staff meeting/dinner
$142
< 0.1%
Election day lunch
$140
< 0.1%
Telephones
$140
< 0.1%
Food and beverage for election day
$131
< 0.1%
Paper & ink cartridges
$129
< 0.1%
Office supplies
$126
< 0.1%
Food and beverages for campaign office
$124
< 0.1%
Food for staff/volunteers
$123
< 0.1%
Donation for sister city
$120
< 0.1%
Paper goods & alleve
$116
< 0.1%
Website and communication services october 2018
$113
< 0.1%
Parking
$110
< 0.1%
Food and beverage for campaign office
$106
< 0.1%
Rent - parking november 2018
$100
< 0.1%
Gift card - thank you
$100
< 0.1%
Electric service campaign office
$97
< 0.1%
Gas service campaign office
$97
< 0.1%
Website & communication services
$95
< 0.1%
Staff meeting food
$94
< 0.1%
Snacks and paper goods
$91
< 0.1%
December office cleaning
$90
< 0.1%
Cleaning of legislative office november
$90
< 0.1%
Office cleaning october 2018
$90
< 0.1%
Volunteers food
$88
< 0.1%
Copies
$84
< 0.1%
Clothing for staff
$73
< 0.1%
Copies and office supplies
$71
< 0.1%
Food for event
$67
< 0.1%
Coffee and paper goods
$64
< 0.1%
Printer cartridge
$60
< 0.1%
Candy and gift bags
$60
< 0.1%
Snacks and beverages
$53
< 0.1%
Paper goods and snacks for campaign office
$48
< 0.1%
Wire transfer fee
$35
< 0.1%
Gas service
$33
< 0.1%
Digital purchase
$32
< 0.1%
Candy for trick of treat
$24
< 0.1%
Merchant fee
$21
< 0.1%
Beverages for event
$11
< 0.1%
Popcorn for event
$9
< 0.1%
Usb
$7
< 0.1%
Wrap for food at event
$3
< 0.1%
Candy
$3
< 0.1%
Staples
$0
< 0.1%
Transaction fee
$0
< 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
The Strategy Group, LLC
2018-10-02
$136,320
Design, printing, production & mailing
The Strategy Group, LLC
2018-10-01
$66,791
Design, printing, production & postage
The Strategy Group, LLC
2018-10-13
$61,209
Printing, production and postage
The Strategy Group, LLC
2018-10-22
$33,761
Design, print, production and mailing
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-10-02
$29,411
Media
The Strategy Group, LLC
2018-10-25
$17,018
Printing, production, postage
Snyder Pickerill Media Group
2018-10-25
$10,000
Media
Teresa Tolliver
2018-11-07
$5,000
Consulting
Brendan Delaney
2018-11-08
$3,500
Consulting
Zachary Braun
2018-11-08
$2,500
Consulting
Amanda Cervantes
2018-11-08
$2,500
Consulting
Isabel Dobbel
2018-11-08
$2,500
Consulting
Allison Shapiro
2018-11-08
$2,500
Consulting
Brendan Delaney
2018-11-01
$1,600
Consulting
Brendan Delaney
2018-10-15
$1,600
Consulting
Brendan Delaney
2018-10-01
$1,600
Consulting
Brendan Delaney
2018-11-08
$1,600
Consulting
Allison Shapiro
2018-11-08
$1,600
Consulting
Allison Shapiro
2018-10-01
$1,600
Consulting
Allison Shapiro
2018-10-15
$1,600
Consulting
Allison Shapiro
2018-11-01
$1,600
Consulting
Postmaster of Deerfield
2018-10-09
$1,400
Postage
Zachary Braun
2018-11-01
$1,300
Consulting
Zachary Braun
2018-10-01
$1,300
Consulting
Zachary Braun
2018-11-08
$1,300
Consulting
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