Lesser's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($33,564) going to CL Graphics in South Elgin. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Lesser's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$33,564
64.8%
Advertising
$6,861
13.2%
General consulting
$4,000
7.7%
Tracking poll
$2,010
3.9%
Signs
$1,530
3%
Food for fundraiser
$1,165
2.3%
Events
$903
1.7%
Endorsement calls
$572
1.1%
Gotv call
$519
1%
Credit card fees
$234
0.5%
Yard sign call
$167
0.3%
Field & fundraising expenses
$134
0.3%
Office equipment
$84
0.2%
Campaign expenses
$29
< 0.1%
Email
$20
< 0.1%
Rebar
$9
< 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
CL Graphics
2018-10-29
$7,324
Mailing
CL Graphics
2018-11-02
$7,318
Mailing
CL Graphics
2018-10-16
$7,232
Mailing
CL Graphics
2018-10-09
$7,226
Mailing
CL Graphics
2018-10-16
$4,462
Mailing
Facebook
2018-11-02
$2,669
Advertising
Cor Strategies
2018-10-09
$2,000
General consulting
Cor Strategies
2018-11-02
$2,000
General consulting
Awesome Campaigns
2018-10-16
$1,530
Signs
Facebook
2018-11-02
$1,488
Advertising
Italian Kitchen
2018-10-02
$1,165
Food for fundraiser
Google
2018-11-02
$1,033
Advertising
Victory Geek
2018-10-09
$1,024
Tracking poll
Victory Geek
2018-10-29
$986
Tracking poll
Facebook
2018-11-02
$920
Advertising
Mlg
2018-10-30
$903
Events
Facebook
2018-10-09
$748
Advertising
Victory Geek
2018-11-02
$572
Endorsement calls
Victory Geek
2018-11-02
$519
Gotv call
Anedot
2018-11-14
$234
Credit card fees
Victory Geek
2018-10-09
$167
Yard sign call
Cor Strategies
2018-11-02
$134
Field & fundraising expenses
Cor Strategies
2018-10-09
$84
Office equipment
Cor Strategies
2018-11-02
$29
Campaign expenses
CL Graphics
2018-10-29
$20
Email
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