Bender's committee spent the most on donations in the quarter, with 63.4% of this total ($40,000) going to Cook County Democratic Party in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bender's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Donations
$63,100
43%
Radio advertising
$43,000
29.3%
Newspaper advertising
$8,440
5.8%
Election day workers
$7,000
4.8%
Consulting
$5,000
3.4%
Robo calls
$4,850
3.3%
Printing
$4,625
3.2%
Palm cards
$3,940
2.7%
Accounting fees
$3,660
2.5%
Website expenses
$1,245
0.9%
Refunds
$900
0.6%
Campaign work
$500
0.3%
Television advertising
$400
0.3%
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
Cook County Democratic Party
2018-10-12
$40,000
Donations
Foremost Strategy LLP
2018-10-15
$40,000
Radio advertising
Mary Kay Dawson
2018-11-05
$7,000
Election day workers
Chicago Federation of Labor
2018-12-21
$5,000
Donations
Citizens for Al Riley
2018-10-16
$5,000
Donations
Mary Kay Dawson
2018-10-26
$4,850
Robo calls
Amvote Pac
2018-10-16
$4,750
Donations
Chi-Town Printing
2018-11-05
$3,940
Palm cards
Warady & Davis LLP
2018-10-29
$3,660
Accounting fees
Daily Herald
2018-10-26
$3,212
Newspaper advertising
WVON Radio
2018-11-05
$3,000
Radio advertising
Mary Kay Dawson
2018-10-01
$2,500
Consulting
Mary Kay Dawson
2018-10-25
$2,500
Consulting
Chi-Town Printing
2018-11-01
$2,305
Printing
Plumbing Local 130 Political Fund
2018-10-12
$2,000
Donations
Windy City Times
2018-10-25
$1,470
Newspaper advertising
Breaker Press Co.
2018-10-15
$1,350
Printing
Edward Young
2018-11-08
$1,245
Website expenses
Beverly Review
2018-10-25
$1,038
Newspaper advertising
Monitor
2018-10-25
$1,020
Newspaper advertising
18th Ward Democratic Org.
2018-10-16
$1,000
Donations
19th Ward Democratic Organization
2018-10-16
$1,000
Donations
50th Ward Democratic Organization
2018-10-16
$1,000
Donations
Oak Park Democratic Party
2018-10-16
$1,000
Donations
Palos Township Democratic Org.
2018-10-16
$1,000
Donations
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