Soto's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with 59.3% of this total ($10,973) going to Graphic Image Corporation in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Soto's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$18,513
35.5%
Consultiing
$10,000
19.2%
Postage
$7,935
15.2%
Rent - campaign office
$3,000
5.7%
Sign printing
$2,550
4.9%
Food & facility for fundraiser
$1,773
3.4%
Telephone - campaign office
$1,136
2.2%
Election night victory party
$1,108
2.1%
Accounting fees
$1,050
2%
Rental of campaign car
$893
1.7%
Photography
$750
1.4%
Use of facility for community hearing
$750
1.4%
Advertising
$500
1%
Auto insurance
$494
1%
Consulting
$400
0.8%
Gas - campaign office
$334
0.6%
Electricity - campaign office
$252
0.5%
Cell phone charges
$233
0.5%
Translation services
$202
0.4%
Internet access
$195
0.4%
Bank charges
$154
0.3%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Event Source Corp.
2016-03-14
$10,000
Consultiing
Graphic Image Corporation
2016-03-24
$8,648
Printing
U.S. Postmaster
2016-02-08
$3,967
Postage
U.S. Postmaster
2016-02-11
$3,967
Postage
Frye-Williamson Press, Inc.
2016-02-08
$2,312
Printing
Frye-Williamson Press, Inc.
2016-02-11
$2,312
Printing
Governmental Solutions
2016-03-12
$1,840
Printing
Emmit's Irish Pub
2016-02-19
$1,773
Food & facility for fundraiser
Event Source Corp.
2016-02-08
$1,500
Sign printing
La Havana Cafe
2016-03-15
$1,108
Election night victory party
Event Source Corp.
2016-02-24
$1,050
Sign printing
Stanley J. Wallach
2016-01-01
$1,050
Accounting fees
Grace Stramaglio
2016-02-01
$1,000
Rent - campaign office
Grace Stramaglio
2016-01-01
$1,000
Rent - campaign office
Grace Stramaglio
2016-03-01
$1,000
Rent - campaign office
Enterprise Leasing
2016-03-31
$893
Rental of campaign car
Event Source Corp.
2016-03-01
$800
Printing
Piper Ferguson Photography
2016-01-08
$750
Photography
Wells High School
2016-01-27
$750
Use of facility for community hearing
Graphic Image Corporation
2016-02-29
$685
Printing
Graphic Image Corporation
2016-03-05
$685
Printing
Event Source Corp.
2016-03-10
$500
Advertising
Graphic Image Corporation
2016-03-05
$486
Printing
Graphic Image Corporation
2016-02-17
$468
Printing
Ethan Woodward
2016-03-24
$400
Consulting
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