Ford's committee spent the most on campaign work in the quarter, with 38.7% of this total ($2,417) going to Ups in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Ford's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign work
$6,247
45.7%
Newspaper advertising
$1,162
8.5%
Website expenses
$851
6.2%
Office equipment
$812
5.9%
Post office box
$693
5.1%
Postage
$686
5%
Rent
$630
4.6%
Food
$558
4.1%
Marketing
$439
3.2%
Donations
$400
2.9%
Bank charges
$356
2.6%
Car maintenance
$297
2.2%
Promotional items
$286
2.1%
Telephones
$229
1.7%
Supplies
$16
0.1%
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
Target
2016-01-06
$812
Office equipment
Austin Voice Newspaper
2016-03-15
$800
Campaign work
Wednesday Journal
2016-03-07
$718
Newspaper advertising
Croe
2016-02-08
$700
Campaign work
Ups
2016-02-29
$693
Post office box
Ups
2016-03-07
$686
Postage
Ups
2016-03-04
$664
Campaign work
Ss Media 7 - Erik Perez
2016-03-04
$630
Campaign work
Ups
2016-03-07
$589
Campaign work
Ss Media 7 - Erik Perez
2016-02-24
$450
Campaign work
Constant Contact
2016-01-06
$446
Website expenses
Austin Voice Newspaper
2016-02-08
$444
Newspaper advertising
Constant Contact
2016-01-06
$439
Marketing
Ups
2016-03-08
$413
Campaign work
House Foward
2016-02-22
$400
Donations
Jonathan Tate
2016-01-20
$400
Campaign work
Barclays American
2016-01-08
$355
Rent
Merchant Payment
2016-03-08
$305
Website expenses
Ss Media 7 - Erik Perez
2016-03-11
$300
Campaign work
Joe Rizza
2016-02-11
$297
Car maintenance
Discount Mugs
2016-02-25
$286
Promotional items
Ups
2016-03-04
$275
Campaign work
The Carleton of Oak Park
2016-01-06
$275
Rent
Ups
2016-03-04
$267
Campaign work
53 Bank
2016-03-01
$250
Bank charges
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