Brown's committee spent the most on campaign staff in the quarter, with 29.7% of this total ($15,000) going to Paul Ogwal in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Brown's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign staff
$50,505
42.7%
Printing
$14,610
12.4%
Fund raising (food)
$11,313
9.6%
Newspaper advertising
$8,379
7.1%
Hall rental for raising funds
$3,550
3%
Photography
$3,450
2.9%
Equipment rental
$2,846
2.4%
Consulting
$2,250
1.9%
Emails
$2,106
1.8%
Fund raising entertainment
$1,800
1.5%
Hall rental
$1,680
1.4%
Phone bank expenses
$1,624
1.4%
Media - radio
$1,375
1.2%
Campaign work
$1,325
1.1%
Office rent
$1,319
1.1%
Office supplies
$1,179
1%
Principal payment, cook iii
$1,100
0.9%
Videos
$1,100
0.9%
Donations
$1,050
0.9%
Magazine advertising
$840
0.7%
Telephones
$709
0.6%
Video
$650
0.6%
Awards
$460
0.4%
Tickets
$400
0.3%
Count stats
$350
0.3%
Catering
$350
0.3%
Membership
$335
0.3%
Telephone polling
$313
0.3%
Balloons
$303
0.3%
Legal fees
$300
0.3%
Rent
$300
0.3%
Media preparation
$200
0.2%
Media preparation
$200
0.2%
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
Rico Graphics
2016-03-03
$4,000
Printing
Rome Joy Catering
2016-02-07
$3,537
Fund raising (food)
Rico Graphics
2016-02-02
$3,076
Printing
Paul Ogwal
2016-01-15
$3,000
Campaign staff
Paul Ogwal
2016-02-01
$3,000
Campaign staff
Paul Ogwal
2016-02-29
$3,000
Campaign staff
Paul Ogwal
2016-03-15
$3,000
Campaign staff
Rico Graphics
2016-03-11
$3,000
Printing
Rico Graphics
2016-02-19
$3,000
Printing
Rome Joy Catering
2016-01-12
$2,520
Fund raising (food)
Chicago Defender
2016-03-10
$2,500
Newspaper advertising
Benton Cook III
2016-01-15
$2,500
Campaign staff
Benton Cook III
2016-03-15
$2,500
Campaign staff
Benton Cook III
2016-02-29
$2,500
Campaign staff
Benton Cook III
2016-02-01
$2,500
Campaign staff
Benton Cook III
2016-02-15
$2,500
Campaign staff
Paul Ogwal
2016-02-15
$2,500
Campaign staff
Artriss Williams
2016-01-15
$2,000
Campaign staff
Clark Cartering
2016-03-14
$1,920
Fund raising (food)
Local 399
2016-03-21
$1,500
Hall rental for raising funds
Yvette Warren
2016-01-14
$1,500
Campaign staff
Yvette Warren
2016-02-01
$1,500
Campaign staff
Yvette Warren
2016-02-15
$1,500
Campaign staff
Yvette Warren
2016-02-29
$1,500
Campaign staff
Yvette Warren
2016-03-15
$1,500
Campaign staff
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