DAmico's committee spent the most on postage in the quarter, with all those payments ($35,396) going to US Postmaster in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how DAmico's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Postage
$35,396
40.2%
Printing
$17,229
19.5%
Polling
$11,000
12.5%
Payroll
$6,000
6.8%
Ad books
$5,400
6.1%
Lawn signs & walk cards
$4,420
5%
Phone bank expenses
$1,701
1.9%
Election day expenses
$1,430
1.6%
Election night
$1,186
1.4%
Springfield housing rent
$1,050
1.2%
Team sponsorship
$525
0.6%
Rent for campaign office
$500
0.6%
Cell phones
$428
0.5%
Consulting
$350
0.4%
Staff holiday gifts
$330
0.4%
Event sponsorship
$250
0.3%
Superbowl party donation
$250
0.3%
Fund raising (food)
$210
0.2%
Event ticket
$200
0.2%
Telephones
$171
0.2%
Donations
$100
0.1%
Tie fundraiser
$40
< 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
Tulchin Research
2016-03-12
$9,000
Polling
US Postmaster
2016-01-19
$8,961
Postage
US Postmaster
2016-01-25
$8,887
Postage
Tiffany Moy
2016-03-16
$6,000
Payroll
Sokol Community Center
2016-03-11
$5,000
Ad books
Frye-Williamson Press Inc
2016-01-25
$4,693
Printing
US Postmaster
2016-02-04
$4,443
Postage
US Postmaster
2016-02-19
$4,424
Postage
Chi-Town Printing
2016-02-06
$4,420
Lawn signs & walk cards
US Postmaster
2016-01-11
$4,369
Postage
US Postmaster
2016-02-19
$4,309
Postage
Frye-Williamson Press Inc
2016-02-19
$2,346
Printing
Frye-Williamson Press Inc
2016-01-11
$2,346
Printing
Frye-Williamson Press Inc
2016-01-19
$2,346
Printing
Frye-Williamson Press Inc
2016-01-25
$2,346
Printing
Frye-Williamson Press Inc
2016-02-04
$2,346
Printing
Tulchin Research
2016-03-05
$2,000
Polling
Winning Connections Inc
2016-03-17
$1,701
Phone bank expenses
LaVilla Catering
2016-03-29
$1,430
Election day expenses
Monastero's
2016-03-21
$1,186
Election night
John Rentas
2016-02-11
$500
Rent for campaign office
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-03-17
$380
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-03-17
$360
Printing
Brian Duffy
2016-03-25
$350
Springfield housing rent
Brian Duffy
2016-02-06
$350
Springfield housing rent
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