Claudio's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($44,330) going to Boca Media Group in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Claudio's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$44,330
50.8%
Consulting
$15,250
17.5%
Signs
$7,122
8.2%
Printing
$5,965
6.8%
Television media
$5,188
6%
Production media expenses
$2,341
2.7%
Fund raising (food)
$1,950
2.2%
Website expenses
$1,587
1.8%
Hall rental for raising funds
$1,081
1.2%
Ad books
$999
1.1%
Campaign staff
$500
0.6%
Donations
$450
0.5%
Supplies
$286
0.3%
Promotional items
$210
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
Boca Media Group
2016-03-10
$12,836
Mailing
Boca Media Group
2016-03-07
$10,977
Mailing
Boca Media Group
2016-02-29
$9,196
Mailing
Boca Media Group
2016-02-12
$8,636
Mailing
Connection Strategies
2016-02-17
$6,100
Consulting
Boca Media Group
2016-02-22
$5,359
Printing
Boca Media Group
2016-03-12
$5,188
Television media
Government Solutions
2016-02-25
$3,687
Signs
Government Solutions
2016-03-09
$3,435
Signs
Boca Media Group
2016-01-27
$2,850
Consulting
B.E. Graff Consulting
2016-02-02
$2,500
Consulting
Boca Media Group
2016-03-06
$2,341
Production media expenses
Boca Media Group
2016-02-16
$1,900
Consulting
Boca Media Group
2016-03-06
$1,900
Consulting
Boca Media Group
2016-01-27
$1,732
Mailing
B-Keg
2016-03-07
$1,400
Fund raising (food)
Boca Media Group
2016-03-09
$1,229
Website expenses
Erie Cafe
2016-02-23
$1,081
Hall rental for raising funds
Cultural Expressions Productions, Ltd
2016-02-01
$999
Ad books
Boca Media Group
2016-03-06
$953
Mailing
Boca Media Group
2016-01-09
$605
Printing
Paladar Restaurant
2016-02-22
$550
Fund raising (food)
David Avila
2016-03-01
$500
Campaign staff
Boca Media Group
2016-03-13
$358
Website expenses
David Avila
2016-03-06
$286
Supplies
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