Rauner's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($15,000) going to Lesley Sweeney in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Rauner's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$15,000
32.5%
Legal fees
$12,002
26%
Principal payment, dinsmore & shohl
$7,017
15.2%
Campaign compliance
$3,200
6.9%
Voter data
$2,250
4.9%
Web hosting
$1,620
3.5%
Repayment of prohibited contribution
$1,000
2.2%
Principal payment, aristotle
$800
1.7%
Principal payment, i360
$750
1.6%
Repayment of prohibited contribution
$700
1.5%
Marketing
$550
1.2%
Principal payment, yuma solutions
$506
1.1%
Data services
$310
0.7%
Principal payment, lexisnexis
$310
0.7%
Cell phones
$152
0.3%
Table 2 below shows the top 17 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Lesley Sweeney
2016-03-10
$15,000
Consulting
Dinsmore & Shohl
2016-03-10
$8,002
Legal fees
Dinsmore & Shohl
2016-03-10
$7,017
Principal payment, dinsmore & shohl
Dinsmore & Shohl
2016-03-18
$4,000
Legal fees
Aristotle
2016-03-10
$2,400
Campaign compliance
I360
2016-03-10
$2,250
Voter data
YUMA Solutions
2016-03-10
$1,620
Web hosting
State of Illinois
2016-02-18
$1,000
Repayment of prohibited contribution
Aristotle
2016-03-10
$800
Principal payment, aristotle
Aristotle
2016-03-18
$800
Campaign compliance
I360
2016-03-10
$750
Principal payment, i360
State of Illinois
2016-03-30
$700
Repayment of prohibited contribution
Bask Digital Media
2016-03-10
$550
Marketing
YUMA Solutions
2016-03-10
$506
Principal payment, yuma solutions
LexisNexis
2016-03-10
$310
Data services
LexisNexis
2016-03-10
$310
Principal payment, lexisnexis
Ring Central
2016-03-10
$152
Cell phones
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