Stratton's committee spent the most on tv in the quarter, with all those payments ($1,551,050) going to Adelstein & Associates in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Stratton's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Tv
$1,551,050
77.8%
Printing
$278,551
14%
Election day workers
$41,400
2.1%
Polling
$32,000
1.6%
Phone bank expenses
$29,436
1.5%
Advertising
$19,275
1%
Salaries
$12,050
0.6%
Poll
$9,000
0.5%
Yard signs
$4,575
0.2%
T-shirts
$2,250
0.1%
Payroll
$2,100
0.1%
Election night party
$1,850
< 0.1%
Signs
$1,710
< 0.1%
Donations
$1,500
< 0.1%
Robo calls
$1,482
< 0.1%
Photography
$1,200
< 0.1%
Office supplies
$1,166
< 0.1%
Processing fees
$682
< 0.1%
Photographs
$659
< 0.1%
Office furniture
$440
< 0.1%
Filing
$400
< 0.1%
Phone activation
$256
< 0.1%
Food donation
$151
< 0.1%
Phones
$66
< 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
Adelstein & Associates
2016-02-17
$400,000
Tv
Adelstein & Associates
2016-03-10
$350,000
Tv
Adelstein & Associates
2016-03-09
$300,000
Tv
Adelstein & Associates
2016-02-29
$150,000
Tv
Adelstein & Associates
2016-02-19
$125,000
Tv
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-03-08
$108,447
Printing
Adelstein & Associates
2016-03-07
$101,050
Tv
Adelstein & Associates
2016-03-10
$75,000
Tv
Adelstein & Associates
2016-03-11
$50,000
Tv
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-02-13
$39,889
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-02-23
$29,917
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-02-07
$29,917
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-03-04
$29,917
Printing
Tulchin Research
2016-01-22
$22,000
Polling
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-02-03
$19,944
Printing
Winning Connections
2016-02-18
$16,364
Phone bank expenses
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-01-26
$10,492
Printing
Tulchin Research
2016-02-13
$10,000
Polling
Younker Media
2016-03-08
$9,700
Advertising
Younker Media
2016-02-27
$9,575
Advertising
Winning Connections
2016-03-18
$9,565
Phone bank expenses
Tulchin Research
2016-03-11
$9,000
Poll
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-03-13
$7,875
Printing
Alaina Hampton
2016-02-27
$4,376
Salaries
Alaina Hampton
2016-01-26
$3,645
Salaries
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