Rauner's committee spent the most on technology in the quarter, with all those payments ($330,000) going to Project Applecart LLC in New York. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Rauner's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Technology
$330,000
77.8%
Consulting
$30,839
7.3%
Polling
$26,500
6.3%
Legal services
$16,517
3.9%
Principal payment, dinsmore & shohl
$5,501
1.3%
Research
$4,364
1%
Software
$3,100
0.7%
Direct marketing
$2,755
0.7%
Web development
$1,762
0.4%
Principal payment, aristotle
$800
0.2%
Principal payment, i360
$750
0.2%
Principal payment, yuma solutions
$500
0.1%
Domain renewal
$313
< 0.1%
Telephone expenses
$232
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Project Applecart LLC
2016-09-16
$330,000
Technology
McLaughlin & Associates
2016-09-08
$26,500
Polling
Peter Noel Murray, Ph.D & Partners LLC
2016-09-08
$8,339
Consulting
Lesley Sweeney
2016-07-08
$7,500
Consulting
Lesley Sweeney
2016-08-10
$7,500
Consulting
Lesley Sweeney
2016-09-06
$7,500
Consulting
Chalmers Pak Burch & Adams LLC
2016-07-08
$5,517
Legal services
Chalmers Pak Burch & Adams LLC
2016-09-06
$5,500
Legal services
Chalmers Pak Burch & Adams LLC
2016-08-10
$5,500
Legal services
Dinsmore & Shohl
2016-07-08
$4,000
Principal payment, dinsmore & shohl
Personal Marketing Research
2016-09-20
$2,691
Direct marketing
Caddell Associates
2016-09-08
$2,567
Research
Schlesinger Associates
2016-09-08
$1,797
Research
Dinsmore & Shohl
2016-07-08
$1,500
Principal payment, dinsmore & shohl
Aristotle
2016-07-08
$800
Principal payment, aristotle
Aristotle
2016-08-10
$800
Software
Aristotle
2016-09-06
$800
Software
I360
2016-08-10
$750
Software
I360
2016-09-06
$750
Software
I360
2016-07-08
$750
Principal payment, i360
YUMA Solutions
2016-09-08
$750
Web development
YUMA Solutions
2016-07-08
$500
Principal payment, yuma solutions
GoDaddy
2016-09-20
$313
Domain renewal
YUMA Solutions
2016-08-10
$286
Web development
YUMA Solutions
2016-08-10
$276
Web development