Mendoza's committee spent the most on production media expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,417,574) going to Adelstein & Associates in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mendoza's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Production media expenses
$2,417,574
90.8%
Fund raising - services
$101,077
3.8%
Advertising - digital
$30,572
1.2%
Payroll
$25,241
1%
Venue
$22,144
0.8%
Taxes - federal
$12,723
0.5%
Printing
$8,829
0.3%
Mileage expenses
$6,298
0.2%
Equipment - purchase
$5,754
0.2%
Promotional items
$5,098
0.2%
Candidate lodging
$4,273
0.2%
Merchant transaction fee
$3,958
0.2%
Research - services
$3,000
0.1%
Software platform
$2,424
< 0.1%
Air fare - candidate
$2,084
< 0.1%
Excess contribution returned
$2,000
< 0.1%
Equipment rental
$1,958
< 0.1%
Meals
$1,720
< 0.1%
Postage
$1,075
< 0.1%
Campaign staff
$900
< 0.1%
Payroll - liabilities
$607
< 0.1%
Venue - deposit
$500
< 0.1%
Sponsorships
$490
< 0.1%
Accounting fees
$450
< 0.1%
Bank charges
$425
< 0.1%
Software
$413
< 0.1%
Food
$398
< 0.1%
Headquarters rent
$375
< 0.1%
Transportation
$250
< 0.1%
Taxes - payroll liabilities
$202
< 0.1%
Staff lodging
$184
< 0.1%
Supplies
$38
< 0.1%
Payroll- liabilities
$37
< 0.1%
Payroll service fee
$24
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-27
$483,780
Production media expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-21
$434,100
Production media expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-13
$404,025
Production media expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-06
$309,999
Production media expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-04
$247,950
Production media expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-31
$242,270
Production media expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-18
$121,800
Production media expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-24
$90,900
Production media expenses
KJD Strategies
2016-11-16
$45,000
Fund raising - services
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-05
$44,500
Production media expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-31
$31,250
Production media expenses
Palmer House Hilton
2016-11-10
$20,894
Venue
KJD Strategies
2016-11-16
$20,327
Fund raising - services
Facebook
2016-11-04
$19,500
Advertising - digital
KJD Strategies
2016-11-17
$15,750
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2016-10-04
$10,000
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2016-11-02
$10,000
Fund raising - services
United States Treasury
2016-12-01
$8,099
Taxes - federal
Lauren Peters
2016-11-17
$7,778
Payroll
Adelstein & Associates
2016-10-26
$4,500
Production media expenses
PCS Marketing Group, LLC
2016-10-14
$3,800
Promotional items
Susana Mendoza
2016-11-08
$3,125
Mileage expenses
Dell Inc.
2016-10-11
$2,929
Equipment - purchase
Adelstein & Associates
2016-11-09
$2,500
Production media expenses
Rome Cavalieri
2016-11-29
$2,348
Candidate lodging
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