Rauner's committee spent the most on direct mail in the quarter, with all those payments ($97,535) going to Target Creative Communications in Alexandria. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Rauner's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Direct mail
$97,535
67.8%
Consulting
$22,500
15.7%
Legal services
$16,500
11.5%
Software
$4,650
3.2%
Domain renewal
$1,355
0.9%
Web development
$1,005
0.7%
Telephone expenses
$231
0.2%
Table 2 below shows the top 20 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Target Creative Communications
2016-10-14
$97,535
Direct mail
Lesley Sweeney
2016-12-09
$7,500
Consulting
Lesley Sweeney
2016-10-07
$7,500
Consulting
Lesley Sweeney
2016-11-07
$7,500
Consulting
Chalmers Pak Burch & Adams LLC
2016-12-09
$5,500
Legal services
Chalmers Pak Burch & Adams LLC
2016-10-17
$5,500
Legal services
Chalmers Pak Burch & Adams LLC
2016-11-07
$5,500
Legal services
GoDaddy
2016-11-07
$1,355
Domain renewal
Aristotle
2016-12-09
$800
Software
Aristotle
2016-10-11
$800
Software
Aristotle
2016-11-07
$800
Software
I360
2016-11-07
$750
Software
I360
2016-10-11
$750
Software
I360
2016-12-09
$750
Software
YUMA Solutions
2016-10-11
$581
Web development
YUMA Solutions
2016-11-07
$267
Web development
YUMA Solutions
2016-12-09
$156
Web development
Ring Central
2016-10-07
$77
Telephone expenses
Ring Central
2016-12-09
$76
Telephone expenses
Ring Central
2016-11-07
$76
Telephone expenses
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