Kennedy's committee spent the most on digital media and communications consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($74,625) going to Revolution Messaging in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kennedy's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Digital media and communications consulting
$74,625
63%
Processing fees
$18,854
15.9%
Refunds
$16,600
14%
Research
$8,000
6.8%
Office phone
$282
0.2%
Campaign checks
$188
0.2%
Table 2 below shows the top 22 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Revolution Messaging
2017-03-28
$57,025
Digital media and communications consulting
Revolution Messaging
2017-03-28
$17,600
Digital media and communications consulting
3-Street, Inc.
2017-03-28
$8,000
Research
Fred Clarke
2017-03-31
$5,600
Refunds
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$5,287
Processing fees
Fred Clarke
2017-03-31
$5,000
Refunds
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$3,649
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$3,071
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$2,171
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$1,216
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$1,206
Processing fees
Michael Delrahim
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
Glass Designers, Inc.
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
Ross Glickman
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
Kenneth Gorman
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
Arny and Irene Granat
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
Leslie Winter
2017-03-31
$1,000
Refunds
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$912
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$828
Processing fees
ActBlue
2017-03-31
$509
Processing fees
At&t
2017-03-29
$282
Office phone
Deluxe
2017-03-29
$188
Campaign checks