Bates's committee spent the most on event expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,672) going to Chicago Firehouse Restaurant in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bates's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Event expenses
$4,672
30.3%
Consulting
$3,928
25.5%
Photography
$1,030
6.7%
Website expenses
$660
4.3%
Consulting fees
$652
4.2%
Promotional items
$613
4%
Contractual expenses
$500
3.2%
Advertising
$500
3.2%
Printing
$450
2.9%
Mobile marketing
$430
2.8%
Email database
$420
2.7%
Credit card processing fees
$385
2.5%
Postage
$347
2.3%
Design services
$250
1.6%
Marketing services
$225
1.5%
Clerical
$200
1.3%
Administrative
$170
1.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Chicago Firehouse Restaurant
2017-05-01
$3,500
Event expenses
Stacy Pratt
2017-06-12
$1,428
Consulting
Stacy Pratt
2017-04-21
$1,250
Consulting
Stacy Pratt
2017-05-08
$1,250
Consulting
Chicago Firehouse Restaurant
2017-05-24
$1,172
Event expenses
Taylor Media
2017-05-08
$750
Photography
Bruce Ackerman
2017-05-18
$660
Website expenses
Omari Prince
2017-04-21
$500
Contractual expenses
James Sircher
2017-04-25
$500
Advertising
Stacy Pratt
2017-04-10
$471
Consulting fees
Union Signs & Printing
2017-04-25
$450
Printing
Vertical Reponse
2017-05-10
$420
Email database
National Pen Company
2017-04-24
$352
Promotional items
National Pen Company
2017-04-24
$261
Promotional items
Robert Bates
2017-04-07
$250
Design services
Mike House
2017-05-15
$225
Marketing services
Velocity Mobile Marketing
2017-05-08
$215
Mobile marketing
Velocity Mobile Marketing
2017-06-14
$215
Mobile marketing
Corean Davis
2017-04-24
$200
Clerical
United States Postal Service
2017-04-24
$200
Postage
Stacy Pratt
2017-05-01
$181
Consulting fees
Corean Davis
2017-05-19
$150
Administrative
Raynard Graves
2017-05-24
$140
Photography
Raynard Graves
2017-05-10
$140
Photography
PayPal
2017-05-10
$87
Credit card processing fees
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