Rauner's committee spent the most on media consulting in the quarter, with 72.8% of this total ($466,750) going to Target Enterprises in Sherman Oaks. 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
Media consulting
$641,109
32.7%
Survey research
$149,000
7.6%
Consulting fee
$139,238
7.1%
Custom media analytics
$100,000
5.1%
Salaries
$97,423
5%
Postage
$67,907
3.5%
Media production
$60,095
3.1%
Payroll taxes
$58,309
3%
Insurance
$54,750
2.8%
Direct mail postage
$40,079
2%
Direct marketing
$39,878
2%
Rent
$33,006
1.7%
Repayment of prohibited contribution
$31,250
1.6%
List acquisition
$30,464
1.6%
Strategy consulting
$30,000
1.5%
Political consulting and travel
$29,976
1.5%
Ad production
$27,750
1.4%
Legal fees
$23,569
1.2%
Insurance coverage
$19,869
1%
Digital videos
$18,526
1%
Security deposit
$16,503
0.8%
April may and june retainer
$15,000
0.8%
Campaign compliance
$14,400
0.7%
Digital consulting
$13,962
0.7%
Tv ad production
$13,000
0.7%
June finance consulting
$12,000
0.6%
August finance consulting
$12,000
0.6%
July finance consulting
$12,000
0.6%
Cfr website
$10,000
0.5%
Research consulting fee
$10,000
0.5%
Research consulting retainer
$10,000
0.5%
Research consulting services
$10,000
0.5%
July retainer
$10,000
0.5%
Marketing emails
$8,394
0.4%
Marketing consulting
$8,394
0.4%
Printing and production
$8,104
0.4%
Moving expenses
$7,750
0.4%
Health insurance
$6,505
0.3%
State fair video
$5,790
0.3%
Data work
$5,122
0.3%
Direct mail production
$4,412
0.2%
Airfare
$4,405
0.2%
Mailing
$3,533
0.2%
Data subscription, consulting
$3,000
0.2%
Graphic design
$3,000
0.2%
Credit card processing fees
$2,697
0.1%
Data and analytical consulting
$2,695
0.1%
Caging
$2,513
0.1%
Data subscription
$2,500
0.1%
Video production
$2,415
0.1%
Campaign reports
$2,415
0.1%
Campaign supplies
$2,358
0.1%
Campaign equipment
$2,077
0.1%
May consulting services
$2,000
0.1%
August consulting services
$2,000
0.1%
July consulting services
$2,000
0.1%
June consulting services
$2,000
0.1%
Merchant services
$1,243
< 0.1%
July license fee
$1,000
< 0.1%
Aug license fee
$1,000
< 0.1%
Sept. license fee
$1,000
< 0.1%
Campaign testimonials
$907
< 0.1%
Photography
$850
< 0.1%
Refund of contribution
$830
< 0.1%
Security
$739
< 0.1%
Catering
$627
< 0.1%
Security key fobs
$595
< 0.1%
Video security
$574
< 0.1%
Software
$542
< 0.1%
Contribution refund
$450
< 0.1%
Security install
$423
< 0.1%
Payroll fees
$374
< 0.1%
Po box
$314
< 0.1%
Acting services
$250
< 0.1%
Parking
$232
< 0.1%
Music for video
$160
< 0.1%
Bank fee
$158
< 0.1%
Telephone service
$155
< 0.1%
Bank fees
$142
< 0.1%
Reimbursement for fees
$128
< 0.1%
Transportation
$79
< 0.1%
Reimbursement for mileage
$76
< 0.1%
Mileage reimbursement
$59
< 0.1%
Advertising
$57
< 0.1%
Caging and escrow
$25
< 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
Target Enterprises
2017-08-14
$466,750
Media consulting
Deep Root Analytics
2017-07-26
$100,000
Custom media analytics
AdVictory LLC
2017-09-24
$75,130
Media consulting
Public Opinion Strategies
2017-09-15
$61,500
Survey research
AdVictory LLC
2017-08-06
$59,244
Media consulting
Public Opinion Strategies
2017-08-11
$46,000
Survey research
Public Opinion Strategies
2017-09-24
$41,500
Survey research
Mail American Communications Postage
2017-09-21
$37,316
Postage
Clarke & Sampson
2017-08-11
$36,554
Insurance
Mail American Communications Postage
2017-08-11
$30,345
Postage
AdVictory LLC
2017-08-17
$29,983
Media consulting
Coldspark
2017-09-24
$29,976
Political consulting and travel
Ingenuity International
2017-09-14
$28,505
Consulting fee
Ingenuity International
2017-07-09
$28,333
Consulting fee
Advocat8
2017-08-17
$27,595
Media production
Response America
2017-07-07
$27,212
Direct marketing
Capitol Hill Lists, LLC
2017-09-01
$23,985
List acquisition
Paylocity
2017-09-29
$23,020
Payroll taxes
Paylocity
2017-09-01
$21,234
Payroll taxes
State of Illinois
2017-08-01
$20,000
Repayment of prohibited contribution
Clarke & Sampson
2017-08-24
$19,869
Insurance coverage
Arena Online
2017-09-24
$18,526
Digital videos
Great Books Foundation
2017-09-06
$16,503
Rent
Great Books Foundation
2017-09-22
$16,503
Rent
Great Books Foundation
2017-08-07
$16,503
Security deposit
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