Raoul's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 76.3% of this total ($21,740) going to Lake Research Partners in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Raoul's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$28,490
29.9%
Campaign work
$27,098
28.4%
Payroll
$14,413
15.1%
Payroll taxes
$7,245
7.6%
Digital
$5,750
6%
Utilities
$3,125
3.3%
Printing
$1,960
2.1%
Donations
$1,426
1.5%
Healthcare
$1,082
1.1%
Registration
$750
0.8%
Credit card processing fees
$711
0.7%
Event tickets
$670
0.7%
Lodging
$500
0.5%
Meals
$498
0.5%
Supplies
$469
0.5%
Postage & delivery
$409
0.4%
Rental fee
$400
0.4%
Meetings
$223
0.2%
Payroll fees
$173
0.2%
Credit card processing
$41
< 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
Lake Research Partners
2017-12-14
$21,740
Consulting
New Blue
2017-12-14
$5,750
Digital
Allen Manuel
2017-12-11
$5,268
Campaign work
Rickey Hendon
2017-10-16
$4,500
Campaign work
New Blue
2017-12-06
$4,500
Consulting
Rickey Hendon
2017-12-04
$2,650
Campaign work
Joe Duffy
2017-11-20
$2,576
Payroll
Joe Duffy
2017-12-04
$2,576
Payroll
Joe Duffy
2017-12-18
$2,576
Payroll
Earl Bell
2017-11-20
$2,500
Campaign work
John Preston
2017-12-11
$2,340
Campaign work
New Blue
2017-11-17
$2,250
Consulting
Larry Luster
2017-11-17
$2,228
Payroll
Larry Luster
2017-12-01
$2,228
Payroll
Larry Luster
2017-12-15
$2,228
Payroll
Dan Lira
2017-11-21
$1,800
Campaign work
United States Department of the Treasury
2017-12-14
$1,789
Payroll taxes
Social Security Administration
2017-12-14
$1,602
Payroll taxes
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2017-12-15
$1,195
Printing
Current Communications & Electric Corp.
2017-12-12
$1,183
Utilities
Allen Manuel
2017-12-13
$1,152
Campaign work
John Preston
2017-12-04
$1,106
Campaign work
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
2017-12-12
$1,082
Healthcare
Clarence Thomas
2017-11-21
$1,000
Campaign work
United States Department of the Treasury
2017-11-20
$910
Payroll taxes
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