Shaw's committee spent the most on polling in the quarter, with all those payments ($12,780) going to Lake Research Partners in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Shaw's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Polling
$12,780
28.4%
Consulting-fundraising
$11,250
25%
Consulting-research
$5,000
11.1%
Consulting
$3,650
8.1%
Food and beverages
$2,691
6%
Consulting-petitions
$2,659
5.9%
Consulting-campaign management
$2,468
5.5%
Cc processing fee
$1,878
4.2%
Tech services
$750
1.7%
Consulting-volunteer engagement
$677
1.5%
Consulting-bookkeeping
$400
0.9%
Design
$350
0.8%
Refunds
$200
0.4%
Website expenses
$200
0.4%
Phonecalls
$105
0.2%
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
2017-12-18
$12,780
Polling
Vasyl Markus
2017-10-04
$2,500
Consulting-research
Vasyl Markus
2017-12-01
$2,500
Consulting-research
Paul Fellows
2017-12-15
$2,468
Consulting-campaign management
Hubbard Inn
2017-10-04
$2,000
Food and beverages
Juan Rodriguez
2017-10-03
$2,000
Consulting
Lucas Stanfield
2017-10-17
$1,750
Consulting-fundraising
Mia Phifer
2017-10-23
$1,500
Consulting-fundraising
Mia Phifer
2017-11-01
$1,500
Consulting-fundraising
Mia Phifer
2017-12-01
$1,500
Consulting-fundraising
Lucas Stanfield
2017-10-01
$1,250
Consulting
Lucas Stanfield
2017-11-01
$1,250
Consulting-fundraising
Lucas Stanfield
2017-11-15
$1,250
Consulting-fundraising
Lucas Stanfield
2017-12-01
$1,250
Consulting-fundraising
Lucas Stanfield
2017-12-15
$1,250
Consulting-fundraising
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-11-02
$938
Cc processing fee
Alexis J Rangel
2017-11-01
$750
Consulting-petitions
Alexis J Rangel
2017-11-15
$750
Consulting-petitions
Alexis J Rangel
2017-12-01
$750
Consulting-petitions
Hubbard Steaks LLC
2017-12-28
$691
Food and beverages
Jackson Paller
2017-12-15
$677
Consulting-volunteer engagement
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-10-02
$592
Cc processing fee
Alexis J Rangel
2017-12-15
$409
Consulting-petitions
Juan Rodriguez
2017-10-03
$400
Consulting
Jess Greene
2017-10-25
$350
Design