Pappas's committee spent the most on poll in the quarter, with all those payments ($30,000) going to Tulchin Research in San Francisco. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Pappas's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Poll
$30,000
78.5%
Donations
$4,800
12.6%
Advertising
$2,059
5.4%
Fundraising
$540
1.4%
Outreach
$500
1.3%
Postage
$334
0.9%
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
Tulchin Research
2017-12-29
$30,000
Poll
Better Containers Mfg Co Inc
2017-12-15
$1,152
Advertising
Christmas in the Wards
2017-12-13
$1,000
Donations
Friends for Tom Sianis
2017-10-23
$1,000
Donations
Better Containers Mfg Co Inc
2017-12-29
$906
Advertising
39th Ward Democratic Organization
2017-12-05
$500
Donations
Christmas in the Wards
2017-12-21
$500
Donations
Munir Muhammed
2017-12-29
$500
Outreach
34th Ward Regular Democratic Organization
2017-11-06
$250
Donations
Citizens for Moore
2017-11-24
$250
Donations
Friends of Robert Martwick
2017-12-15
$250
Donations
Orland Township Democratic Org
2017-10-27
$250
Donations
18th Ward Democratic Organization
2017-11-24
$200
Donations
47th Ward Democratic Organization
2017-12-08
$200
Donations
Chicago Alderman Black Caucus
2017-11-17
$200
Donations
Friends of Leslie Hairston
2017-12-06
$200
Donations
U.S. Postal
2017-12-14
$168
Postage
ACTBLUE Illinois
2017-11-03
$138
Fundraising
ACTBLUE Illinois
2017-11-05
$108
Fundraising
U.S. Postal
2017-11-13
$99
Postage
ACTBLUE Illinois
2017-11-01
$84
Fundraising
U.S. Postal
2017-12-14
$67
Postage
ACTBLUE Illinois
2017-10-25
$59
Fundraising
ACTBLUE Illinois
2017-11-06
$50
Fundraising
ACTBLUE Illinois
2017-11-08
$39
Fundraising