Cunningham's committee spent the most on printing and mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($27,100) going to Breaker Press in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cunningham's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing and mailing
$27,100
43.7%
Printing
$21,992
35.4%
Mailing
$6,910
11.1%
Advertising
$2,440
3.9%
Newspaper advertising
$2,323
3.7%
Fund raising (food)
$649
1.1%
Advertising email
$365
0.6%
Advertising - email
$310
0.5%
Table 2 below shows the top 13 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Breaker Press
2018-03-30
$27,100
Printing and mailing
Breaker Press
2018-03-14
$7,405
Printing
KNI Communications
2018-01-29
$6,910
Mailing
Breaker Press
2018-02-21
$5,856
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-03-06
$5,630
Printing
Breaker Press
2018-01-16
$3,100
Printing
Valpak of Chicago
2018-03-12
$2,440
Advertising
Southwest Community News Group
2018-03-14
$1,399
Newspaper advertising
Barraco's Pizza Inc
2018-02-16
$649
Fund raising (food)
Beverly Review
2018-02-26
$462
Newspaper advertising
Beverly Review
2018-03-30
$462
Newspaper advertising
Data-Clear
2018-03-28
$365
Advertising email
Data-Clear
2018-02-27
$310
Advertising - email