Goldstein's committee spent the most on television advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($147,844) going to Boca in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Goldstein's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television advertising
$147,844
66.5%
Consulting
$24,985
11.2%
Production media expenses
$10,970
4.9%
Online advertising
$7,730
3.5%
Public relations
$7,461
3.4%
Printing
$4,428
2%
Rent
$3,500
1.6%
Poll
$3,000
1.4%
Social media advertising
$2,812
1.3%
Phone bank expenses
$2,750
1.2%
Donations
$2,000
0.9%
Brochures
$1,576
0.7%
Reimbursement for computers, printer, and paper
$1,124
0.5%
Campaign staff
$500
0.2%
Bank charges
$492
0.2%
Food
$417
0.2%
Internet access
$216
0.1%
Utilities
$205
< 0.1%
Palm cards
$200
< 0.1%
Reimbursement for supplies
$74
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Boca
2018-01-23
$97,729
Television advertising
Boca
2018-03-05
$40,000
Television advertising
Boca
2018-01-16
$7,000
Production media expenses
Kurman Communications
2018-02-05
$6,405
Public relations
Robert Murphy
2018-01-02
$5,500
Consulting
Boca
2018-03-19
$5,115
Television advertising
Boca
2018-02-20
$5,000
Television advertising
Robert Murphy
2018-02-06
$5,000
Consulting
Rany Management
2018-01-19
$3,500
Rent
Blue Sun Campaigns
2018-02-15
$3,000
Poll
Neighbors for Robert Murphy
2018-03-19
$2,000
Donations
Steve Spagnolo
2018-01-29
$2,000
Consulting
Steve Spagnolo
2018-03-05
$2,000
Consulting
Arka Pana Consulting
2018-01-02
$1,985
Production media expenses
Arka Pana Consulting
2018-02-01
$1,985
Production media expenses
Arka Pana Consulting
2018-03-01
$1,985
Consulting
Chi-Town Printing, Inc.
2018-03-19
$1,730
Printing
HubDialer
2018-01-29
$1,650
Phone bank expenses
Breaker Press
2018-03-06
$1,576
Brochures
Samay Gheewala
2018-01-16
$1,250
Consulting
Samay Gheewala
2018-01-22
$1,250
Consulting
Eric Brodsky
2018-01-18
$1,124
Reimbursement for computers, printer, and paper
HubDialer
2018-01-29
$1,100
Phone bank expenses
Kurman Communications
2018-02-22
$1,056
Public relations
Vianney Alarcon
2018-01-09
$1,000
Consulting
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