Kennedy's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,440,932) going to Adelstein and Associates in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kennedy's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$2,440,932
62.5%
Consulting
$485,310
12.4%
Payroll
$326,042
8.4%
Digital advertising
$80,756
2.1%
Printing
$77,943
2%
Payroll taxes
$64,220
1.6%
Taxes - federal
$52,099
1.3%
Event catering
$31,943
0.8%
Rent
$27,681
0.7%
Production media expenses
$27,142
0.7%
Payment processing fees
$26,159
0.7%
Research
$26,000
0.7%
Transportation
$24,796
0.6%
Software
$24,186
0.6%
Employee health benefits
$23,916
0.6%
Event space
$19,495
0.5%
Newspaper advertising
$18,186
0.5%
Actblue fee
$18,015
0.5%
Credit card fees
$17,610
0.5%
Election day workers
$17,000
0.4%
Phones
$10,069
0.3%
Refunds
$9,750
0.3%
Donations
$8,225
0.2%
Media - radio
$5,000
0.1%
Office supplies
$3,989
0.1%
Lodging
$3,470
< 0.1%
Parade expenses
$3,216
< 0.1%
Tickets
$3,208
< 0.1%
3000
$3,000
< 0.1%
Payrol taxes
$2,713
< 0.1%
Payroll bank fees
$2,686
< 0.1%
Computer software
$2,626
< 0.1%
Advertising
$2,000
< 0.1%
Video production
$2,000
< 0.1%
Audio/video
$1,860
< 0.1%
Catering
$1,501
< 0.1%
Insurance
$1,404
< 0.1%
Postage
$1,301
< 0.1%
Car rental
$1,009
< 0.1%
Parking
$941
< 0.1%
Utilities
$846
< 0.1%
Internet access
$797
< 0.1%
Event space and catering
$725
< 0.1%
Digital advertisement
$718
< 0.1%
Digital advertsing
$707
< 0.1%
Media tracking
$600
< 0.1%
Phone/internet
$413
< 0.1%
Office water
$376
< 0.1%
Campaign work
$250
< 0.1%
Event entertainment
$250
< 0.1%
Fund raising entertainment
$235
< 0.1%
Gasoline
$195
< 0.1%
Cleaning service
$190
< 0.1%
Flowers
$171
< 0.1%
Buttons
$168
< 0.1%
Office drinking water
$109
< 0.1%
Shipping
$88
< 0.1%
Creditcard fees
$52
< 0.1%
Website expenses
$32
< 0.1%
Voter tapes
$29
< 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
Adelstein and Associates
2018-03-09
$400,000
Television media
Adelstein and Associates
2018-03-13
$381,730
Television media
Adelstein and Associates
2018-03-02
$380,000
Television media
Adelstein and Associates
2018-02-16
$337,500
Television media
Adelstein and Associates
2018-03-07
$187,500
Television media
Adelstein and Associates
2018-01-30
$138,250
Television media
Adelstein and Associates
2018-02-09
$137,500
Television media
Adelstein and Associates
2018-02-02
$137,500
Television media
Adelstein and Associates
2018-02-23
$130,000
Television media
Adelstein and Associates
2018-02-27
$100,000
Television media
Adelstein and Associates
2018-03-27
$90,000
Television media
P2 Consulting
2018-01-04
$52,500
Consulting
Grossman Heinz
2018-03-09
$50,000
Consulting
SNP Strategies Inc
2018-02-21
$38,500
Consulting
Adelstein and Associates
2018-03-26
$27,142
Production media expenses
Hart Research Associates
2018-02-05
$26,000
Research
Revolution Messaging
2018-02-27
$24,516
Digital advertising
Grossman Heinz
2018-03-08
$22,154
Consulting
Grossman Heinz
2018-03-05
$22,154
Consulting
Adelstein and Associates
2018-02-14
$20,952
Television media
Grossman Heinz
2018-03-20
$20,000
Consulting
Stars and Stripes
2018-03-06
$17,710
Printing
Berger Hirschberg Strategies
2018-03-23
$17,101
Consulting
Pericles Abbasi
2018-02-20
$16,000
Consulting
Mary Beth Sova
2018-03-09
$15,000
Consulting
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