Slaughter's committee spent the most on polling services in the quarter, with all those payments ($50,000) going to Tulchin Research in San Francisco. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Slaughter's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Polling services
$50,000
22.6%
Mailer postage
$23,790
10.7%
Mailer printing
$19,887
9%
Consulting
$16,883
7.6%
Printing
$16,386
7.4%
Mailing and sorting
$16,000
7.2%
Consulting, canvassing and phone banking reimbursement
$10,877
4.9%
Consulting, canvassing reimbursement
$9,210
4.2%
Phone call services
$7,306
3.3%
Mailer printer
$5,751
2.6%
Field work
$5,610
2.5%
Postage
$4,015
1.8%
Signs
$3,795
1.7%
Phone banking
$3,515
1.6%
Rent
$2,500
1.1%
Canvassing
$2,245
1%
Consulting, phone banking and canvassing reimbursement
$2,192
1%
Campaign office rent
$2,000
0.9%
Van rental for election day
$1,988
0.9%
Robo calls
$1,940
0.9%
Campaign work
$1,610
0.7%
Food
$1,596
0.7%
Phone bank expenses
$1,102
0.5%
Phone banking and canvassing
$1,101
0.5%
Reimbursement for campaign materials/items
$1,017
0.5%
Radio ad and consulting
$1,000
0.5%
Office clean up
$1,000
0.5%
Phone banking and fieldwork
$900
0.4%
Campaign consulting
$800
0.4%
Purchase of cell phones
$660
0.3%
Food and drinks
$625
0.3%
Cell phone service
$340
0.2%
Office supplies
$319
0.1%
Contribution for winter fundraiser
$300
0.1%
Gas reimbursement
$300
0.1%
Canvassing and gas reimbursement
$300
0.1%
Donations
$250
0.1%
Transportation for campaign workers
$250
0.1%
Videographer
$250
0.1%
Food, snacks, office supplies
$218
0.1%
Field work and gas reimbursement
$210
< 0.1%
Fundraising consulting
$200
< 0.1%
Phone bank and canvassing
$200
< 0.1%
Phone banking, canvassing, and gas reimbursement
$200
< 0.1%
Snow removal
$200
< 0.1%
Campaign office move and clean up
$200
< 0.1%
Transportation assistance
$160
< 0.1%
Phone banking and gas reimbursement
$150
< 0.1%
Field work and phone banking
$140
< 0.1%
Phone banking and transportation for campaign workers
$100
< 0.1%
Campaign office move in
$60
< 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
Tulchin Research
2018-03-07
$26,000
Polling services
Tulchin Research
2018-02-02
$24,000
Polling services
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-02-21
$8,000
Mailing and sorting
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-02-27
$8,000
Mailing and sorting
Winning Connections
2018-03-15
$7,306
Phone call services
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-03-05
$5,718
Printing
U.S. Postmaster
2018-03-09
$4,192
Mailer printing
U.S. Postmaster
2018-03-15
$4,192
Mailer printing
Stars & Stripes
2018-02-27
$3,795
Signs
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-03-10
$3,635
Printing
Bamani Obadele
2018-02-20
$3,592
Consulting, canvassing and phone banking reimbursement
Bamani Obadele
2018-03-23
$3,000
Consulting
Bamani Obadele
2018-01-17
$3,000
Consulting
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-03-14
$2,865
Printing
Bamani Obadele
2018-02-26
$2,507
Consulting, canvassing and phone banking reimbursement
Crown Commercial Real Estate
2018-01-31
$2,500
Rent
U.S. Postmaster
2018-03-16
$2,420
Mailer postage
U.S. Postmaster
2018-02-12
$2,420
Mailer postage
U.S. Postmaster
2018-03-07
$2,420
Mailer postage
U.S. Postmaster
2018-03-01
$2,420
Mailer postage
U.S. Postmaster
2018-02-21
$2,420
Mailer postage
U.S. Postmaster
2018-02-14
$2,420
Mailer postage
Bamani Obadele
2018-03-06
$2,192
Consulting, phone banking and canvassing reimbursement
Frye-Williams Press
2018-03-09
$2,083
Printing
Frye-Williams Press
2018-03-07
$2,083
Printing
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