Whiting's committee spent the most on campaign staff compensation. in the quarter, with all those payments ($10,267) going to Samantha Ellison in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Whiting's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign staff compensation.
$10,267
13.2%
Loan repayment.
$8,000
10.2%
Administrative.
$6,303
8.1%
Printing.
$6,010
7.7%
Robocall.
$5,775
7.4%
Yard signs.
$5,700
7.3%
Advertising.
$5,636
7.2%
Direct mail.
$5,364
6.9%
Polling stations.
$5,002
6.4%
Window sign distribution.
$3,250
4.2%
Consultant.
$2,500
3.2%
Legal services.
$2,275
2.9%
Strategy consulting.
$2,000
2.6%
Nonprofit consulting.
$1,750
2.2%
Poll worker.
$1,712
2.2%
Social media consulting.
$1,492
1.9%
Communications consulting.
$1,000
1.3%
Compliance and field consulting.
$800
1%
Fundraising database software.
$800
1%
Compliance consulting.
$750
1%
Transportation.
$310
0.4%
Palm card printing.
$265
0.3%
Contribution.
$250
0.3%
Church consultant.
$250
0.3%
Processing fees.
$201
0.3%
Processing fee.
$201
0.3%
Video production.
$170
0.2%
Uncategorized expenses
$50
< 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
Sarah Ann Ebner
2018-03-27
$8,000
Loan repayment.
Democracy Engine
2018-03-19
$5,364
Direct mail.
Minuteman Press Chicago
2018-03-09
$4,500
Yard signs.
Samantha Ellison
2018-02-20
$3,585
Campaign staff compensation.
Victory Executive Coaching
2018-03-05
$3,250
Window sign distribution.
Samantha Ellison
2018-03-07
$2,418
Campaign staff compensation.
Samantha Ellison
2018-01-23
$2,355
Campaign staff compensation.
Ed Mullen
2018-01-10
$2,275
Legal services.
ef Design Group, Inc.
2018-01-31
$1,960
Printing.
Samantha Ellison
2018-03-21
$1,908
Campaign staff compensation.
Kelly Kleiman
2018-01-31
$1,750
Nonprofit consulting.
Midway Broadcasting Corporation
2018-03-12
$1,725
Administrative.
ef Design Group, Inc.
2018-01-30
$1,600
Printing.
ef Design Group, Inc.
2018-03-02
$1,600
Printing.
April Stewart
2018-01-03
$1,566
Administrative.
Arka Pana Consulting
2018-01-12
$1,492
Social media consulting.
Minuteman Press Chicago
2018-03-09
$1,200
Yard signs.
Sarah Eucalano
2018-03-08
$1,117
Administrative.
Christina Sallis
2018-01-03
$1,100
Administrative.
Sarah Eucalano
2018-02-21
$1,044
Poll worker.
Kurth Lampe
2018-01-21
$1,000
Strategy consulting.
Kurth Lampe
2018-02-20
$1,000
Communications consulting.
Kurth Lampe
2018-03-16
$1,000
Strategy consulting.
Victory Executive Coaching
2018-02-21
$1,000
Consultant.
ef Design Group, Inc.
2018-02-28
$850
Printing.
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