Benson's committee spent the most on newspaper advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($26,446) going to Facebook in Menlo Park. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Benson's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Newspaper advertising
$26,446
80.2%
Consulting
$3,150
9.6%
Website design
$2,500
7.6%
Yard signs
$498
1.5%
Printing
$395
1.2%
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
Deviant Marketing
2018-01-29
$2,500
Consulting
Virgo Web Design
2018-01-02
$2,500
Website design
Facebook
2018-02-12
$900
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-02-16
$900
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-02-12
$900
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-02-26
$876
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-09
$853
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-08
$837
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-05
$825
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-07
$822
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-02
$805
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-12
$786
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-12
$767
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-19
$748
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-12
$730
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-16
$721
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-14
$690
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-16
$681
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-19
$677
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-16
$670
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-14
$655
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-13
$654
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2018-03-15
$654
Newspaper advertising
Deviant Marketing
2018-03-19
$650
Consulting
Facebook
2018-03-20
$648
Newspaper advertising
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