Ramirez's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($82,165) going to The Public Response Group in Palos Heights. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Ramirez's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$82,165
54.4%
Staff salaries
$20,250
13.4%
Printing
$10,648
7.1%
Signs
$7,085
4.7%
Consulting
$6,000
4%
Supplies
$3,967
2.6%
Donations
$2,828
1.9%
Food
$2,345
1.6%
Palm cards
$2,142
1.4%
Postage
$1,693
1.1%
Election day pollwatcher expenses
$1,468
1%
Transportation - services rendered
$1,275
0.8%
Palm cards - distribution services rendered
$1,050
0.7%
Fund raising (food)
$1,013
0.7%
Television advertising
$1,000
0.7%
Rent
$945
0.6%
Election day expenses
$882
0.6%
Website expenses
$790
0.5%
Photography
$750
0.5%
Transportation
$599
0.4%
Phone bank expenses
$570
0.4%
Hall rental for raising funds
$496
0.3%
Utilities
$396
0.3%
Newspaper advertising
$350
0.2%
Lawn signs
$260
0.2%
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
The Public Response Group
2018-02-15
$25,394
Mailing
The Public Response Group
2018-02-15
$22,672
Mailing
The Public Response Group
2018-03-03
$22,000
Mailing
The Public Response Group
2018-03-03
$12,098
Mailing
Union Signs and Printing
2018-03-03
$4,090
Signs
Sian DuPrey
2018-02-15
$3,300
Staff salaries
Sian DuPrey
2018-03-09
$3,300
Staff salaries
Sian DuPrey
2018-01-15
$3,150
Staff salaries
Grassroots Illinois Action
2018-03-09
$2,828
Donations
Minuteman Press
2018-03-09
$2,389
Printing
Progress Printing
2018-02-10
$2,320
Printing
National Distribution Systems
2018-03-09
$2,125
Printing
Ryan Kelleher
2018-02-08
$2,000
Staff salaries
Ryan Kelleher
2018-03-09
$2,000
Staff salaries
Progress Printing
2018-01-10
$1,870
Printing
Minuteman Press
2018-03-03
$1,549
Printing
Minuteman Press
2018-02-16
$1,505
Palm cards
Sian DuPrey
2018-03-09
$1,500
Staff salaries
Jessica Gutierrez
2018-03-12
$1,500
Staff salaries
Union Signs and Printing
2018-03-19
$1,380
Signs
Anton Adkins
2018-03-27
$1,275
Transportation - services rendered
Erik Martinez
2018-02-05
$1,200
Staff salaries
We Bridge Consulting LLC
2018-03-12
$1,200
Consulting
We Bridge Consulting LLC
2018-03-03
$1,200
Consulting
We Bridge Consulting LLC
2018-02-06
$1,200
Consulting
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