Fairley's committee spent the most on services rendered in the quarter, with 28.3% of this total ($40,950) going to GBA Strategies in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Fairley's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Services rendered
$144,932
32%
Television advertising
$79,000
17.4%
Payroll
$66,746
14.7%
Advertising
$60,000
13.2%
Facebook ads
$30,435
6.7%
Services rendeed
$20,000
4.4%
Software
$13,593
3%
Email account services
$10,471
2.3%
Rent
$8,523
1.9%
Printing services
$7,583
1.7%
Transportation
$5,981
1.3%
Office supplies
$1,110
0.2%
Twitter ads
$919
0.2%
Political contribution
$900
0.2%
Tickets
$900
0.2%
Servuces rendered
$750
0.2%
Photography servuces
$722
0.2%
Transporation
$349
< 0.1%
Food and drink
$336
< 0.1%
Lodging
$155
< 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
Buying Time LLC
2018-02-26
$79,000
Television advertising
Buying Time LLC
2018-03-06
$60,000
Advertising
GBA Strategies
2018-01-09
$40,950
Services rendered
The Publicity Works
2018-03-19
$30,000
Services rendered
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-29
$19,855
Services rendered
The CFO Consulting Group
2018-01-03
$12,764
Services rendered
Darnell Clark
2018-03-16
$10,000
Services rendeed
Democratic Party of Illinois
2018-02-21
$10,000
Software
CFO Consulting
2018-02-01
$7,047
Services rendered
CFO Consulting
2018-03-09
$6,312
Services rendered
CFO Consulting
2018-03-26
$6,000
Services rendered
Mary Smith
2018-02-09
$6,000
Services rendered
Sway
2018-03-06
$5,567
Services rendered
Jkcs
2018-01-12
$5,000
Transportation
Mary Smith
2018-03-12
$5,000
Services rendeed
Dave Mellet
2018-01-02
$3,750
Payroll
Dave Mellet
2018-01-17
$3,750
Payroll
Dave Mellet
2018-02-01
$3,750
Payroll
Dave Mellet
2018-02-20
$3,750
Payroll
Jalakoi Solomon
2018-01-02
$3,750
Payroll
Jalakoi Solomon
2018-01-17
$3,750
Payroll
Jalakoi Solomon
2018-02-02
$3,750
Payroll
Jermaine Clark
2018-02-27
$3,500
Services rendered
Dave Mellet
2018-03-05
$3,000
Payroll
Dave Mellet
2018-03-19
$3,000
Payroll
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