Villivalim's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with 90.1% of this total ($148,917) going to Deliver Strategies, LLC in Arlington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Villivalim's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$165,248
48.7%
Advertising - digital
$40,145
11.8%
Polling
$23,200
6.8%
Campaign work
$20,224
6%
Consulting - fund raising
$16,000
4.7%
Printing
$15,047
4.4%
Staff salaries
$12,590
3.7%
Video production
$8,857
2.6%
Legal fees for campaign
$7,912
2.3%
Payroll taxes
$4,423
1.3%
Rent
$3,600
1.1%
Fund raising
$2,585
0.8%
Contractual expenses
$2,500
0.7%
Newspaper advertising
$2,189
0.6%
Actblue processing fee
$1,847
0.5%
Volunteer refreshments
$1,730
0.5%
Predictive dialing service
$1,440
0.4%
Voter database software
$1,420
0.4%
Postage
$1,210
0.4%
Rent - security deposit
$1,200
0.4%
Air fare - candidate
$978
0.3%
Transportation for campaign workers
$864
0.3%
Office supplies
$760
0.2%
Campaign literature
$750
0.2%
Voter outreach
$500
0.2%
Internet access and phone bill
$371
0.1%
Handwarmers
$302
< 0.1%
Advertising
$250
< 0.1%
Staff appreciation dinner
$248
< 0.1%
Transportation
$226
< 0.1%
Voter data
$219
< 0.1%
List rental
$205
< 0.1%
Payroll services
$203
< 0.1%
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$113
< 0.1%
Volunteer meal
$82
< 0.1%
Phones
$35
< 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
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-02-23
$31,483
Mailing
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-02-20
$31,409
Mailing
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-03-13
$24,699
Mailing
Normington, Petts, & Associates
2018-03-23
$23,200
Polling
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-03-13
$20,781
Mailing
Audience Partners
2018-02-22
$19,997
Advertising - digital
Audience Partners
2018-03-26
$18,850
Advertising - digital
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-03-06
$17,700
Mailing
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-03-13
$12,349
Mailing
Deliver Strategies, LLC
2018-03-02
$10,494
Mailing
North Shore Printers
2018-03-14
$7,377
Mailing
North Shore Printers
2018-03-08
$4,968
Mailing
New Chicago Consulting, LLC.
2018-03-09
$4,000
Consulting - fund raising
New Chicago Consulting, LLC.
2018-01-12
$4,000
Consulting - fund raising
New Chicago Consulting, LLC.
2018-02-23
$4,000
Consulting - fund raising
New Chicago Consulting, LLC.
2018-02-08
$4,000
Consulting - fund raising
Odelson & Sterk, Ltd.
2018-02-26
$4,000
Legal fees for campaign
Odelson & Sterk, Ltd.
2018-03-05
$3,912
Legal fees for campaign
North Shore Printers
2018-03-12
$3,889
Mailing
Forest Printing
2018-03-23
$3,740
Printing
Paychex
2018-01-30
$3,620
Staff salaries
Paychex
2018-02-27
$3,620
Staff salaries
Paychex
2018-03-30
$3,620
Staff salaries
Audience Partners
2018-03-26
$3,300
Video production
Chi-Town Printing, Inc.
2018-03-20
$2,590
Printing