Rauner's committee spent the most on placed media in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,929,987) going to Target Enterprises LLC in Sherman Oaks. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Rauner's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Placed media
$3,929,987
51.1%
Online advertising
$785,983
10.2%
Salaries
$637,860
8.3%
Payroll taxes & withholdings
$295,511
3.8%
Field consulting
$287,951
3.7%
Gotv robo calls
$253,135
3.3%
Rent
$179,496
2.3%
Polling expense
$120,900
1.6%
Interns
$107,200
1.4%
Custom media analytics
$100,000
1.3%
Research consulting
$75,000
1%
Fundraising consulting
$67,913
0.9%
Telemarketing
$59,645
0.8%
Digital consulting
$58,354
0.8%
Political consulting
$58,275
0.8%
Communications consulting
$56,348
0.7%
Legal consulting
$51,317
0.7%
Data consulting services
$50,500
0.7%
Printing & design services
$49,196
0.6%
Strategy consulting
$35,522
0.5%
Rent & utilities
$33,478
0.4%
Data subscription
$31,755
0.4%
Postage
$30,632
0.4%
Financial and management consulting
$30,000
0.4%
Legal services
$30,000
0.4%
Health insurance
$27,852
0.4%
Direct mail postage
$26,583
0.4%
Database services
$25,000
0.3%
Accounting services
$24,000
0.3%
Insurance
$20,888
0.3%
Travel: mileage
$18,147
0.2%
Compliance
$15,300
0.2%
Media consulting
$15,000
0.2%
Email marketing services
$10,500
0.1%
Software subscription
$8,354
0.1%
Office supplies
$7,653
0.1%
Database hosting
$7,352
0.1%
Taxes
$6,791
< 0.1%
Utilities
$5,860
< 0.1%
Videography services
$5,165
< 0.1%
Travel: lodging
$4,781
< 0.1%
Credit card processing fees
$4,677
< 0.1%
Mailing
$3,880
< 0.1%
Refund of contributions from 12/11/17, 1/8/18, 2/12/18, 3/12/18, 4/9/18 & 5/7/18
$3,000
< 0.1%
Meeting expense: meals
$2,498
< 0.1%
Online subscriptions
$2,082
< 0.1%
Office phones
$2,064
< 0.1%
Collateral: bumper stickers
$1,766
< 0.1%
Disgorgement of prohibited contribution
$1,750
< 0.1%
Travel: air
$1,661
< 0.1%
Payroll processing fees
$1,643
< 0.1%
Meeting expense: food
$1,638
< 0.1%
Refund of contribution
$1,590
< 0.1%
Event expense: staging
$1,500
< 0.1%
Office equipment/supplies
$1,491
< 0.1%
Website development
$1,290
< 0.1%
Event expense: catering
$1,250
< 0.1%
Delivery services
$1,125
< 0.1%
Equipment rental
$1,064
< 0.1%
Employee benefits subscription
$900
< 0.1%
Office equipment
$888
< 0.1%
Mobile phone expense
$818
< 0.1%
Bank fees
$805
< 0.1%
Building maintenance
$725
< 0.1%
Travel: ground transportation
$670
< 0.1%
Gift card
$664
< 0.1%
Printing services
$656
< 0.1%
Parking services
$633
< 0.1%
Intern incentives
$522
< 0.1%
Event registration fee
$425
< 0.1%
Software
$385
< 0.1%
Storage
$381
< 0.1%
Intern incentive
$272
< 0.1%
Collateral: thunder sticks
$268
< 0.1%
Domain purchase
$259
< 0.1%
Printing expense
$254
< 0.1%
Collateral: koozies
$246
< 0.1%
Gift cards
$228
< 0.1%
Audio production services
$225
< 0.1%
Broadband services
$214
< 0.1%
Subscriptions
$195
< 0.1%
Merchant fee
$183
< 0.1%
Travel: rail
$180
< 0.1%
Event expense: audio speakers
$166
< 0.1%
Po box renewal
$140
< 0.1%
Bank maintenance fee
$135
< 0.1%
Event expenses
$118
< 0.1%
Moving expense
$117
< 0.1%
Deposit ticket fee
$90
< 0.1%
Maintenance fee
$66
< 0.1%
Returned check
$10
< 0.1%
Credit card transaction fees
$4
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Target Enterprises LLC
2018-06-18
$2,312,937
Placed media
Target Enterprises LLC
2018-06-01
$1,617,050
Placed media
Advictory LLC
2018-06-25
$290,000
Online advertising
Advantage
2018-04-06
$253,135
Gotv robo calls
Advictory LLC
2018-04-25
$201,483
Online advertising
Advictory LLC
2018-05-18
$154,500
Online advertising
In Field Strategies
2018-06-25
$145,000
Field consulting
Stampede Consulting
2018-06-25
$110,670
Field consulting
Paylocity Corporation
2018-06-29
$104,188
Payroll taxes & withholdings
Deep Root Analytics, LLC
2018-06-25
$100,000
Custom media analytics
Paylocity Corporation
2018-06-01
$98,364
Payroll taxes & withholdings
The Tarrance Group
2018-04-25
$93,420
Polling expense
Paylocity Corporation
2018-05-01
$89,918
Payroll taxes & withholdings
America Rising Corp.
2018-05-18
$75,000
Research consulting
Advictory LLC
2018-04-13
$70,000
Online advertising
Advictory LLC
2018-06-20
$70,000
Online advertising
Victory Phones
2018-05-18
$55,245
Telemarketing
Storytellers
2018-06-12
$45,080
Printing & design services
BKZ Consulting, Inc
2018-04-13
$31,913
Fundraising consulting
The Crescent Group, LTD
2018-06-22
$30,000
Legal services
TargetPoint Consulting, Inc.
2018-05-18
$28,000
Data consulting services
The Tarrance Group
2018-06-25
$25,750
Polling expense
KK & Co Inc
2018-05-17
$25,385
Communications consulting
Coolidge Technology Limited
2018-04-24
$25,000
Database services
i360
2018-05-02
$21,775
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