Rauner's committee spent the most on placed media in the quarter, with all those payments ($13,947,346) going to Target Enterprises LLC in Sherman Oaks. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Rauner's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Placed media
$13,947,346
73.3%
Online advertising
$2,207,484
11.6%
Salaries
$493,028
2.6%
Interns
$236,550
1.2%
Payroll taxes & withholdings
$217,414
1.1%
Rent
$169,546
0.9%
Field consulting
$160,447
0.8%
Polling expense
$143,007
0.8%
Strategy consulting
$136,168
0.7%
Insurance
$127,753
0.7%
Telemarketing
$102,800
0.5%
Custom media analytics
$100,000
0.5%
Data modeling
$90,000
0.5%
Printing and design services
$55,189
0.3%
Data subscription
$55,183
0.3%
Rent & utilities
$50,931
0.3%
Legal consulting
$47,186
0.3%
Communications consulting
$44,738
0.2%
Digital consulting
$44,714
0.2%
Flight time $31,500; fuel $5,265; landing fees $1,390.35 & pilot costs $2,614.27
$40,769
0.2%
Political consulting
$38,795
0.2%
Printing and production
$31,459
0.2%
Financial and management consulting
$30,000
0.2%
Database services
$25,000
0.1%
Travel: mileage
$24,912
0.1%
Fundraising consulting
$24,692
0.1%
Accounting services
$24,000
0.1%
Travel: lodging
$23,546
0.1%
Data consulting services
$22,500
0.1%
Postage
$19,902
0.1%
Direct marketing
$19,115
0.1%
Rent & utilites
$16,998
< 0.1%
Compliance
$15,300
< 0.1%
Credit card processing fees
$15,270
< 0.1%
Catering services
$14,611
< 0.1%
Consulting
$13,264
< 0.1%
Travel: car rental
$11,107
< 0.1%
Email marketing services
$11,092
< 0.1%
Office supplies
$10,431
< 0.1%
List acquisition
$10,301
< 0.1%
Media consulting
$10,000
< 0.1%
Credit card merchant fees
$9,981
< 0.1%
Printing & design services
$9,127
< 0.1%
Event expense: food and beverages
$6,865
< 0.1%
Utilities
$5,641
< 0.1%
Meeting expense: food
$5,608
< 0.1%
Facility rental/ catering services
$5,574
< 0.1%
Meeting expense: meals
$5,485
< 0.1%
Database hosting
$5,421
< 0.1%
Event expense: bus rental
$4,800
< 0.1%
Caging and escrow
$4,615
< 0.1%
Software subscription
$4,570
< 0.1%
Facility rental/catering services
$4,570
< 0.1%
Event expense: boat rental
$4,360
< 0.1%
Mobile phone expense
$4,096
< 0.1%
Printing expense
$3,924
< 0.1%
Videography services
$3,902
< 0.1%
Advertising expense
$3,750
< 0.1%
Collateral: bumper stickers
$3,529
< 0.1%
Graphic design
$3,500
< 0.1%
Broadband services
$3,263
< 0.1%
Building maintenance
$3,240
< 0.1%
Mailing
$3,236
< 0.1%
Data work
$2,906
< 0.1%
Office furniture
$2,326
< 0.1%
Travel: ground transportation
$2,314
< 0.1%
Equipment rental
$2,237
< 0.1%
Facitity rental/catering services
$1,674
< 0.1%
Event registration fee
$1,672
< 0.1%
Delivery services
$1,662
< 0.1%
Parking expense
$1,616
< 0.1%
Website development
$1,570
< 0.1%
Giftcard
$1,240
< 0.1%
Travel: air
$1,217
< 0.1%
Employee benefits subscription
$1,050
< 0.1%
Contributions
$1,000
< 0.1%
Online subscriptions
$851
< 0.1%
Photography services
$840
< 0.1%
Bank fee
$811
< 0.1%
Payroll processing fees
$722
< 0.1%
Software services
$711
< 0.1%
Storage
$664
< 0.1%
Event expense: petting zoo
$600
< 0.1%
Returned check
$535
< 0.1%
Field consultant
$500
< 0.1%
Event entry fee
$500
< 0.1%
Disgorgement of prohibited contribution
$500
< 0.1%
Event staging expense
$495
< 0.1%
Teleconferencing fee
$460
< 0.1%
Event expense: t-shirt cannon
$459
< 0.1%
Domain purchase
$457
< 0.1%
Credit card transaction fees
$381
< 0.1%
Email marketing service
$380
< 0.1%
Media production consulting
$350
< 0.1%
Facility rental
$332
< 0.1%
Software
$318
< 0.1%
Bank fees
$304
< 0.1%
Event expense: facility rental
$275
< 0.1%
Cleaning services
$260
< 0.1%
Event supplies
$222
< 0.1%
Parking services
$198
< 0.1%
Refund of contribution
$160
< 0.1%
Travel: milage
$159
< 0.1%
Travel: food
$146
< 0.1%
Po box fee
$107
< 0.1%
Subscriptions
$43
< 0.1%
Travel: rail
$40
< 0.1%
Volunteer gift
$30
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Target Enterprises LLC
2018-08-17
$3,700,354
Placed media
Target Enterprises LLC
2018-07-06
$2,356,319
Placed media
Target Enterprises LLC
2018-08-30
$2,000,000
Placed media
Target Enterprises LLC
2018-09-13
$1,739,226
Placed media
Target Enterprises LLC
2018-08-03
$1,361,995
Placed media
Target Enterprises LLC
2018-09-07
$1,200,000
Placed media
Target Enterprises LLC
2018-07-27
$833,982
Placed media
Target Enterprises LLC
2018-09-26
$755,467
Placed media
Advictory LLC
2018-09-07
$400,000
Online advertising
Advictory LLC
2018-08-31
$400,000
Online advertising
Advictory LLC
2018-08-17
$352,000
Online advertising
Advictory LLC
2018-09-28
$250,000
Online advertising
Advictory LLC
2018-08-31
$248,454
Online advertising
Advictory LLC
2018-07-02
$188,000
Online advertising
Advictory LLC
2018-07-06
$188,000
Online advertising
Advictory LLC
2018-07-19
$111,030
Online advertising
Paylocity Corporation
2018-08-01
$108,830
Payroll taxes & withholdings
Paylocity Corporation
2018-08-31
$107,966
Payroll taxes & withholdings
ColdSpark
2018-09-19
$102,944
Strategy consulting
Deep Root Analytics, LLC
2018-08-21
$100,000
Custom media analytics
In Field Strategies
2018-08-14
$100,000
Field consulting
Advictory LLC
2018-08-01
$70,000
Online advertising
Clarke & Sampson, Inc.
2018-09-24
$59,810
Insurance
The Tarrance Group
2018-07-13
$53,337
Polling expense
Great Books Foundation - CFR
2018-09-25
$50,931
Rent & utilities
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