Negron's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 45% of this total ($11,570) going to Blaise and Associates in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Negron's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$25,692
65.9%
Printing
$4,407
11.3%
Credit card fees
$3,188
8.2%
Production media expenses
$2,000
5.1%
Research
$1,000
2.6%
Website expenses
$750
1.9%
Database expenses
$750
1.9%
Supplies
$728
1.9%
Notary registration
$246
0.6%
Event expenses
$212
0.5%
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
KJD Strategies
2018-07-03
$8,872
Consulting
Blaise and Associates
2018-08-24
$4,165
Consulting
Direct Connect Processing
2018-07-02
$2,558
Credit card fees
Blaise and Associates
2018-07-15
$2,500
Consulting
Blaise and Associates
2018-07-01
$2,500
Consulting
Blaise and Associates
2018-09-19
$2,405
Consulting
Chi-Town Printing
2018-07-16
$2,225
Printing
AL Media
2018-08-30
$2,000
Production media expenses
Joe Dutra
2018-09-18
$1,500
Consulting
Breaker Press
2018-09-19
$1,162
Printing
Silver Street Strategies
2018-07-01
$1,000
Research
Joe Dutra
2018-07-27
$750
Consulting
Joe Dutra
2018-07-23
$750
Consulting
Matthew Elias
2018-09-20
$750
Website expenses
Melissa Hoffmann
2018-07-11
$750
Consulting
Melissa Hoffmann
2018-08-07
$750
Consulting
Melissa Hoffmann
2018-09-10
$750
Consulting
Direct Connect Processing
2018-08-02
$563
Credit card fees
Chi-Town Printing
2018-07-01
$345
Printing
Office Depot
2018-07-26
$275
Supplies
Chi-Town Printing
2018-07-30
$270
Printing
Ngp Van
2018-08-02
$250
Database expenses
Ngp Van
2018-09-04
$250
Database expenses
Ngp Van
2018-07-02
$250
Database expenses
Chi-Town Printing
2018-08-21
$245
Printing