Nelson's committee spent the most on yard signs in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,250) going to Kirkwood Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Nelson's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Yard signs
$3,250
26%
Consulting
$2,000
16%
Fund raising (food)
$1,979
15.8%
Printing
$1,368
10.9%
Food
$685
5.5%
Production media expenses
$675
5.4%
Promotional items
$597
4.8%
T-shirts
$546
4.4%
Golf outings
$250
2%
Technical support
$250
2%
Postage
$235
1.9%
Principal payment, rupprecht
$234
1.9%
Newspaper advertising
$164
1.3%
Cell phones
$136
1.1%
Office equipment
$127
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
Kirkwood Consulting
2016-08-20
$3,250
Yard signs
Victory Research
2016-07-02
$2,000
Consulting
Altamore Ristorante
2016-09-14
$1,400
Fund raising (food)
Vance Printing
2016-08-12
$1,013
Printing
Tads on the Rock
2016-07-08
$579
Fund raising (food)
Stars & Stripes Silk Screening, Inc.
2016-08-18
$546
T-shirts
Strawman Productions
2016-08-20
$300
Production media expenses
Best Buy
2016-09-26
$270
Promotional items
Carpenters Local 792
2016-08-04
$250
Golf outings
Judy Rupprecht
2016-07-14
$234
Principal payment, rupprecht
Strawman Productions
2016-09-01
$200
Production media expenses
Vance Printing
2016-08-31
$182
Printing
Strawman Productions
2016-09-30
$175
Production media expenses
Rock River Times
2016-09-23
$164
Newspaper advertising
Sams Club
2016-08-22
$162
Promotional items
Democratic Party of Illinois
2016-08-12
$150
Technical support
Best Buy
2016-08-18
$136
Cell phones
Best Buy
2016-07-28
$127
Office equipment
Perkins
2016-09-26
$123
Food
Sams Club
2016-08-10
$102
Promotional items
Perkins
2016-09-19
$101
Food
Democratic Party of Illinois
2016-08-10
$100
Technical support
Perkins
2016-09-10
$98
Food
Perkins
2016-09-12
$98
Food
Perkins
2016-08-15
$95
Food
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