Caruana's committee spent the most on advertising tv and radio in the quarter, with all those payments ($30,000) going to Cain & Company in Rockford. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Caruana's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Advertising tv and radio
$30,000
40.2%
Television media
$15,000
20.1%
Mailing
$9,020
12.1%
Tv ad producion
$3,500
4.7%
Production media expenses
$3,500
4.7%
Robo calls
$2,290
3.1%
Donations
$2,200
3%
Staff salaries
$2,000
2.7%
Fund raising (food)
$1,307
1.8%
Food
$1,280
1.7%
Palm cards
$650
0.9%
Consulting
$650
0.9%
Magazine advertising
$584
0.8%
T-shirts
$572
0.8%
Fund raising - hall set up and clean up
$516
0.7%
Posts for signs,
$305
0.4%
Hall rental for raising funds
$300
0.4%
Facebook boost, flyers, tickets
$297
0.4%
Sign stakes
$268
0.4%
Banners and placemats
$196
0.3%
Promotional items
$193
0.3%
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
Cain & Company
2018-02-06
$30,000
Advertising tv and radio
Cain & Company
2018-02-26
$15,000
Television media
Express Printing, Inc.
2018-03-13
$6,255
Mailing
Pablo Korona Moving Pictures
2018-03-13
$3,500
Tv ad producion
Pablo Korona Moving Pictures
2018-02-19
$3,500
Production media expenses
Conquest Communications Group
2018-03-06
$2,290
Robo calls
Rockford Litho
2018-03-25
$2,118
Mailing
Jim Thacker
2018-02-26
$2,000
Staff salaries
Giovanni's, Inc.
2018-03-12
$1,307
Fund raising (food)
Winnebago County Republican Central Committee
2018-02-06
$1,000
Donations
Giuseppe's Italian Restaurant
2018-02-13
$980
Food
Jim Thacker
2018-01-10
$650
Consulting
Express Printing, Inc.
2018-03-09
$647
Mailing
TShirtz Etc. Inc.
2018-03-06
$572
T-shirts
Rockford Litho
2018-01-29
$566
Palm cards
Rock Valley Publishing
2018-03-09
$518
Magazine advertising
Venetian Club
2018-03-12
$516
Fund raising - hall set up and clean up
Citizens for Judge Donna Honzel
2018-01-29
$500
Donations
OSF HealthCare Foundation
2018-02-06
$500
Donations
The Home Depot
2018-02-10
$305
Posts for signs,
Cosmopolitan Club
2018-02-15
$300
Food
Venetian Club
2018-02-08
$300
Hall rental for raising funds
facebook
2018-02-13
$297
Facebook boost, flyers, tickets
The Home Depot
2018-02-26
$268
Sign stakes
Irish Marching Society
2018-02-27
$200
Donations
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