Ammons's committee spent the most on donations in the quarter, with 51.6% of this total ($2,000) going to Cannan Academy in Urbana. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Ammons's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Donations
$3,875
23.9%
Staff salaries
$3,750
23.1%
Candidate lodging
$2,614
16.1%
Transportation
$1,640
10.1%
Website expenses
$909
5.6%
Conference
$725
4.5%
Television advertising
$630
3.9%
Fund raising (food)
$436
2.7%
Office supplies
$406
2.5%
Campaign work
$404
2.5%
Tickets
$220
1.4%
Advertising
$213
1.3%
Postage
$209
1.3%
Radio advertising
$200
1.2%
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
Cannan Academy
2017-09-13
$2,000
Donations
Michelle Jett
2017-09-28
$1,875
Staff salaries
Michelle Jett
2017-08-29
$1,875
Staff salaries
Airbnb
2017-07-09
$1,226
Candidate lodging
Sheraton Boston Hotel
2017-08-10
$1,199
Candidate lodging
American Airlines
2017-08-06
$1,069
Transportation
IUOE Local 399
2017-08-11
$1,000
Donations
Nbcsl
2017-07-21
$725
Conference
Comcast
2017-09-19
$630
Television advertising
National Conference of State Legislatures
2017-07-01
$625
Donations
United Airlines
2017-09-15
$571
Transportation
County Market
2017-09-30
$436
Fund raising (food)
amazon.com
2017-09-29
$406
Office supplies
Higher Heights for America
2017-08-08
$250
Donations
NationBuilder
2017-07-09
$231
Website expenses
NationBuilder
2017-08-09
$231
Website expenses
NationBuilder
2017-09-09
$231
Website expenses
LAS Alumni Association
2017-08-02
$220
Tickets
Squarespace
2017-07-02
$216
Website expenses
Google
2017-09-28
$213
Advertising
Usps
2017-07-26
$209
Postage
Nicole Cobb
2017-08-09
$206
Campaign work
Wbcp
2017-09-21
$200
Radio advertising
Linda Turnbull
2017-09-21
$198
Campaign work
Hilton
2017-07-28
$189
Candidate lodging
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