Meier's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with 88.2% of this total ($46,649) going to Spectrum in St Louis. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Meier's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$52,912
24.3%
Mailing
$42,032
19.3%
Television advertising
$30,000
13.8%
Principal payment, meier
$25,000
11.5%
Production media expenses
$19,584
9%
Media - radio
$13,445
6.2%
Newspaper advertising
$12,434
5.7%
Internet access
$5,264
2.4%
Signs
$3,736
1.7%
Telephone polling
$3,292
1.5%
Fund raising (food)
$1,917
0.9%
Rent
$1,600
0.7%
Postage
$1,500
0.7%
Photography
$1,207
0.6%
Fund raising entertainment
$900
0.4%
Raffle prizes
$801
0.4%
Supplies
$650
0.3%
Staff salaries
$642
0.3%
Radio advertising
$510
0.2%
Office supplies
$252
0.1%
Donations
$200
< 0.1%
Subscriptions
$177
< 0.1%
Candidate lodging
$79
< 0.1%
Bank charges
$40
< 0.1%
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
Spectrum
2018-02-14
$46,649
Television media
Hodas & Associates
2018-03-08
$30,000
Television advertising
Charles E. Meier
2018-03-28
$25,000
Principal payment, meier
Hodas & Associates
2018-02-16
$10,920
Mailing
Hodas & Associates
2018-03-11
$10,400
Mailing
Jamestown & Associates
2018-02-14
$9,337
Production media expenses
Illinois Press Assn
2018-03-11
$8,911
Newspaper advertising
Hodas & Associates
2018-03-11
$8,797
Mailing
Modern Mailing
2018-03-20
$7,979
Mailing
Viamedia
2018-02-14
$6,262
Television media
NewsRadio 1120 KMOX
2018-01-29
$3,785
Media - radio
Hodas & Associates
2018-03-23
$3,600
Production media expenses
Facebook
2018-03-31
$3,185
Internet access
Wxos-fm
2018-01-29
$2,800
Media - radio
WIL-FM New Country
2018-01-29
$2,560
Media - radio
Hummert Graphics
2018-01-19
$2,535
Signs
Falcon Multimedia
2018-02-02
$2,349
Production media expenses
Warh-fm
2018-01-29
$2,280
Media - radio
Modern Mailing
2018-03-20
$2,170
Mailing
Illinois Press Assn
2018-03-23
$2,169
Newspaper advertising
Kftk-fm
2018-01-29
$2,020
Media - radio
Hodas & Associates
2018-03-23
$2,000
Production media expenses
Germantown Legion Home
2018-02-14
$1,917
Fund raising (food)
Hodas & Associates
2018-03-09
$1,750
Telephone polling
Hodas & Associates
2018-01-31
$1,592
Production media expenses
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