Harold's committee spent the most on digital advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($90,000) going to Xpress Professional Services in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Harold's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Digital advertising
$90,000
35%
Web development
$25,074
9.8%
Polling
$21,476
8.4%
Compliance services
$14,138
5.5%
Signs
$12,995
5.1%
Media broadcasting
$10,000
3.9%
Digital marketing
$9,891
3.9%
Promotional items
$9,605
3.7%
Legal services
$9,260
3.6%
Payroll
$7,572
2.9%
Catering expense
$7,556
2.9%
Campaign consulting
$7,000
2.7%
Lodging
$5,170
2%
Software
$3,900
1.5%
Fundraising consulting
$3,500
1.4%
Palm cards
$3,200
1.2%
Research consulting
$3,000
1.2%
Cc transaction fees
$2,669
1%
Payroll taxes
$2,613
1%
Event catering and room rental
$1,769
0.7%
Mileage expenses
$1,732
0.7%
Video production
$1,159
0.5%
Airfare
$854
0.3%
Printing
$838
0.3%
Refunds
$810
0.3%
Office supplies
$351
0.1%
Travel expenses
$264
0.1%
Payroll fees
$208
< 0.1%
Bank fees
$205
< 0.1%
Meeting expense
$157
< 0.1%
Social media
$150
< 0.1%
Payroll fee
$69
< 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
Xpress Professional Services
2018-03-12
$45,000
Digital advertising
Xpress Professional Services
2018-03-19
$45,000
Digital advertising
Xpress Professional Services
2018-02-27
$16,436
Polling
Xpress Professional Services
2018-02-27
$12,995
Signs
Xpress Professional Services
2018-03-06
$12,442
Web development
Prime Media Partners
2018-03-19
$9,891
Digital marketing
Xpress Professional Services
2018-02-01
$9,355
Promotional items
Law Office Of John Fogarty, Jr.
2018-01-18
$8,360
Legal services
Xpress Professional Services
2018-02-01
$8,309
Web development
Gibsons
2018-01-18
$6,526
Catering expense
Xpress Professional Services
2018-03-26
$5,040
Polling
Xpress Professional Services
2018-01-15
$4,323
Web development
Professional Data Services, INC
2018-02-20
$3,636
Compliance services
Professional Data Services, INC
2018-01-04
$3,502
Compliance services
Professional Data Services, INC
2018-02-16
$3,500
Compliance services
Professional Data Services, INC
2018-01-04
$3,500
Compliance services
Red Leader Strategies, INC
2018-03-19
$3,500
Campaign consulting
Red Leader Strategies, INC
2018-01-15
$3,500
Fundraising consulting
Red Leader Strategies, INC
2018-02-16
$3,500
Campaign consulting
Xpress Professional Services
2018-02-27
$3,200
Palm cards
Prospect Strategic Communications
2018-02-01
$3,000
Research consulting
Access Media Services
2018-03-22
$2,000
Media broadcasting
Extreme Reach
2018-03-26
$2,000
Media broadcasting
Wgn Tv
2018-03-26
$2,000
Media broadcasting
Wls Tv
2018-03-05
$2,000
Media broadcasting
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