Childress's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,500) going to Donnells in Pontiac. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Childress's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$4,500
38.7%
Signs
$3,161
27.2%
Brochures
$1,400
12.1%
Radio advertising
$1,228
10.6%
T-shirts
$876
7.5%
Robo calls
$250
2.2%
Consulting
$200
1.7%
Table 2 below shows the top 12 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Donnells
2018-03-12
$4,500
Mailing
Stars & Stripes Silk Screening Inc
2018-02-21
$1,650
Signs
Wjez
2018-02-14
$1,228
Radio advertising
Donnells
2018-02-21
$900
Brochures
The General Store
2018-02-07
$790
T-shirts
Stars & Stripes Silk Screening Inc
2018-03-10
$660
Signs
Hoffrichters Lumber
2018-03-02
$508
Signs
Donnells
2018-02-12
$500
Brochures
Douglas Carls
2018-01-25
$343
Signs
Phaeton Media
2018-03-10
$250
Robo calls
Dave Mishur
2018-01-25
$200
Consulting
The General Store
2018-02-21
$86
T-shirts