Costello's committee spent the most on donations in the quarter, with 32.4% of this total ($1,600) going to National Wild Turkey Life Federation in Davis Junction. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Costello's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Donations
$4,935
20.6%
Payroll taxes
$3,554
14.8%
Campaign items
$2,560
10.7%
Auto expenses
$2,031
8.5%
Robo call service
$1,850
7.7%
Salaries
$1,496
6.2%
Postage
$936
3.9%
Phone services
$921
3.8%
Subscriptions
$806
3.4%
Payroll return services
$800
3.3%
Cell phones
$696
2.9%
Electronic filing
$370
1.5%
Gasoline
$308
1.3%
Pat & karla ryan
$280
1.2%
Mailing services
$273
1.1%
Office supplies
$223
0.9%
Jim karl, campaign workers
$193
0.8%
Printing services
$186
0.8%
Box rent and postage
$186
0.8%
Expenses for november and december
$182
0.8%
Funeral flowers maria duebert/rosenstengels
$173
0.7%
Patricia gross, josh gross and other constituents
$145
0.6%
Downstate members
$140
0.6%
Jan/feb expenses
$131
0.6%
Meal
$98
0.4%
Campaign worker recruitment
$90
0.4%
Jeremy rosentengel
$75
0.3%
Members
$73
0.3%
Linda schramm
$70
0.3%
George obernagel
$49
0.2%
Union members
$45
0.2%
Pat ryan
$42
0.2%
Jeremy rosenstengel
$40
0.2%
Josh gross
$25
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
U. S. Treasury
2016-01-15
$3,094
Payroll taxes
NGP VAN, Inc.
2016-02-25
$1,850
Robo call service
National Wild Turkey Life Federation
2016-02-06
$1,180
Donations
DuQuoin Youth Club
2016-03-12
$1,160
Donations
Schaltenbrand & Halloran Accounting Services
2016-01-15
$800
Payroll return services
Bank of O'Fallon
2016-03-22
$677
Auto expenses
Bank of O'Fallon
2016-01-21
$677
Auto expenses
Bank of O'Fallon
2016-02-23
$677
Auto expenses
Harrisonville Telephone Co.
2016-03-16
$614
Phone services
Sign Solutions
2016-02-08
$565
Campaign items
Ahead of our Time Publishing
2016-03-16
$500
Subscriptions
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-01-13
$498
Salaries
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-02-08
$498
Salaries
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-03-01
$498
Salaries
US Postal Service
2016-01-27
$490
Postage
US Postal Service
2016-02-26
$446
Postage
Sign Solutions
2016-01-13
$424
Campaign items
Illinois Department of Revenue
2016-01-15
$417
Payroll taxes
Cabela's
2016-01-06
$394
Campaign items
Union Solidarity Open
2016-02-08
$375
Donations
Barbara S. Mason Campaign Services, Ltd.
2016-02-08
$370
Electronic filing
Verizon Wireless
2016-02-25
$348
Cell phones
Backstoppers of Monroe County
2016-03-05
$340
Donations
Curt Smith's Sporting Goods
2016-02-09
$325
Campaign items
Harrisonville Telephone Co.
2016-02-08
$306
Phone services
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