Mudge's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,681) going to Price Miner Creative Strategies in St. Louis. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mudge's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$3,681
25.1%
Large yard signs
$2,964
20.2%
Donations
$2,185
14.9%
Straight a 30 second cable ad
$1,325
9.1%
Print ad
$1,154
7.9%
Yard signs
$1,130
7.7%
Donated to federation of labor
$432
3%
Sign posts
$344
2.4%
Newspaper ad
$329
2.3%
Postage
$251
1.7%
Contributions
$250
1.7%
Donated to sw building & trades
$219
1.5%
Panel notes
$185
1.3%
Post office box rental
$126
0.9%
Printing
$61
0.4%
Table 2 below shows the top 21 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Creative Options
2016-10-13
$2,964
Large yard signs
Hope Rescue
2016-11-04
$1,935
Donations
Price Miner Creative Strategies
2016-10-31
$1,861
Consulting
Price Miner Creative Strategies
2016-11-12
$1,820
Consulting
Visionary Productions
2016-11-12
$1,325
Straight a 30 second cable ad
Creative Options
2016-10-24
$955
Yard signs
Highland News Leader
2016-10-24
$564
Print ad
Randall's Wines amd Spirits
2016-11-29
$432
Donated to federation of labor
Shopper Review
2016-11-12
$346
Print ad
Rural King
2016-10-07
$344
Sign posts
Greenville Advocate
2016-12-05
$329
Newspaper ad
Backstoppers
2016-10-21
$250
Donations
Friends of Debbie Ming-Mendoza
2016-10-20
$250
Contributions
Times Tribune
2016-11-12
$242
Print ad
Randall's Wines amd Spirits
2016-11-30
$219
Donated to sw building & trades
Mow Printing
2016-10-18
$185
Panel notes
Usps
2016-10-24
$175
Yard signs
Usps
2016-10-19
$170
Postage
Usps
2016-12-06
$126
Post office box rental
Usps
2016-10-13
$81
Postage
Mow Printing
2016-10-07
$61
Printing