Dunstan's committee spent the most on television advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($123,520) going to Buying Time, LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Dunstan's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television advertising
$123,520
49%
Campaign work
$82,854
32.9%
Postage
$20,683
8.2%
Printing
$7,914
3.1%
Fund raising (food)
$6,356
2.5%
Principal payment, bank of edwardsville
$5,000
2%
Newspaper advertising
$2,319
0.9%
Signs
$1,629
0.7%
Internet advertising
$693
0.3%
Telephones
$293
0.1%
Bank charges
$260
0.1%
Election day workers
$250
0.1%
Loan interest payment
$243
0.1%
Interest payment
$40
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-07
$45,976
Television advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-31
$31,106
Television advertising
Soar Comminication & Strategies
2016-10-31
$29,136
Campaign work
Soar Comminication & Strategies
2016-10-25
$23,163
Campaign work
Postmaster
2016-10-18
$20,166
Postage
Buying Time, LLC
2016-11-02
$19,683
Television advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-21
$17,814
Television advertising
Soar Comminication & Strategies
2016-10-13
$15,000
Campaign work
Soar Comminication & Strategies
2016-10-28
$11,454
Campaign work
Buying Time, LLC
2016-11-04
$8,939
Television advertising
Sugo's
2016-10-17
$6,356
Fund raising (food)
Bank of Edwardsville
2016-11-22
$5,000
Principal payment, bank of edwardsville
Creative Options
2016-11-01
$3,629
Printing
2K Strategies LLC
2016-10-14
$2,500
Campaign work
Hall Distrubtors
2016-10-13
$1,629
Signs
2K Strategies LLC
2016-10-03
$1,600
Campaign work
Creative Options
2016-10-18
$1,285
Printing
Creative Options
2016-10-13
$1,000
Printing
Creative Options
2016-10-25
$1,000
Printing
Creative Options
2016-10-31
$1,000
Printing
Belleville News-democrat
2016-11-22
$870
Newspaper advertising
Facebook
2016-11-01
$693
Internet advertising
Alton Telegraph
2016-10-26
$460
Newspaper advertising
Alton Telegraph
2016-10-31
$460
Newspaper advertising
Edwardsville Intelligencer
2016-10-25
$325
Newspaper advertising
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