Brady's committee spent the most on printing/postage in the quarter, with 86.7% of this total ($59,997) going to Business Forms Management in Lake St. Louis. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Brady's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing/postage
$69,168
47.1%
Consulting
$32,279
22%
Digital ads
$14,645
10%
Radio ads
$9,449
6.4%
Yard signs
$8,295
5.7%
Polling
$5,000
3.4%
Radio advertising
$2,000
1.4%
Fund raising - hall rental, food
$1,594
1.1%
Printing
$1,108
0.8%
Postage
$849
0.6%
Gasoline
$625
0.4%
Sign stakes
$524
0.4%
Fundraiser food
$350
0.2%
Table sponsorship
$300
0.2%
Fundraising fees
$295
0.2%
Food
$153
0.1%
Gas
$149
0.1%
Fundraising food
$110
< 0.1%
Meals
$28
< 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
Business Forms Management
2018-02-23
$14,753
Printing/postage
Brent Ellis
2018-01-11
$11,875
Consulting
Modern Mailing & Printing
2018-03-11
$9,171
Printing/postage
Local Promo Products & Printing
2018-01-01
$8,295
Yard signs
Business Forms Management
2018-03-02
$7,763
Printing/postage
Business Forms Management
2018-03-08
$7,763
Printing/postage
Business Forms Management
2018-02-14
$7,587
Printing/postage
Business Forms Management
2018-01-30
$7,376
Printing/postage
Business Forms Management
2018-01-31
$7,376
Printing/postage
Business Forms Management
2018-02-09
$7,376
Printing/postage
Xpress Professional Services
2018-03-16
$5,000
Polling
Digital Terrain
2018-03-09
$4,612
Digital ads
QuikTrip
2018-01-30
$4,528
Consulting
Roe Strategic
2018-03-09
$4,154
Consulting
Roe Strategic
2018-03-02
$4,138
Consulting
Hancock & Prouty
2018-01-18
$3,511
Consulting
Premier Broadcasting
2018-02-05
$2,009
Radio ads
Hancock & Prouty
2018-02-16
$2,000
Consulting
Wkrv-wpmb
2018-02-05
$2,000
Radio advertising
Wjbd
2018-02-05
$1,983
Radio ads
Wgel
2018-02-05
$1,768
Radio ads
Wcrc-wcra
2018-02-05
$1,716
Radio ads
Roe Strategic
2018-03-09
$1,322
Consulting
Breese Business Journal
2018-02-26
$834
Printing
Facebook
2018-03-20
$750
Digital ads
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