Costello's committee spent the most on advertisement in the quarter, with 94.2% of this total ($852,204) going to Buying Time, LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Costello's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Advertisement
$904,922
84.5%
Campaign expense
$45,816
4.3%
Campaign expenses
$29,600
2.8%
Printing services
$14,393
1.3%
Mailing services
$12,295
1.2%
Postage
$9,400
0.9%
Campaign services
$6,000
0.6%
Golf outing prizes
$4,510
0.4%
Campaign workers
$4,446
0.4%
Campaign worker
$4,417
0.4%
Office supplies
$4,254
0.4%
Donations
$4,135
0.4%
Campaign supplies
$2,501
0.2%
Meal
$2,314
0.2%
Bonus
$2,000
0.2%
Salaries
$1,995
0.2%
Electronic filing
$1,860
0.2%
Gasoline
$1,744
0.2%
Auto expense
$1,719
0.2%
Campaign staff
$1,651
0.2%
Printing
$1,576
0.2%
Signage
$1,500
0.1%
Employment tax
$1,066
0.1%
Cell phone expense
$798
< 0.1%
Expenses
$775
< 0.1%
Campaign walker
$693
< 0.1%
Office expense/phone/cable
$500
< 0.1%
Transportation
$480
< 0.1%
Hotel lodging
$456
< 0.1%
Parking fees
$412
< 0.1%
Veto session
$370
< 0.1%
Payroll accounting
$360
< 0.1%
Fundraiser/golf outing flags
$291
< 0.1%
Campaign materials
$289
< 0.1%
Staff party
$250
< 0.1%
Lodging
$211
< 0.1%
Wire transfer fee
$180
< 0.1%
Stl/midway/boston
$150
< 0.1%
Utilities
$143
< 0.1%
Mht/bwi/stl
$126
< 0.1%
Campaign worker/phones
$81
< 0.1%
Parking fee
$75
< 0.1%
Airline expense
$40
< 0.1%
Subscription renewal
$33
< 0.1%
Wire funds charge
$30
< 0.1%
Food
$3
< 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
2018-10-25
$425,446
Advertisement
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-19
$107,246
Advertisement
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-22
$100,000
Advertisement
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-29
$90,000
Advertisement
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-12
$70,696
Advertisement
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-04
$58,816
Advertisement
Devine Mulvey Longbaugh, Inc.
2018-10-17
$29,325
Advertisement
Tulchin Research
2018-10-24
$16,000
Campaign expenses
Tulchin Research
2018-10-15
$16,000
Campaign expense
Tulchin Research
2018-10-01
$16,000
Campaign expense
Winning Connections
2018-10-17
$12,201
Campaign expense
Devine Mulvey Longbaugh, Inc.
2018-10-24
$9,775
Advertisement
Freeburg Printing & Publishing
2018-10-24
$8,690
Printing services
Winning Connections
2018-12-12
$8,600
Campaign expenses
Mailing Methods
2018-10-15
$6,755
Mailing services
Linda Schramm
2018-12-26
$6,000
Campaign services
Mailing Methods
2018-11-11
$4,332
Mailing services
US Postal Service
2018-10-22
$2,950
Postage
US Postal Service
2018-10-29
$2,950
Postage
Freeburg Printing & Publishing
2018-11-06
$2,834
Printing services
Weekends Only
2018-12-21
$2,026
Office supplies
Patsie Hopkins
2018-12-26
$2,000
Bonus
Barbara S. Mason Campaign Services, Ltd.
2018-11-22
$1,860
Electronic filing
Express Employment
2018-10-17
$1,651
Campaign staff
Express Employment
2018-11-22
$1,597
Campaign workers
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