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How did Katie Stuart spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

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Democratic Katie Stuart's election campaign committee, Friends for Katie Stuart, spent $614,188 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Stuart's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with all those payments ($545,000) going to Buying Time, LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Stuart's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$545,000
88.7%
Phone bank expenses
$20,655
3.4%
Postage
$15,342
2.5%
Mailing
$10,250
1.7%
Payroll
$6,820
1.1%
Office supplies
$3,915
0.6%
Payroll - phone bank
$3,620
0.6%
Printing
$2,393
0.4%
Contributions
$1,750
0.3%
Rent
$1,108
0.2%
Snapchat filter
$896
0.2%
Advertising
$511
< 0.1%
Donations
$500
< 0.1%
Volunteer - food
$447
< 0.1%
Cell phones
$421
< 0.1%
Robo calls
$350
< 0.1%
Volunteer - food/beverages
$128
< 0.1%
Office supplies - food/beverages
$78
< 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
2018-10-26
$240,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-23
$125,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-04
$60,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-12
$60,000
Television media
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-19
$60,000
Television media
Winning Connections
2018-11-09
$18,376
Phone bank expenses
Devine, Mulvey, Longabaugh
2018-10-02
$10,250
Mailing
USPS Post Office
2018-10-09
$2,500
Postage
USPS Post Office
2018-10-16
$2,500
Postage
USPS Post Office
2018-10-19
$2,500
Postage
USPS Post Office
2018-10-25
$2,500
Postage
USPS Post Office
2018-10-31
$2,500
Postage
Winning Connections
2018-10-24
$2,279
Phone bank expenses
USPS Post Office
2018-10-30
$2,250
Postage
St. Clair County Central Democratic Committee
2018-10-28
$1,750
Contributions
Record Printing and Publishing
2018-11-06
$1,313
Printing
LFI Staffing
2018-10-12
$1,113
Payroll - phone bank
Gori Properties
2018-10-05
$875
Rent
MOW Printing
2018-11-05
$847
Printing
LFI Staffing
2018-10-10
$583
Payroll - phone bank
LFI Staffing
2018-11-09
$583
Payroll - phone bank
Snap Geofilter
2018-10-23
$551
Snapchat filter
USPS Post Office
2018-10-04
$500
Postage
LFI Staffing
2018-10-22
$457
Payroll - phone bank
LFI Staffing
2018-11-06
$453
Payroll - phone bank

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