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