Kolker's committee spent the most on advertising - mail in the quarter, with all those payments ($89,189) going to The Strategy Group, LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Kolker's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Advertising - mail
$89,189
76.7%
Principal payment, kolker
$10,000
8.6%
Social media advertising
$7,483
6.4%
Postage
$3,576
3.1%
Printing
$1,936
1.7%
Meeting with campaign volunteers
$1,807
1.6%
Newspaper advertising
$1,452
1.3%
Computer services
$315
0.3%
Bank charges
$200
0.2%
Volunteer appreciation
$194
0.2%
Office supplies
$133
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
The Strategy Group, LLC
2018-10-18
$47,803
Advertising - mail
The Strategy Group, LLC
2018-10-09
$21,159
Advertising - mail
The Strategy Group, LLC
2018-10-09
$20,226
Advertising - mail
Christopher Kolker
2018-11-06
$10,000
Principal payment, kolker
United States Postal Service
2018-10-10
$2,250
Postage
Facebook, Inc.
2018-10-15
$750
Social media advertising
Facebook, Inc.
2018-10-19
$750
Social media advertising
Facebook, Inc.
2018-10-22
$750
Social media advertising
Facebook, Inc.
2018-10-26
$750
Social media advertising
Facebook, Inc.
2018-10-07
$750
Social media advertising
Facebook, Inc.
2018-10-29
$750
Social media advertising
Facebook, Inc.
2018-10-31
$750
Social media advertising
Facebook, Inc.
2018-11-02
$750
Social media advertising
Facebook, Inc.
2018-11-05
$750
Social media advertising
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-10-18
$732
Printing
Facebook, Inc.
2018-12-03
$644
Social media advertising
Gori, Julian & Associates, P.C.
2018-10-14
$626
Postage
East St. Louis Monitor
2018-10-22
$580
Newspaper advertising
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-11-08
$580
Printing
Freeburg Printing & Publishing, Inc.
2018-10-09
$501
Printing
East St. Louis Monitor
2018-10-03
$290
Newspaper advertising
East St. Louis Monitor
2018-10-08
$290
Newspaper advertising
East St. Louis Monitor
2018-10-29
$290
Newspaper advertising
United States Postal Service
2018-10-24
$280
Postage
Hooters
2018-11-01
$228
Meeting with campaign volunteers
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