Shupe's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 91.7% of this total ($2,000) going to KNI Communications in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Shupe's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$2,180
17.6%
Digital media
$2,000
16.1%
Signs
$1,500
12.1%
Newspaper advertising
$932
7.5%
Radio advertising
$785
6.3%
Production media expenses
$575
4.6%
Website design
$500
4%
Fund raising entertainment
$500
4%
Social media
$476
3.8%
Signs hardware
$441
3.6%
Robo calls
$371
3%
Signs material
$365
2.9%
Equipment rental
$355
2.9%
Donations
$350
2.8%
Rental of hall
$318
2.6%
Meals
$303
2.4%
Donation- gala tickets
$300
2.4%
Promotional items
$165
1.3%
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
Emergent Political Consulting LLC
2016-10-24
$2,000
Digital media
KNI Communications
2016-10-06
$2,000
Consulting
Union Signs & Printing
2016-10-11
$1,500
Signs
Nelson Multimedia Inc. WCSJ FM 103.1
2016-11-02
$785
Radio advertising
Edmund Gray
2016-10-07
$500
Website design
Home Depot
2016-10-13
$441
Signs hardware
Home Depot
2016-10-11
$365
Signs material
Windy City Popcorn Co
2016-11-01
$355
Equipment rental
IVP Productions
2016-12-28
$350
Production media expenses
Special Olympics Illinois
2016-11-07
$350
Donations
Chapin's East
2016-10-07
$318
Rental of hall
Shannon Sak
2016-10-06
$303
Meals
Facebook
2016-10-31
$301
Social media
Alex Hoffer
2016-10-25
$300
Fund raising entertainment
Morris Hospital & Healtcare Centers
2016-10-17
$300
Donation- gala tickets
NGP VAN, Inc.
2016-11-08
$275
Robo calls
The Paper
2016-10-31
$250
Newspaper advertising
The Paper
2016-10-14
$250
Newspaper advertising
Free Press Newspapers
2016-10-28
$247
Newspaper advertising
Krystal Santana
2016-10-25
$200
Fund raising entertainment
Shaw Media- Morris Herald News
2016-10-28
$185
Newspaper advertising
Star & Shield
2016-10-28
$180
Consulting
Facebook
2016-12-01
$169
Social media
Amy Royer
2016-10-04
$150
Production media expenses
Amazon
2016-10-28
$137
Promotional items
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