Brown's committee spent the most on election day expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($22,000) going to Rock Consulting Group in New Lenox. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Brown's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Election day expenses
$22,000
30.6%
Mailing
$21,051
29.3%
Printing
$13,760
19.1%
Billboard expenses
$11,868
16.5%
Donations
$1,750
2.4%
Advertising
$983
1.4%
Accounting fees
$300
0.4%
Commitee supplies
$200
0.3%
Table 2 below shows the top 13 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Rock Consulting Group
2017-03-23
$22,000
Election day expenses
American Strategies LLC
2017-02-15
$13,760
Printing
American Strategies LLC
2017-03-01
$11,182
Mailing
American Strategies LLC
2017-03-17
$9,868
Mailing
American Strategies LLC
2017-02-17
$9,368
Billboard expenses
American Strategies LLC
2017-01-20
$2,500
Billboard expenses
Crime Stoppers of Bolingbrook
2017-03-07
$1,000
Donations
Caponeyboy Productions
2017-03-22
$650
Advertising
Bolingbrook Police Benevolent Society
2017-03-31
$500
Donations
Titan Image Group
2017-03-29
$333
Advertising
Les Hunzinger
2017-02-27
$300
Accounting fees
Special Olympics Illinois
2017-03-02
$250
Donations
Sandy Swinkunas
2017-02-14
$200
Commitee supplies