Jacobs's committee spent the most on television advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($60,047) going to TAG Communications in Davenport. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Jacobs's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television advertising
$60,047
50%
Direct mail and printing
$38,356
31.9%
Polling
$14,500
12.1%
Printing
$2,227
1.9%
Field organizing
$800
0.7%
Election night event
$736
0.6%
Cell phones
$580
0.5%
Fund raising (food)
$575
0.5%
Website design
$500
0.4%
Internet access
$463
0.4%
Radio advertising
$360
0.3%
Gas cards
$299
0.3%
Walk cards
$204
0.2%
Advertising
$200
0.2%
Post office box
$147
0.1%
Postage
$98
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Groundswell Communications
2016-03-11
$23,349
Direct mail and printing
TAG Communications
2016-03-07
$21,809
Television advertising
Anzalone Liszt Grove Research Inc.
2016-01-13
$14,500
Polling
TAG Communications
2016-03-08
$12,089
Television advertising
TAG Communications
2016-02-23
$8,441
Television advertising
TAG Communications
2016-02-17
$8,421
Television advertising
TAG Communications
2016-02-29
$8,421
Television advertising
Groundswell Communications
2016-02-24
$7,879
Direct mail and printing
Groundswell Communications
2016-03-04
$7,127
Direct mail and printing
Union Signs & Printing
2016-01-12
$1,642
Printing
TAG Communications
2016-03-14
$864
Television advertising
Boone's Saloon
2016-01-27
$575
Fund raising (food)
Jessica Carter
2016-02-17
$500
Website design
Deborah Neely
2016-03-23
$500
Field organizing
HyVee
2016-03-15
$491
Election night event
Quad City Press
2016-02-01
$425
Printing
Verizon Wireless
2016-01-25
$419
Cell phones
Wgiv 92.5 Fm
2016-03-14
$360
Radio advertising
Walgreens
2016-01-21
$299
Gas cards
Mediacom
2016-02-29
$231
Internet access
Mediacom
2016-02-02
$231
Internet access
HyVee
2016-03-14
$217
Election night event
Quad City Press
2016-01-28
$204
Walk cards
Rockridge Basketball
2016-02-19
$200
Advertising
Verizon Wireless
2016-03-01
$160
Cell phones
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