Halpin's committee spent the most on printing services in the quarter, with all those payments ($147,368) going to Quad City Press in Moline. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Halpin's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing services
$147,368
52.3%
Polling
$40,000
14.2%
Quad cities media broadcasting advanced to adelstein & associates llc
$32,270
11.5%
Quad cities media broadcasting prepaid to adelstein & associates llc
$11,290
4%
Canvasser
$9,146
3.2%
Media production
$8,040
2.9%
Campaign consultant
$6,405
2.3%
Campaign manager
$6,300
2.2%
Signs
$3,412
1.2%
Supplies
$2,673
1%
Interactive voter contact by phone
$2,588
0.9%
Rent
$2,100
0.8%
Accounting fees
$1,866
0.7%
Photography
$1,200
0.4%
Reimburse mike halpin for supplies
$1,132
0.4%
Postage
$980
0.4%
Reimbursed mike halpin for election night event expenses
$934
0.3%
Robo calls
$693
0.3%
Lodging staff
$649
0.2%
Facebook advertising
$467
0.2%
Staff salaries
$442
0.2%
Fundraiser invite mailing
$368
0.1%
Food for fundraiser
$329
0.1%
Photograghs
$325
0.1%
Staff lodging
$301
0.1%
Phones
$251
< 0.1%
Processing fees
$235
< 0.1%
Conference room rental
$100
< 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
Tulchin Research
2016-01-23
$22,000
Polling
Quad City Press
2016-02-02
$20,361
Printing services
Tulchin Research
2016-03-09
$18,000
Polling
Quad City Press
2016-03-08
$15,621
Printing services
Quad City Press
2016-02-26
$13,507
Printing services
Quad City Press
2016-02-12
$13,507
Printing services
Quad City Press
2016-02-19
$13,507
Printing services
Quad City Press
2016-02-21
$13,507
Printing services
Kwqc - Tv
2016-03-07
$11,290
Quad cities media broadcasting prepaid to adelstein & associates llc
Quad City Press
2016-02-29
$9,792
Printing services
Quad City Press
2016-02-10
$8,874
Printing services
Adelstein & Associates LLC
2016-03-07
$8,035
Media production
Quad City Press
2016-01-25
$7,718
Printing services
Quad City Press
2016-01-29
$7,707
Printing services
Quad City Press
2016-02-18
$6,753
Printing services
Quad City Press
2016-03-07
$6,753
Printing services
Quad City Press
2016-03-01
$6,530
Printing services
Wqad-tv
2016-03-07
$6,525
Quad cities media broadcasting advanced to adelstein & associates llc
Kwqc - Tv
2016-03-09
$4,770
Quad cities media broadcasting advanced to adelstein & associates llc
Wqad-tv
2016-03-09
$4,310
Quad cities media broadcasting advanced to adelstein & associates llc
Whbf-tv
2016-03-09
$4,080
Quad cities media broadcasting advanced to adelstein & associates llc
Quad City Press
2016-03-10
$3,224
Printing services
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-01-04
$3,000
Campaign consultant
Winning Connections Inc.
2016-03-19
$2,588
Interactive voter contact by phone
Wqad-tv
2016-03-10
$2,570
Quad cities media broadcasting advanced to adelstein & associates llc