Halpin's committee spent the most on campaign consulting in the quarter, with 78.6% of this total ($6,773) going to Blueprint Campaign Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Halpin's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign consulting
$8,619
18.9%
Field work
$8,262
18.1%
Yard signs
$4,900
10.7%
Rent
$3,300
7.2%
Staff housing & utilities
$2,475
5.4%
Polling
$2,000
4.4%
Stamps
$1,880
4.1%
Proactive mail, buttons & stickers
$1,850
4.1%
Walk cards
$1,655
3.6%
Proactive mail - week 12
$1,542
3.4%
Paid calls
$1,395
3.1%
Accounting fees
$1,245
2.7%
Supplies
$1,108
2.4%
Security deposit/rent for staff
$898
2%
Ringless voicemail drops
$889
2%
Mailing
$832
1.8%
Robo calls
$792
1.7%
T-shirts
$482
1.1%
Software subscription fees
$450
1%
Phone services
$282
0.6%
Internet access
$254
0.6%
Mileage expenses
$233
0.5%
Reimb reagan jones for expenses
$205
0.5%
Food for volunteers & supplies
$48
0.1%
Water
$18
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Union Signs & Printing
2016-08-15
$4,900
Yard signs
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-07-06
$2,642
Campaign consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-09-06
$2,483
Campaign consulting
Tulchin Research
2016-09-30
$2,000
Polling
Quad City Press
2016-09-02
$1,850
Proactive mail, buttons & stickers
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-08-15
$1,648
Campaign consulting
Quad City Press
2016-08-22
$1,542
Proactive mail - week 12
Bob Stecker
2016-07-14
$1,200
Rent
Ivory D Clark
2016-09-21
$1,096
Campaign consulting
Ferguson Holding, Ltd.
2016-07-06
$898
Security deposit/rent for staff
Quad City Press
2016-09-25
$832
Mailing
Ferguson Holding, Ltd.
2016-08-01
$790
Staff housing & utilities
Ferguson Holding, Ltd.
2016-09-01
$790
Staff housing & utilities
Ferguson Holding, Ltd.
2016-09-29
$790
Staff housing & utilities
Ivory D Clark
2016-08-15
$750
Campaign consulting
Bob Stecker
2016-07-06
$700
Rent
Bob Stecker
2016-09-01
$700
Rent
Bob Stecker
2016-09-30
$700
Rent
Quad City Press
2016-09-14
$630
Walk cards
Quad City Press
2016-07-14
$525
Walk cards
Erwin King
2016-09-29
$522
Field work
Usps
2016-09-06
$517
Stamps
Quad City Press
2016-08-26
$500
Walk cards
QC Custom Tees & More
2016-08-28
$482
T-shirts
Feuerbach Recordkeeping, Inc.
2016-07-06
$454
Accounting fees
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