Halpin's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,518) going to Blueprint Campaign Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Halpin's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$3,518
33.2%
Bulk mailing account
$1,895
17.9%
Rent
$1,521
14.3%
Meet & greet expenses
$735
6.9%
Accounting
$641
6%
Stamps
$588
5.5%
Annual membership
$330
3.1%
Subscriptions
$300
2.8%
Contributions
$200
1.9%
Supplies
$194
1.8%
Membership
$180
1.7%
Donations
$175
1.7%
Software subscription
$150
1.4%
Po box renewal
$112
1.1%
Robo calls
$68
0.6%
Table 2 below shows the top 22 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Usps
2017-06-15
$1,895
Bulk mailing account
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-04-01
$1,518
Consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-05-01
$1,000
Consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-06-01
$1,000
Consulting
Rock Island County Treasurer
2017-05-01
$760
Rent
Rock Island County Treasurer
2017-06-15
$760
Rent
River House Bar & Grill
2017-04-17
$493
Meet & greet expenses
Feuerbach Recordkeeping, Inc.
2017-05-01
$429
Accounting
Usps
2017-05-23
$392
Stamps
Quad City Chamber of Commerce
2017-05-25
$330
Annual membership
The Mills Happy Joe's PizzaGrille
2017-04-17
$241
Meet & greet expenses
Feuerbach Recordkeeping, Inc.
2017-06-01
$212
Accounting
Naacp
2017-06-01
$200
Contributions
Usps
2017-05-02
$196
Stamps
Deluxe
2017-06-20
$194
Supplies
Greater QC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
2017-04-06
$180
Membership
Conference of Women Legislators of the IL General Assembly
2017-05-15
$175
Donations
NGP VAN, Inc.
2017-04-03
$150
Software subscription
NGP VAN, Inc.
2017-05-02
$150
Subscriptions
NGP VAN, Inc.
2017-06-02
$150
Subscriptions
Usps
2017-04-04
$112
Po box renewal
NGP VAN, Inc.
2017-06-26
$68
Robo calls
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