Halpin's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($5,137) going to Blueprint Campaign Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Halpin's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$5,137
40.3%
Rent sept and oct
$1,521
11.9%
Rent nov & dec
$1,521
11.9%
Field work
$1,440
11.3%
Accounting
$768
6%
Ri co event food - donation
$612
4.8%
Software subscription
$450
3.5%
Golf sponsorship
$300
2.4%
Website hosting
$300
2.4%
Hall of fame banquet sponsorship
$250
2%
Postage
$245
1.9%
Envelopes and letterhead
$212
1.7%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-12-07
$2,458
Consulting
Rock Island County Treasurer
2017-10-25
$1,521
Rent sept and oct
Rock Island County Treasurer
2017-11-27
$1,521
Rent nov & dec
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-10-31
$1,460
Consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-10-02
$1,000
Consulting
Bent River Brewery
2017-12-04
$612
Ri co event food - donation
Feuerbach Recordkeeping, Inc.
2017-10-31
$330
Accounting
Feuerbach Recordkeeping, Inc.
2017-10-03
$308
Accounting
Arrowhead Ranch
2017-10-17
$300
Golf sponsorship
Borderless SEO
2017-12-07
$300
Website hosting
Riley Robinson
2017-11-15
$285
Field work
Riley Robinson
2017-10-25
$262
Field work
Quad City Federation of Labor PAC
2017-10-05
$250
Hall of fame banquet sponsorship
Usps
2017-10-12
$245
Postage
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-10-23
$219
Consulting
Quad City Press
2017-10-17
$212
Envelopes and letterhead
Matt Dusenbery
2017-10-23
$210
Field work
Matt Dusenbery
2017-11-27
$200
Field work
Riley Robinson
2017-10-23
$160
Field work
NGP VAN, Inc.
2017-10-02
$150
Software subscription
NGP VAN, Inc.
2017-11-02
$150
Software subscription
NGP VAN, Inc.
2017-12-04
$150
Software subscription
Feuerbach Recordkeeping, Inc.
2017-12-07
$130
Accounting
Matt Dusenbery
2017-11-06
$110
Field work
Riley Robinson
2017-11-03
$110
Field work
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