Halpin's committee spent the most on polling in the quarter, with all those payments ($16,000) going to Tulchin Research in San Francisco. 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
Polling
$16,000
36.8%
Consulting fees
$9,816
22.6%
Field work
$5,618
12.9%
Rent
$2,513
5.8%
Computer & office services
$2,207
5.1%
New computers
$1,133
2.6%
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$1,000
2.3%
Accounting fees
$991
2.3%
Walk cards
$656
1.5%
Pizza for fundraiser
$604
1.4%
Subscriptions
$450
1%
Reimb elizabeth hancock for new computer
$361
0.8%
Annual membership
$330
0.8%
Lodging
$298
0.7%
Donation - casey jones memorial
$260
0.6%
Donations
$200
0.5%
Booklet ad
$200
0.5%
Computer and office services
$165
0.4%
Skip-a-long
$117
0.3%
Arrowhead ranch
$117
0.3%
Child abuse council
$117
0.3%
Boys & girls club
$117
0.3%
Parade supplies
$91
0.2%
Candy for labor day parade
$65
0.2%
Sq the cellular co
$34
< 0.1%
Prepaid phone
$33
< 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
Tulchin Research
2018-09-24
$16,000
Polling
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2018-08-01
$6,471
Consulting fees
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2018-09-03
$1,721
Consulting fees
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2018-07-01
$1,623
Consulting fees
Best Buy
2018-09-17
$1,133
New computers
Erwin King
2018-09-14
$1,050
Field work
Erwin King
2018-09-21
$1,050
Field work
Elizabeth Hancock
2018-09-26
$1,000
Computer & office services
Monsanto Company
2018-09-11
$1,000
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Erwin King
2018-08-31
$900
Field work
Erwin King
2018-09-14
$810
Field work
Quad City Press
2018-08-23
$656
Walk cards
Rock Island County Treasurer
2018-07-05
$631
Rent
Rock Island County Treasurer
2018-08-07
$631
Rent
Rock Island County Treasurer
2018-09-13
$631
Rent
Frank's Pizza
2018-09-25
$604
Pizza for fundraiser
Feuerbach Recordkeeping, Inc.
2018-07-16
$482
Accounting fees
Bit Tech Computer Solutions
2018-08-23
$361
Reimb elizabeth hancock for new computer
Matt Dusenbery
2018-07-18
$350
Field work
RI County Democrats
2018-08-01
$350
Rent
Quad City Chamber of Commerce
2018-08-07
$330
Annual membership
Feuerbach Recordkeeping, Inc.
2018-09-03
$303
Accounting fees
Matt Dusenbery
2018-07-05
$300
Field work
Matt Dusenbery
2018-08-23
$300
Field work
Elizabeth Hancock
2018-09-21
$300
Computer & office services
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