Gottemoller's committee spent the most on printing campaign materials in the quarter, with all those payments ($8,980) going to Creager Press in Schaumburg. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Gottemoller's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing campaign materials
$8,980
26.6%
Postage
$6,472
19.2%
Campaign consulting
$3,270
9.7%
Radio advertising
$3,084
9.1%
Postage stamps
$2,520
7.5%
Advertising
$2,017
6%
Design and advertising
$1,680
5%
Rebar for signs
$1,585
4.7%
New brochure design
$615
1.8%
Election night
$542
1.6%
March 2016 fundraiser
$462
1.4%
Email management
$450
1.3%
Remove signs
$439
1.3%
Computer reporting program
$399
1.2%
Campaign supplies
$392
1.2%
Sign removal
$320
1%
Sign installation
$200
0.6%
Printing
$170
0.5%
Reimburse facebook
$150
0.4%
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
Cl Graphics
2016-02-22
$5,960
Postage
Creager Press
2016-03-15
$4,184
Printing campaign materials
Creager Press
2016-01-25
$4,140
Printing campaign materials
Matrix Broadcasting
2016-02-11
$3,084
Radio advertising
Meyer Consulting
2016-03-01
$2,310
Campaign consulting
Shaw Media Group
2016-02-21
$1,950
Advertising
Chicago Contractor Supply
2016-01-25
$1,585
Rebar for signs
costco
2016-02-25
$1,542
Postage stamps
Meyer Consulting
2016-01-06
$960
Campaign consulting
costco
2016-02-26
$735
Postage stamps
Laurx Design
2016-02-21
$645
Design and advertising
Artforms by D2
2016-01-06
$615
New brochure design
Creager Press
2016-02-25
$587
Printing campaign materials
Georgios
2016-03-15
$542
Election night
Laurx Design
2016-02-25
$535
Design and advertising
Us Post Office
2016-03-18
$512
Postage
Laurx Design
2016-03-05
$500
Design and advertising
Georgios
2016-02-22
$462
March 2016 fundraiser
Mail Chimp
2016-03-18
$450
Email management
Michael Andre
2016-03-24
$400
Remove signs
Elect Inc
2016-01-22
$399
Computer reporting program
Farm & Fleet
2016-03-18
$392
Campaign supplies
Ian Hemmerling
2016-03-18
$320
Sign removal
costco
2016-02-04
$243
Postage stamps
Ian Hemmerling
2016-03-04
$200
Sign installation