Franks's committee spent the most on independent contractor expenses in the quarter, with 11.5% of this total ($2,754) going to David A Raymond in Lakemoore. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Franks's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Independent contractor expenses
$23,869
19.8%
Consulting
$22,350
18.5%
Staff salaries
$10,054
8.3%
Digital media
$8,000
6.6%
Promotional items
$6,570
5.4%
Printing
$6,101
5.1%
Advertising
$5,890
4.9%
Advertising-online
$4,362
3.6%
Computer services
$3,853
3.2%
Candidate travel
$3,432
2.8%
Postage
$3,211
2.7%
Headquarters rent
$3,000
2.5%
Mileage expenses
$2,901
2.4%
Taxes - federal
$2,512
2.1%
Website expenses
$1,500
1.2%
Fund raising (food)
$1,440
1.2%
Telephones
$1,345
1.1%
Volunteer meals
$1,221
1%
Digital ads
$877
0.7%
Utilities
$752
0.6%
Videotaping
$750
0.6%
Internet access
$702
0.6%
Office supplies
$688
0.6%
Cell phones
$626
0.5%
Email set up
$580
0.5%
Community relations
$538
0.5%
Gasoline
$519
0.4%
Bank charges
$478
0.4%
Insurance
$365
0.3%
Meals
$347
0.3%
Auto repair
$276
0.2%
Data
$245
0.2%
State taxes
$231
0.2%
Fax service
$225
0.2%
Passes
$220
0.2%
Subscriptions
$214
0.2%
Computer software
$200
0.2%
Independent contraqctor
$189
0.2%
Office expense
$75
< 0.1%
Cleaning supplies
$40
< 0.1%
Meals, volunteers
$5
< 0.1%
Volunteer meal
$3
< 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
Fako Research & Strategies
2016-07-22
$16,350
Consulting
Main Street Solutions
2016-09-21
$8,000
Digital media
Matthew Cain
2016-07-01
$5,000
Consulting
KNI Communications, Inc
2016-07-01
$3,853
Computer services
KNI Communications, Inc
2016-09-01
$3,500
Advertising-online
KNI Communications, Inc
2016-08-03
$3,500
Advertising
Courtyard Marriott
2016-07-27
$3,229
Candidate travel
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2016-07-27
$2,720
Promotional items
Capitol Promotions Inc
2016-07-28
$2,514
Promotional items
Copy Express, Inc
2016-08-31
$2,385
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2016-08-04
$2,233
Printing
US Postmaster
2016-08-25
$1,962
Postage
KNI Communications, Inc
2016-09-17
$1,500
Website expenses
Harry Caray's
2016-08-01
$1,440
Fund raising (food)
David A Raymond
2016-08-16
$1,400
Independent contractor expenses
Malia Haanio
2016-09-16
$1,063
Staff salaries
Malia Haanio
2016-09-01
$1,063
Staff salaries
David A Raymond
2016-09-16
$1,063
Staff salaries
David A Raymond
2016-09-01
$1,063
Staff salaries
Robert Maxey
2016-08-16
$1,034
Staff salaries
777 Llc
2016-08-01
$1,000
Headquarters rent
777 Llc
2016-07-01
$1,000
Headquarters rent
777 Llc
2016-09-01
$1,000
Headquarters rent
Emergent Political Consulting
2016-07-23
$1,000
Consulting
Internal Revenue Service
2016-09-06
$969
Taxes - federal