Franks's committee spent the most on political ads in the quarter, with all those payments ($90,000) going to Main Street Solutions in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Franks's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Political ads
$90,000
29.2%
Advertising tv
$50,000
16.2%
Printing & postage
$29,200
9.5%
Advertising
$26,010
8.4%
Money market transfer
$22,000
7.1%
Fundraising
$12,250
4%
Independent contractor expenses
$11,931
3.9%
Staff salaries
$9,328
3%
Promotional items
$7,752
2.5%
Printing
$5,770
1.9%
Poll tracking
$5,150
1.7%
Taxes - federal
$4,249
1.4%
Newspaper advertising
$3,891
1.3%
Fund raising - hall rental & food
$3,881
1.3%
Consulting
$3,800
1.2%
Headquarters rent
$3,000
1%
Mileage expenses
$2,406
0.8%
Voter data
$2,110
0.7%
Volunteer meals
$1,469
0.5%
Advertising email
$1,464
0.5%
Cell phone ytd
$1,401
0.5%
Internet and phone
$1,037
0.3%
Utilities
$809
0.3%
Subscriptions
$796
0.3%
Election day expenses
$750
0.2%
Office supplies
$685
0.2%
State taxes
$593
0.2%
Telephones
$552
0.2%
Insurance
$539
0.2%
Postage
$478
0.2%
Computer - maintenance
$450
0.2%
Gasoline
$421
0.1%
Election day workers
$400
0.1%
Political data
$385
0.1%
Holiday party
$376
0.1%
Data
$358
0.1%
Cell phones
$300
0.1%
Gifts
$300
0.1%
Staff meals
$299
0.1%
Internet access
$272
< 0.1%
Meals
$235
< 0.1%
Fax service
$210
< 0.1%
Internet & telephone
$209
< 0.1%
T-shirts
$178
< 0.1%
Bank fee
$140
< 0.1%
Bank charges
$125
< 0.1%
Telephone expenses
$116
< 0.1%
Post office box
$86
< 0.1%
Wire transfer fee
$75
< 0.1%
Office cleaning
$70
< 0.1%
Office expense
$60
< 0.1%
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
Main Street Solutions
2016-10-06
$90,000
Political ads
Main Street Solutions
2016-10-20
$50,000
Advertising tv
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2016-11-06
$29,200
Printing & postage
1st National Bank Of Omaha
2016-10-21
$22,000
Money market transfer
Main Street Solutions
2016-11-06
$14,900
Advertising
Capitol Promotions Inc
2016-10-07
$7,752
Promotional items
Main Street Solutions
2016-10-26
$7,500
Advertising
KJD Strategies
2016-11-19
$6,500
Fundraising
KJD Strategies
2016-10-02
$5,750
Fundraising
Fako Research & Strategies
2016-12-05
$5,150
Poll tracking
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2016-11-06
$4,680
Printing
Holiday Inn
2016-10-04
$3,881
Fund raising - hall rental & food
KNI Communications, Inc
2016-10-06
$3,500
Consulting
Shaw Suburban Media
2016-10-20
$2,216
Newspaper advertising
Catalist LLC
2016-10-01
$2,110
Voter data
Internal Revenue Service
2016-10-02
$1,627
Taxes - federal
Shaw Suburban Media
2016-10-19
$1,495
Newspaper advertising
Data-Clear
2016-10-29
$1,464
Advertising email
Bridget M. Geenen
2016-12-19
$1,401
Cell phone ytd
Internal Revenue Service
2016-12-06
$1,385
Taxes - federal
Internal Revenue Service
2016-11-01
$1,236
Taxes - federal
John Gordon
2016-12-05
$1,137
Staff salaries
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2016-10-01
$1,090
Printing
Malia Haanio
2016-11-01
$1,063
Staff salaries
Malia Haanio
2016-10-16
$1,063
Staff salaries
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