Morita's committee spent the most on television advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($72,786) going to Comcast Spotlight in Flint. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Morita's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television advertising
$72,786
67.2%
Consulting
$13,719
12.7%
Printing
$7,260
6.7%
Legal fees
$3,500
3.2%
Principal payment, new chicago llc
$3,000
2.8%
Fine
$2,500
2.3%
Photography
$2,250
2.1%
Field work
$2,050
1.9%
Processing fees
$443
0.4%
Parking
$200
0.2%
Financial consulting
$193
0.2%
Gasoline
$172
0.2%
Event refreshments
$156
0.1%
Email services
$154
0.1%
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
Comcast Spotlight
2016-02-16
$38,110
Television advertising
Comcast Spotlight
2016-03-02
$26,281
Television advertising
New Chicago LLC
2016-02-29
$7,500
Consulting
Comcast Spotlight
2016-03-10
$6,506
Television advertising
Fletcher, O'Brien, Kasper & Nottage, P.C.
2016-02-01
$3,500
Legal fees
New Chicago LLC
2016-02-02
$3,319
Consulting
New Chicago LLC
2016-01-04
$3,000
Principal payment, new chicago llc
KNI Communications
2016-03-15
$2,900
Consulting
Breaker Press
2016-03-14
$2,850
Printing
IL State Board of Elections
2016-03-28
$2,500
Fine
Thomas Nowak Photography
2016-03-08
$2,250
Photography
Comcast Spotlight
2016-02-11
$1,887
Television advertising
Breaker Press
2016-02-12
$1,160
Printing
Breaker Press
2016-02-22
$950
Printing
Breaker Press
2016-03-11
$950
Printing
Breaker Press
2016-03-04
$950
Printing
Washburne Consulting
2016-03-09
$800
Field work
Anthony Beckham
2016-02-11
$750
Field work
Anthony Beckham
2016-01-07
$500
Field work
Forest Printing
2016-01-07
$400
Printing
Actblue
2016-03-03
$213
Processing fees
Matthew Muir
2016-01-19
$193
Financial consulting
Joong Boo Market
2016-03-16
$156
Event refreshments
Actblue
2016-02-05
$143
Processing fees
Actblue
2016-01-06
$86
Processing fees
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