Patlak's committee spent the most on advertising in the quarter, with 39.8% of this total ($57,239) going to WBBM-AM Radio 890 in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Patlak's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Advertising
$143,866
26.1%
Mailing
$134,833
24.4%
Principal payment, patlak
$90,000
16.3%
Printing and mailing
$83,832
15.2%
Mail and printing
$80,000
14.5%
Field work
$7,600
1.4%
Advertisement
$2,870
0.5%
Consulting
$2,087
0.4%
Printing
$1,756
0.3%
Food & beverage
$1,227
0.2%
Literature
$1,159
0.2%
Research
$1,062
0.2%
Radio voice
$425
< 0.1%
Ad and dinner tickets
$410
< 0.1%
Contributions
$250
< 0.1%
Rent
$250
< 0.1%
Robo call recording
$200
< 0.1%
Banquet
$170
< 0.1%
Ad design
$150
< 0.1%
Production media expenses
$50
< 0.1%
Mileage expenses
$50
< 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
Dan Patlak
2016-12-15
$90,000
Principal payment, patlak
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-12
$80,000
Mail and printing
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-06
$80,000
Printing and mailing
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-26
$60,000
Mailing
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-22
$40,000
Mailing
WBBM-AM Radio 890
2016-10-19
$39,899
Advertising
WGN Radio
2016-10-19
$22,635
Advertising
Salem Communications
2016-10-12
$19,440
Advertising
WBBM-AM Radio 890
2016-10-07
$17,340
Advertising
WLS-AM Radio
2016-10-19
$16,192
Advertising
McGaffer Communications, LLP
2016-10-18
$14,467
Mailing
WGN Radio
2016-10-11
$9,825
Advertising
McGaffer Communications, LLP
2016-10-26
$9,544
Mailing
McGaffer Communications
2016-11-02
$8,033
Mailing
Daily Herald Media Group
2016-10-13
$7,212
Advertising
WLS-AM Radio
2016-10-07
$7,012
Advertising
Vigil Printing
2016-10-10
$3,832
Printing and mailing
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-13
$2,788
Mailing
Journal & Topics Newspaper
2016-10-10
$2,270
Advertisement
MJ Newsletter
2016-11-10
$1,337
Consulting
FedEx
2016-10-23
$1,290
Printing
Monk's Pub
2016-10-17
$1,227
Food & beverage
McGaffer Communications
2016-10-03
$1,159
Literature
Facebook
2016-11-12
$1,151
Advertising
Polish Daily News
2016-10-17
$1,000
Advertising
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