McSweeney's committee spent the most on principal payment, mcsweeney in the quarter, with all those payments ($8,694) going to David McSweeney in Barrington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how McSweeney's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Principal payment, mcsweeney
$8,694
21.4%
Interest payment, mcsweeney
$6,305
15.6%
Consulting
$6,200
15.3%
Consulting & event fees
$6,150
15.2%
Rent
$2,682
6.6%
Advertising facebook
$2,585
6.4%
Accounting fees
$2,442
6%
Facebook advertising
$1,758
4.3%
Events
$1,626
4%
Advertising
$952
2.4%
Calls
$539
1.3%
Vote total analysis
$400
1%
Postage
$207
0.5%
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
David McSweeney
2016-10-03
$6,163
Interest payment, mcsweeney
Red Leader Strategies
2016-11-15
$6,150
Consulting & event fees
David McSweeney
2016-11-04
$4,858
Principal payment, mcsweeney
David McSweeney
2016-10-03
$3,836
Principal payment, mcsweeney
AdVictory LLC
2016-11-18
$1,758
Facebook advertising
Chicago Cut Steakhouse
2016-11-01
$1,626
Events
Catalyst Partners
2016-10-12
$1,250
Consulting
Lynde Anderson
2016-11-02
$1,236
Rent
Lynde Anderson
2016-12-01
$1,236
Rent
Facebook
2016-11-29
$1,213
Advertising facebook
CBC Tax & Accounting
2016-10-12
$1,128
Accounting fees
Facebook
2016-11-04
$1,089
Advertising facebook
Catalyst Partners
2016-11-07
$1,000
Consulting
Jim Thacker
2016-10-12
$1,000
Consulting
Jim Thacker
2016-11-07
$1,000
Consulting
CBC Tax & Accounting
2016-11-07
$957
Accounting fees
AdVictory LLC
2016-10-24
$952
Advertising
Catalyst Partners
2016-12-24
$750
Consulting
Red Leader Strategies
2016-10-12
$600
Consulting
Red Leader Strategies
2016-10-01
$600
Consulting
Conquest Communications Group
2016-11-15
$539
Calls
Strategic Info Services LLC
2016-12-27
$400
Vote total analysis
CBC Tax & Accounting
2016-12-24
$356
Accounting fees
Facebook
2016-10-01
$282
Advertising facebook
USPS Aurora
2016-10-01
$207
Postage