Cabot's committee spent the most on campaign staff in the quarter, with all those payments ($9,000) going to Jonathan Kent in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cabot's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign staff
$9,000
32.6%
Mailing
$3,563
12.9%
Legal fees
$2,500
9.1%
Printing
$1,627
5.9%
Yard signs
$1,550
5.6%
Newspaper advertising
$1,515
5.5%
Website design
$1,500
5.4%
Voter tapes
$1,500
5.4%
Graphic design
$1,425
5.2%
Campaign kickoff event
$1,410
5.1%
Photography
$1,000
3.6%
Buttons
$520
1.9%
Magazine advertising
$250
0.9%
Website expenses
$150
0.5%
Bank charges
$91
0.3%
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
The Strategy Group, Inc.
2017-03-28
$3,563
Mailing
Jonathan Kent
2017-02-07
$3,000
Campaign staff
Jonathan Kent
2017-03-19
$3,000
Campaign staff
Law Office of John Fogarty, Jr.
2017-02-24
$2,500
Legal fees
Jonathan Kent
2017-01-23
$2,000
Campaign staff
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2017-02-07
$1,550
Yard signs
Evanston RoundTable
2017-03-15
$1,515
Newspaper advertising
KNI Communications
2017-02-10
$1,500
Voter tapes
Found Kitchen
2017-02-10
$1,410
Campaign kickoff event
Jonathan Kent
2017-01-19
$1,000
Campaign staff
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2017-03-02
$997
Printing
Ed Gray
2017-02-10
$750
Website design
Ed Gray
2017-01-02
$750
Website design
Phil Dziedzic Design
2017-01-28
$637
Graphic design
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2017-02-07
$520
Buttons
Evanston Photographic Studios
2017-01-19
$500
Photography
Evanston Photographic Studios
2017-01-23
$500
Photography
Phil Dziedzic Design
2017-01-02
$487
Graphic design
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2017-01-23
$380
Printing
Bydand Creative
2017-03-20
$300
Graphic design
Breaker Press Co., Inc
2017-01-30
$250
Printing
Linda Del Bosque
2017-03-15
$250
Magazine advertising
Democracy Engine, LLC
2017-02-08
$150
Website expenses
Democracy Engine, LLC
2017-03-23
$27
Bank charges
Democracy Engine, LLC
2017-03-09
$24
Bank charges
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