Gillespie's committee spent the most on consulting services in the quarter, with all those payments ($8,000) going to Eric D Palmer in Evanston. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Gillespie's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting services
$8,000
44.9%
Consulting fee (fundraising)
$4,000
22.5%
Consulting fee (campaign manager)
$4,000
22.5%
Consulting fee (field)
$1,280
7.2%
Note cards, envelopes
$270
1.5%
Actblue fee
$136
0.8%
Act blue fee
$118
0.7%
Table 2 below shows the top 17 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
KMM Consulting, LLC
2017-10-25
$4,000
Consulting fee (fundraising)
Eric D Palmer
2017-10-13
$4,000
Consulting services
Eric D Palmer
2017-11-02
$4,000
Consulting services
Eric D Palmer
2017-12-20
$4,000
Consulting fee (campaign manager)
Maddie Wazowicz
2017-12-14
$1,280
Consulting fee (field)
Chi-Town Printing, Inc.
2017-10-02
$270
Note cards, envelopes
ActBlue Illinois
2017-10-09
$74
Actblue fee
ActBlue Illinois
2017-10-23
$72
Act blue fee
ActBlue Illinois
2017-10-17
$35
Actblue fee
ActBlue Illinois
2017-10-02
$21
Actblue fee
ActBlue Illinois
2017-12-13
$21
Act blue fee
ActBlue Illinois
2017-11-13
$15
Act blue fee
ActBlue Illinois
2017-11-28
$4
Act blue fee
ActBlue Illinois
2017-10-16
$4
Actblue fee
ActBlue Illinois
2017-12-02
$2
Act blue fee
ActBlue Illinois
2017-11-28
$1
Act blue fee
ActBlue Illinois
2017-11-06
$0
Act blue fee