Sonnefeldt's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with 94.8% of this total ($25,684) going to Marquardt Printing Co. in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sonnefeldt's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$27,094
55.9%
Staff salary
$5,725
11.8%
Consulting
$5,345
11%
Poll
$4,000
8.3%
Campaign office rent jan-mar
$2,000
4.1%
Yard signs
$2,000
4.1%
Campaign work
$1,000
2.1%
Postage
$577
1.2%
Fundraising event expenses
$260
0.5%
Credit card processing fees
$257
0.5%
Web expenses
$203
0.4%
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
Marquardt Printing Co.
2018-03-13
$10,424
Printing
Marquardt Printing Co.
2018-03-13
$5,212
Printing
Marquardt Printing Co.
2018-03-16
$5,212
Printing
Marquardt Printing Co.
2018-03-07
$4,836
Printing
Deep Blue Strategies LLC
2018-01-23
$4,000
Poll
Deep Blue Strategies LLC
2018-01-31
$2,922
Consulting
Joe Sonnefeldt
2018-03-30
$2,000
Campaign office rent jan-mar
Union Signs & Printing
2018-02-20
$2,000
Yard signs
Ben Robbins
2018-03-05
$1,600
Staff salary
Deep Blue Strategies LLC
2018-01-17
$1,375
Consulting
Ben Robbins
2018-02-12
$1,375
Staff salary
Ben Robbins
2018-03-14
$1,375
Staff salary
Ben Robbins
2018-03-28
$1,375
Staff salary
Deep Blue Strategies LLC
2018-01-05
$1,047
Consulting
Jeff Nejdl
2018-03-26
$1,000
Campaign work
Chi-Town Printing
2018-02-26
$600
Printing
Chi-Town Printing
2018-03-19
$600
Printing
United States Postal Service
2018-03-12
$577
Postage
Trezero's Kitchen & Tap
2018-03-05
$260
Fundraising event expenses
Facebook
2018-03-26
$203
Web expenses
Chi-Town Printing
2018-02-05
$130
Printing
Chi-Town Printing
2018-01-02
$80
Printing
ActBlue
2018-01-25
$66
Credit card processing fees
ActBlue
2018-01-25
$38
Credit card processing fees
ActBlue
2018-03-05
$34
Credit card processing fees
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