Gong-Gershowitz's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with all those payments ($300,000) going to Buying Time, LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Gong-Gershowitz's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$300,000
60.8%
Printing
$62,801
12.7%
Postage
$44,088
8.9%
Phone services
$31,353
6.4%
Telephone polling
$26,000
5.3%
Production media expenses
$10,000
2%
Campaign staff
$6,440
1.3%
Yard signs
$5,525
1.1%
Office supplies
$2,162
0.4%
Events
$1,200
0.2%
Fund raising (food)
$1,091
0.2%
Mailing
$875
0.2%
Phones
$548
0.1%
Newspaper advertising
$321
< 0.1%
Fees
$254
< 0.1%
Communications
$244
< 0.1%
Promotional items
$240
< 0.1%
Cell phones
$56
< 0.1%
Website expenses
$11
< 0.1%
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
Buying Time, LLC
2018-03-13
$300,000
Television media
Winning Connections
2018-03-12
$17,722
Phone services
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-03-15
$17,234
Printing
Tulchin Research
2018-03-09
$13,000
Telephone polling
Tulchin Research
2018-02-28
$13,000
Telephone polling
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-03-09
$12,897
Printing
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh
2018-03-15
$10,000
Production media expenses
Winning Connections
2018-03-17
$9,260
Phone services
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-02-23
$5,621
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-03-01
$4,916
Printing
Frye Williamson Press
2018-02-20
$4,858
Postage
U.S. Post Office
2018-02-20
$4,858
Postage
U.S. Post Office
2018-02-26
$4,858
Postage
U.S. Post Office
2018-02-17
$4,858
Postage
U.S. Post Office
2018-03-05
$4,858
Postage
Union Signs and Printing
2018-01-31
$3,850
Yard signs
U.S. Post Office
2018-02-26
$3,737
Postage
U.S. Post Office
2018-02-21
$3,737
Postage
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-03-15
$3,695
Printing
Winning Connections
2018-03-22
$3,380
Phone services
Julia Steiner
2018-03-14
$2,870
Campaign staff
Frye Williamson Press
2018-03-05
$2,356
Printing
Frye Williamson Press
2018-02-26
$2,356
Printing
Frye Williamson Press
2018-02-20
$2,356
Printing
Frye Williamson Press
2018-02-17
$2,356
Printing
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