Gillespie's committee spent the most on printing in the quarter, with all those payments ($65,007) going to Wildfire Contact in Methuen. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Gillespie's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing
$65,007
63.5%
Consulting
$12,660
12.4%
Yard signs
$5,934
5.8%
Gotv calls
$5,013
4.9%
Consulting services
$4,900
4.8%
Consulting fee
$4,116
4%
Printing services
$1,748
1.7%
Catering
$1,460
1.4%
Act blue fee
$253
0.3%
Credit card processing fees
$232
0.2%
January rent
$200
0.2%
Rent
$200
0.2%
March rent
$200
0.2%
April rent
$200
0.2%
Actblue fee
$120
0.1%
Calls
$107
0.1%
Bank fee
$60
< 0.1%
Cc and merchant fees
$29
< 0.1%
Act blue fees
$6
< 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
KMM Consulting, LLC
2018-01-26
$10,500
Consulting
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-19
$10,464
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-09
$9,659
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-14
$9,659
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-09
$9,550
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-01
$9,257
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-02
$6,906
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-23
$6,009
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-01-11
$5,934
Yard signs
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-28
$5,013
Gotv calls
Eric D Palmer
2018-02-05
$4,116
Consulting fee
Eric D Palmer
2018-01-06
$4,000
Consulting services
Maddie Wazowicz
2018-03-22
$2,160
Consulting
Wildfire Contact
2018-03-01
$1,955
Printing
Chi-Town Printing, Inc.
2018-01-04
$1,468
Printing services
Fausto's Italian Kitchen
2018-03-20
$1,460
Catering
Maddie Wazowicz
2018-02-19
$900
Consulting services
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-01
$899
Printing
Wildfire Contact
2018-02-05
$645
Printing
Chi-Town Printing, Inc.
2018-01-11
$280
Printing services
Sage Payment Solutions
2018-02-02
$232
Credit card processing fees
Gpad
2018-01-03
$200
January rent
Gpad
2018-02-08
$200
Rent
Gpad
2018-03-06
$200
March rent
Gpad
2018-03-26
$200
April rent