Reis's committee spent the most on yard signs in the quarter, with all those payments ($2,129) going to My Campaign Store LLC in Louisville. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Reis's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Yard signs
$2,129
21.4%
Newspaper advertising
$1,346
13.5%
Contractual expenses
$1,200
12%
Campaign staff
$1,000
10%
Subscriptions
$680
6.8%
Radio advertising
$530
5.3%
Telephones
$429
4.3%
Office supplies
$373
3.7%
Cable internet
$352
3.5%
Utilities
$322
3.2%
Fund raising - hall rental (sept. 15th 2016)
$300
3%
Membership dues
$260
2.6%
Cell phones
$240
2.4%
Party - staff
$229
2.3%
Lunch with local supporters
$203
2%
Office equipment
$159
1.6%
Long distance - front
$128
1.3%
Long distance - back
$52
0.5%
Ad books
$25
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
My Campaign Store LLC
2016-01-27
$2,129
Yard signs
Ahead Of Our Time Publishing
2016-01-05
$500
Subscriptions
J. C. Kowa
2016-02-01
$500
Campaign staff
Keith Simpson
2016-02-01
$500
Campaign staff
J. C. Kowa
2016-01-29
$400
Contractual expenses
J. C. Kowa
2016-02-29
$400
Contractual expenses
J. C. Kowa
2016-03-31
$400
Contractual expenses
Olney Daily Mail
2016-03-08
$350
Newspaper advertising
Miller Office Equipment
2016-01-04
$323
Office supplies
St. Mary's Catholic Church
2016-02-10
$300
Fund raising - hall rental (sept. 15th 2016)
Effingham Chamber of Comm.
2016-01-06
$260
Membership dues
Flat Iron Cooking Company
2016-01-09
$229
Party - staff
Gottzz
2016-02-04
$203
Lunch with local supporters
the Original Company, INC WFIW
2016-01-12
$175
Radio advertising
Wako
2016-01-07
$175
Radio advertising
AT&T Mobility
2016-02-01
$159
Office equipment
Olney Daily Mail
2016-03-18
$158
Subscriptions
Frontier Communications
2016-03-29
$144
Telephones
Frontier Communications
2016-01-28
$142
Telephones
Frontier Communications
2016-02-25
$142
Telephones
Illinois Gas Co.
2016-03-14
$121
Utilities
Carmi Times
2016-01-12
$119
Newspaper advertising
Newwave Communication
2016-01-07
$117
Cable internet
Newwave Communication
2016-03-08
$117
Cable internet
Newwave Communication
2016-02-10
$117
Cable internet
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