Bradley's committee spent the most on donations in the quarter, with 37.2% of this total ($2,500) going to Boyton Community Center in Marion. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bradley's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Donations
$6,730
33.8%
Accounting fees
$3,131
15.7%
Brochures
$2,401
12.1%
Mileage expenses
$1,073
5.4%
Telephones
$1,047
5.3%
Utilities
$1,010
5.1%
Fund raising (food)
$842
4.2%
Promotional items
$575
2.9%
Newspaper advertising
$455
2.3%
Meeting - farm bureau breakfast
$407
2.1%
Mailing
$377
1.9%
Cell phones
$286
1.4%
Meetings
$284
1.4%
Office supplies
$256
1.3%
Candidate lodging
$228
1.2%
Subscriptions
$221
1.1%
Advertising
$200
1%
Meeting - prayer breakfast
$196
1%
Postage
$139
0.7%
Fund raising - supplies
$21
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
Boyton Community Center
2016-02-12
$2,500
Donations
Kemper CPA Group
2016-03-25
$2,297
Accounting fees
Village of Colp- Playground Fund
2016-01-19
$2,200
Donations
Unisource
2016-02-25
$1,361
Brochures
Rose Leedle
2016-03-01
$833
Accounting fees
Voluntary Services of Marion VA
2016-01-27
$800
Donations
Hill Printing and Office Supply
2016-02-25
$770
Brochures
Ameren CIPS
2016-02-25
$663
Utilities
Frontier Communications
2016-02-25
$580
Telephones
Thomas Printing and Stationary
2016-03-23
$575
Promotional items
John Bradley
2016-01-13
$525
Mileage expenses
Young Hearts with Goals and Purposes
2016-02-25
$480
Donations
West Frankfort Gazette
2016-01-29
$455
Newspaper advertising
K and D Thompsonville Cafe
2016-02-25
$407
Meeting - farm bureau breakfast
John Bradley
2016-03-15
$377
Mileage expenses
US Postmaster
2016-02-25
$377
Mailing
Ameren CIPS
2016-01-13
$346
Utilities
Kroger
2016-03-23
$279
Fund raising (food)
Frontier Communications
2016-03-09
$275
Telephones
Hill Printing and Office Supply
2016-02-02
$270
Brochures
Franklin County Democrat Organization
2016-01-15
$250
Donations
Illinois YMCA
2016-02-25
$250
Donations
National Wild Turkey Foundation
2016-02-05
$250
Donations
Talbott Hotel
2016-03-18
$228
Candidate lodging
Sam's Club
2016-03-23
$207
Fund raising (food)
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