Bradley's committee spent the most on television advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($29,914) going to Buying Time, LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bradley's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television advertising
$29,914
41.3%
Donations
$17,400
24%
Consulting
$4,000
5.5%
Accounting fees
$2,829
3.9%
Advertising
$2,001
2.8%
Candidate lodging
$1,990
2.8%
Mileage expenses
$1,799
2.5%
Contractual expenses
$1,450
2%
Photography
$1,100
1.5%
Flowers
$1,064
1.5%
Utilities
$1,018
1.4%
Promotional items
$886
1.2%
Newspaper advertising
$726
1%
Office supplies
$713
1%
Meetings
$678
0.9%
Phones
$550
0.8%
Printing
$508
0.7%
Sponsorships
$500
0.7%
Postage
$491
0.7%
Cell phones
$425
0.6%
Mailing
$335
0.5%
Robo calls
$335
0.5%
Telephones
$274
0.4%
Parade supplies
$239
0.3%
Parade flags
$231
0.3%
Parade candy
$163
0.2%
Parade - candy
$163
0.2%
Equipment - purchase
$162
0.2%
Campaign work
$130
0.2%
Office cleaning
$128
0.2%
Brochures
$127
0.2%
Parade-flags
$117
0.2%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Buying Time, LLC
2016-06-23
$14,967
Television advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-06-28
$14,947
Television advertising
RK PR Solutions
2016-04-29
$4,000
Consulting
First Baptist Church of Zeigler
2016-06-28
$3,000
Donations
First Freewill Baptist Church
2016-06-29
$2,500
Donations
Gum Drops
2016-06-30
$2,500
Donations
All Nations Church
2016-06-27
$2,000
Donations
First Christian Church of West Frankfort
2016-06-28
$2,000
Donations
Sesser Valier Area LIfeline
2016-06-27
$2,000
Donations
Piper Ferguson
2016-06-21
$1,100
Photography
A & K Printing
2016-06-03
$1,001
Advertising
Local #399, Political Education Fund
2016-06-24
$1,000
Donations
Reppert Publications
2016-06-24
$1,000
Advertising
Etcetera Flower and Gifts
2016-05-13
$942
Flowers
Courtney Cruse
2016-06-03
$900
Contractual expenses
John Bradley
2016-05-02
$839
Mileage expenses
Rose Leedle
2016-05-04
$833
Accounting fees
Rose Leedle
2016-06-03
$833
Accounting fees
Rose Leedle
2016-04-01
$833
Accounting fees
Hilton Garden Inn Chicago
2016-06-08
$602
Candidate lodging
Southern Illinois Miners Baseball
2016-05-31
$528
Promotional items
Egyptian Building and Construction Trades Council
2016-06-10
$500
Donations
IBEW Local Union 702
2016-05-13
$500
Donations
Ameren CIPS
2016-04-01
$479
Utilities
John Bradley
2016-06-08
$455
Mileage expenses