Bradley's committee spent the most on advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($1,173,500) going to Buying Time, LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bradley's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Advertising
$1,173,500
77.8%
Production media expenses
$102,696
6.8%
Robo calls
$50,724
3.4%
Postage
$49,781
3.3%
Polling
$48,000
3.2%
Printing
$39,558
2.6%
Contractual expenses
$15,120
1%
Campaign work
$7,184
0.5%
Election day workers
$3,802
0.3%
Mileage expenses
$2,706
0.2%
Accounting fees
$2,668
0.2%
Election day lunches
$2,647
0.2%
Computer software
$1,900
0.1%
Office supplies
$1,503
0.1%
Donations
$1,300
< 0.1%
Candidate lodging
$1,165
< 0.1%
Campaign staff - housing
$814
< 0.1%
Promotional items
$750
< 0.1%
Campaign staff- housing
$670
< 0.1%
Flowers
$478
< 0.1%
Donation - veterans day program
$450
< 0.1%
Phones
$445
< 0.1%
Newspaper advertising
$425
< 0.1%
Maintenance
$384
< 0.1%
Utilities
$329
< 0.1%
Bank charges
$225
< 0.1%
Meetings
$89
< 0.1%
Meals - volunteers
$69
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-24
$250,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-11-01
$250,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-19
$200,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-12
$150,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-11-03
$100,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-11-01
$100,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-06
$70,000
Advertising
Buying Time, LLC
2016-10-25
$50,000
Advertising
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-11-04
$50,000
Production media expenses
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-10-28
$41,184
Production media expenses
Winning Connections
2016-11-10
$31,496
Robo calls
A & K Printing
2016-11-03
$18,508
Printing
Winning Connections
2016-11-07
$14,146
Robo calls
U.S. Postmaster Marion
2016-10-05
$14,100
Postage
Tulchin Research
2016-10-03
$13,000
Polling
Tulchin Research
2016-10-15
$13,000
Polling
Tulchin Research
2016-10-05
$11,000
Polling
Tulchin Research
2016-10-18
$11,000
Polling
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh, Inc.
2016-10-06
$8,912
Production media expenses
US Postmaster
2016-10-20
$7,339
Postage
RK PR Solutions
2016-11-14
$6,000
Contractual expenses
US Postmaster
2016-10-12
$5,395
Postage
Winning Connections
2016-11-04
$4,755
Robo calls
A & K Printing
2016-10-24
$4,580
Printing
US Postmaster
2016-10-20
$3,790
Postage