Bleyer's committee spent the most on principal payment in the quarter, with all those payments ($13,929) going to Brad Bleyer in Carbondale. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bleyer's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Principal payment
$13,929
15.1%
Campaign work
$12,432
13.5%
Television advertising
$11,547
12.5%
Principal payment, bleyer
$10,756
11.7%
Mailing
$10,242
11.1%
Radio advertising
$7,479
8.1%
Television media
$6,001
6.5%
Accounting fees
$5,000
5.4%
Newspaper advertising
$4,979
5.4%
Reimbursement for mileage/maintenance
$2,226
2.4%
T-shirts
$2,207
2.4%
Production media expenses
$1,495
1.6%
Signs
$1,075
1.2%
Palm cards
$1,062
1.2%
Media - radio
$960
1%
Supplies
$439
0.5%
Donations
$400
0.4%
Printing
$70
< 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
In Demand Marketing & Sales Consulting
2016-11-22
$7,782
Campaign work
Spectrum Reach
2016-11-03
$6,001
Television media
Thomas Printing & Stationery Co.
2016-10-17
$5,570
Mailing
Elisha Deen
2016-12-05
$5,000
Accounting fees
Thomas Printing & Stationery Co.
2016-10-26
$4,672
Mailing
Wsil-tv
2016-10-30
$3,888
Television advertising
Wsil-tv
2016-10-03
$3,259
Television advertising
Lisa Lukens
2016-11-09
$3,000
Campaign work
Wsil-tv
2016-11-03
$2,720
Television advertising
Brad Bleyer
2016-12-02
$2,552
Principal payment, bleyer
Brad Bleyer
2016-10-13
$2,552
Principal payment
Brad Bleyer
2016-12-02
$2,498
Principal payment, bleyer
Brad Bleyer
2016-10-13
$2,498
Principal payment
Brad Bleyer
2016-12-02
$2,226
Reimbursement for mileage/maintenance
Silkworm
2016-12-02
$2,207
T-shirts
Brad Bleyer
2016-12-02
$2,176
Principal payment
Brad Bleyer
2016-12-02
$1,980
Principal payment, bleyer
Brad Bleyer
2016-10-13
$1,980
Principal payment
The Southern Illinoisan
2016-10-30
$1,805
Newspaper advertising
Brad Bleyer
2016-12-02
$1,789
Principal payment, bleyer
Brad Bleyer
2016-12-02
$1,662
Principal payment
WTIM Radio
2016-12-02
$1,650
Radio advertising
Digital Innovations
2016-10-24
$1,495
Production media expenses
Centralia Sentinel
2016-12-02
$1,392
Newspaper advertising
Wsil-tv
2016-12-02
$1,079
Television advertising
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