Rita's committee spent the most on polling in the quarter, with all those payments ($37,000) going to Tulchin Research in San Fransisco. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Rita's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Polling
$37,000
24.5%
Printing
$25,259
16.7%
Campaign work
$18,480
12.2%
Postage
$18,442
12.2%
Signs
$8,270
5.5%
Election day workers
$5,175
3.4%
Election day expenses
$4,000
2.7%
Newspaper advertising
$3,949
2.6%
Telephone polling
$3,563
2.4%
Fund raising - food and hall
$3,557
2.4%
Advertising
$3,192
2.1%
Candidate lodging
$2,694
1.8%
Staff lodging
$2,470
1.6%
Food for workers
$2,235
1.5%
Telephones
$1,572
1%
Food election night workers
$1,444
1%
Supplies
$1,326
0.9%
Printing/ promotional items
$1,153
0.8%
Promotional items
$1,102
0.7%
Consulting
$1,000
0.7%
Printing and promotional items
$875
0.6%
Cell phones
$749
0.5%
Meals for staff
$474
0.3%
Dj for fundraiser
$450
0.3%
D.j. election night
$375
0.3%
Food for black history celebration
$342
0.2%
Voter contact
$290
0.2%
Tips for wait staff
$250
0.2%
Paper
$229
0.2%
Supplies-toner
$226
0.2%
Car rental
$225
0.2%
Utility
$197
0.1%
Flowers
$196
0.1%
Food for meeting
$185
0.1%
Meals
$80
< 0.1%
Envelopes
$23
< 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
Tulchin Research
2018-01-22
$24,000
Polling
Tulchin Research
2018-03-02
$13,000
Polling
Union Signs
2018-01-12
$7,800
Signs
Winning Connections
2018-03-14
$3,563
Telephone polling
Beggar's Pizza
2018-03-09
$3,557
Fund raising - food and hall
Silvestri Printing
2018-03-05
$3,328
Printing
U.S. Postmaster
2018-01-17
$3,286
Postage
U.S. Postmaster
2018-02-23
$3,286
Postage
Ryan Gougis
2018-03-21
$3,000
Campaign work
Silvestri Printing
2018-03-01
$2,951
Printing
Silvestri Printing
2018-02-20
$2,900
Printing
Townhouse Condominum Association
2018-02-13
$2,694
Candidate lodging
U.S. Post Office
2018-03-13
$2,500
Postage
JNB Group
2018-03-02
$2,250
Staff lodging
Silvestri Printing
2018-02-22
$2,162
Printing
Taylor Media
2018-03-12
$2,000
Newspaper advertising
U.S. Post Office
2018-02-20
$2,000
Postage
Frye-Williamson Press, Inc.
2018-02-23
$1,861
Printing
Frye-Williamson Press, Inc.
2018-01-17
$1,861
Printing
U.S. Postmaster
2018-01-17
$1,659
Postage
U.S. Postmaster
2018-02-23
$1,659
Postage
Bob Jackson
2018-03-21
$1,500
Campaign work
Beggar's Pizza
2018-03-17
$1,475
Food for workers
Beggar's Pizza
2018-03-20
$1,444
Food election night workers
Silvestri Printing
2018-03-16
$1,435
Printing
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