DeSutter's committee spent the most on television advertising in the quarter, with all those payments ($23,020) going to Hodas & Associates Strategic Communications in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how DeSutter's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television advertising
$23,020
62.6%
Signs
$7,965
21.7%
Newspaper advertising
$2,391
6.5%
Food
$2,256
6.1%
Brochures
$895
2.4%
Mailing
$238
0.7%
Table 2 below shows the top 18 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Hodas & Associates Strategic Communications
2016-03-11
$23,020
Television advertising
Hodas & Associates Strategic Communications
2016-01-26
$7,965
Signs
Melanie DeSutter
2016-01-20
$1,313
Food
Henry County Advertiser
2016-02-22
$890
Newspaper advertising
Jerry Daliege
2016-01-26
$599
Brochures
Big Catz BBQ, LLC
2016-01-26
$492
Food
Mark Compton
2016-01-07
$450
Food
The Register Mail
2016-03-02
$310
Newspaper advertising
The Register Mail
2016-03-10
$310
Newspaper advertising
Star Courier
2016-03-01
$256
Newspaper advertising
Melanie DeSutter
2016-01-21
$238
Mailing
Henry County Farm Bureau
2016-03-11
$200
Newspaper advertising
Bureau Co Republican
2016-03-01
$185
Newspaper advertising
Creative Images Center
2016-01-26
$152
Brochures
Aledo Times Record
2016-02-22
$145
Newspaper advertising
Creative Images Center
2016-01-02
$143
Brochures
Aledo Times Record
2016-03-01
$50
Newspaper advertising
Henry County Advertiser
2016-03-02
$43
Newspaper advertising
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