Butts's committee spent the most on lawn signs in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,000) going to Advertising Consultants in Oglesby. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Butts's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Lawn signs
$3,000
36.4%
Brochures
$2,298
27.9%
Principal payment, butts
$500
6.1%
Printing
$470
5.7%
Fund raising (food)
$437
5.3%
Newspaper advertising
$406
4.9%
Mailing
$363
4.4%
T-shirts
$317
3.9%
Fund raising entertainment
$300
3.6%
Mileage expenses
$150
1.8%
Table 2 below shows the top 14 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Advertising Consultants
2016-08-13
$3,000
Lawn signs
Leonard A. Unes Printing Co.
2016-09-02
$1,450
Brochures
Flores Printers
2016-08-19
$519
Brochures
Bill Butts
2016-09-08
$500
Principal payment, butts
Pizza House
2016-09-07
$437
Fund raising (food)
Galesburg Post Office
2016-08-23
$363
Mailing
Leonard A. Unes Printing Co.
2016-09-14
$350
Printing
Flores Printers
2016-09-19
$328
Brochures
Sports Depot Inc.
2016-08-29
$317
T-shirts
Frank Weikert Band
2016-09-04
$300
Fund raising entertainment
The Register Mail
2016-08-25
$238
Newspaper advertising
The Register Mail
2016-09-16
$168
Newspaper advertising
Bill Butts
2016-09-10
$150
Mileage expenses
Flores Printers
2016-09-17
$120
Printing
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