Phelps's committee spent the most on polling in the quarter, with all those payments ($27,500) going to Tulchin Research in San Francvisco. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Phelps's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Polling
$27,500
16.3%
Shirts
$11,860
7.1%
Golf outings
$11,142
6.6%
Website expenses
$10,972
6.5%
Rent
$10,498
6.2%
Campaign work
$9,345
5.6%
Printing
$7,300
4.3%
Sponsor
$7,150
4.3%
Signs
$6,505
3.9%
Postage
$6,000
3.6%
Supplies
$4,697
2.8%
Donations
$4,100
2.4%
Events
$4,000
2.4%
Mileage expenses
$3,416
2%
Meetings
$2,991
1.8%
Campaign workers
$2,911
1.7%
Car payment
$2,336
1.4%
Phone services
$2,283
1.4%
Advertising
$1,954
1.2%
Food
$1,813
1.1%
Campaign office deposit for rent
$1,800
1.1%
Campaign services
$1,630
1%
Voter registration
$1,340
0.8%
T shirts
$1,321
0.8%
Gifts
$1,261
0.8%
Ads
$1,252
0.7%
Insurance
$1,216
0.7%
Uniform sponsor
$1,200
0.7%
Lodging
$1,101
0.7%
Photo shoot
$1,100
0.7%
Cups
$1,083
0.6%
Electronic filing
$1,010
0.6%
Workers
$821
0.5%
Utilities
$767
0.5%
Golf outing service
$750
0.5%
Campaign expenses less than $150
$733
0.4%
Registration
$715
0.4%
Campaign furniture
$710
0.4%
July rent and deposit
$690
0.4%
Gasoline
$638
0.4%
Car rental
$629
0.4%
Conference
$621
0.4%
Birthday decorations
$595
0.4%
Sponsor/donation
$550
0.3%
Democrat luncheon
$540
0.3%
Frontier days
$500
0.3%
Men's golf outing
$500
0.3%
Fundraisers
$436
0.3%
School supplies
$418
0.3%
Hole sponsor
$400
0.2%
Internet access
$375
0.2%
Rentals
$345
0.2%
Lodging for conference
$323
0.2%
Fundraising
$312
0.2%
Service
$200
0.1%
Golf outing hole sponsor
$200
0.1%
2 hole sponsor
$200
0.1%
Framing/resolutions
$177
0.1%
Washer for eldorado school
$150
< 0.1%
Advertisement
$142
< 0.1%
Fppd
$130
< 0.1%
Internet service
$100
< 0.1%
Tefer alesha
$100
< 0.1%
Radio sponsor
$100
< 0.1%
Ad for flag day
$90
< 0.1%
Legislative conference
$81
< 0.1%
Union county fair
$75
< 0.1%
Cable
$69
< 0.1%
Expenses
$32
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Tulchin Research
2016-08-18
$27,500
Polling
Hickory Ridge Golf Course
2016-07-05
$7,490
Golf outings
Dogwood Hill Communication
2016-07-08
$7,000
Website expenses
Union Sign & Printing
2016-07-20
$6,505
Signs
Girls in the Garage
2016-08-31
$6,048
Shirts
A & K Printing
2016-08-18
$5,053
Printing
Dogwood Hill Communication
2016-09-13
$3,972
Website expenses
Southern Illinois University
2016-07-13
$3,652
Golf outings
Girls in the Garage
2016-09-15
$3,411
Shirts
US Postal Service
2016-08-17
$3,351
Postage
Town & Country
2016-09-09
$2,500
Events
Usps
2016-08-11
$2,215
Postage
CASA of Saline County
2016-09-19
$2,000
Sponsor
Tri-State Business Equipment
2016-07-19
$1,838
Supplies
Xyz Llc
2016-07-01
$1,800
Campaign office deposit for rent
Morello's Pizza & Grill
2016-09-02
$1,704
Meetings
Priority Staffing
2016-09-12
$1,559
Campaign workers
Bdgh
2016-09-21
$1,546
Rent
Town & Country
2016-08-23
$1,500
Events
Bdgh
2016-08-15
$1,450
Rent
Girls in the Garage
2016-07-15
$1,321
T shirts
Girls in the Garage
2016-08-08
$1,296
Shirts
Frontier Citizen
2016-09-14
$1,278
Phone services
Country Insurance
2016-09-27
$1,216
Insurance
American Real Estate
2016-09-02
$1,200
Rent
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