Smiddy's committee spent the most on donations in the quarter, with 81.2% of this total ($75,000) going to Friends Of Mike Halpin in Rock Island. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Smiddy's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Donations
$92,420
71.4%
Consulting
$11,733
9.1%
Staff salaries
$5,508
4.3%
Rent
$3,555
2.8%
Telephones
$3,512
2.7%
Taxes - federal
$1,992
1.5%
Insurance
$1,830
1.4%
Office supplies
$1,680
1.3%
Office equipment
$1,410
1.1%
State taxes
$1,236
1%
Transportation
$1,107
0.9%
Meals
$951
0.7%
Subscriptions
$560
0.4%
Internet access
$486
0.4%
Utilities
$451
0.4%
Staff lodging
$384
0.3%
Gasoline
$380
0.3%
Postage
$147
0.1%
Post office box
$68
< 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
Friends Of Mike Halpin
2016-03-07
$75,000
Donations
Stanford Campaigns
2016-03-07
$5,170
Consulting
Friends Of Juliana Straton
2016-02-11
$5,000
Donations
Stanford Campaigns
2016-01-14
$5,000
Consulting
Equality Il Education Project
2016-02-03
$3,500
Donations
Quality Deer Management Assoc
2016-02-20
$1,750
Donations
Blue Print Campaign Consulting
2016-01-04
$1,563
Consulting
Best Buy
2016-01-12
$1,410
Office equipment
Verizon Wireless
2016-02-16
$1,255
Telephones
Il Dept Of Employment Security
2016-02-02
$1,236
State taxes
Ally
2016-02-02
$1,230
Insurance
Lincoln Square Apartments
2016-02-26
$1,185
Rent
Lincoln Square Apartments
2016-02-16
$1,185
Rent
Lincoln Square Apartments
2016-01-05
$1,185
Rent
Illinois Director Of Employment Security
2016-01-29
$1,077
Taxes - federal
April House
2016-02-03
$1,000
Donations
April House
2016-03-25
$1,000
Donations
Child Abuse Council Of The Quad Cities
2016-02-03
$1,000
Donations
Friends Of John Curtis
2016-03-20
$1,000
Donations
Friends Of John Curtis
2016-03-25
$1,000
Donations
Verizon Wireless
2016-03-03
$981
Telephones
Verizon Wireless
2016-01-11
$956
Telephones
Unisource
2016-01-27
$930
Office supplies
Blue Print Campaign Consulting
2016-03-07
$758
Staff salaries
Blue Print Campaign Consulting
2016-02-01
$750
Office supplies
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