LaVia's committee spent the most on direct mail in the quarter, with all those payments ($69,037) going to Dover Group in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how LaVia's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Direct mail
$69,037
29.9%
Consulting
$63,544
27.5%
Principal payment, chapa
$40,000
17.3%
Research
$27,950
12.1%
Production media expenses
$9,712
4.2%
Printing
$7,263
3.1%
Media
$7,000
3%
Lease payments
$2,400
1%
Phone services
$1,850
0.8%
Donation fees
$1,209
0.5%
Campaign event
$500
0.2%
Campaign work
$300
0.1%
Advertising
$250
0.1%
Stipends
$244
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
Mary Lou Chapa
2017-03-15
$40,000
Principal payment, chapa
Fako and Associates
2017-01-19
$21,650
Research
Dover Group
2017-02-06
$20,486
Direct mail
Dover Group
2017-01-25
$20,000
Direct mail
Dover Group
2017-02-01
$18,881
Direct mail
CFO Consulting Group
2017-01-09
$12,212
Consulting
McKenna Pihlaja
2017-03-06
$9,712
Production media expenses
Dover Group
2017-02-13
$9,670
Direct mail
Joe Calomino
2017-01-10
$9,407
Consulting
Melissa Taube
2017-03-06
$8,000
Consulting
Screen Strategies Media
2017-02-19
$7,000
Media
CFO Consulting Group
2017-03-06
$6,814
Consulting
CFO Consulting Group
2017-02-09
$6,705
Consulting
Joe Calomino
2017-02-06
$5,067
Consulting
Joe Calomino
2017-03-06
$4,995
Consulting
Andrew Williames
2017-03-06
$3,500
Consulting
Aurora Fastprint
2017-02-19
$3,373
Printing
Grindstone Research
2017-03-01
$3,150
Research
Grindstone Research
2017-01-25
$3,150
Research
The Sexton Group
2017-03-06
$1,850
Phone services
Cherilyn Winters
2017-01-31
$1,628
Consulting
Cherilyn Winters
2017-02-24
$1,627
Consulting
Cherilyn Winters
2017-01-04
$1,531
Consulting
Aurora Victory Fund
2017-03-06
$1,500
Lease payments
Aurora Fastprint
2017-01-23
$1,424
Printing
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