Edmonds's committee spent the most on television advertising in the quarter, with 52.3% of this total ($28,181) going to Wsil in Carterville. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Edmonds's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television advertising
$53,860
43.1%
Radio advertising
$31,991
25.6%
Online advertising
$20,000
16%
Signs
$8,578
6.9%
Promotional items
$2,751
2.2%
Brochures
$1,096
0.9%
Printing of walk cards
$917
0.7%
Food
$823
0.7%
Walk cards
$807
0.7%
Newspaper advertising
$752
0.6%
Stamps
$700
0.6%
T-shirts
$691
0.6%
Gasoline
$400
0.3%
Purchase at jr livestock auction
$325
0.3%
Metal posts for signs
$314
0.3%
Candy for parades
$236
0.2%
Photography
$200
0.2%
Candy for parade
$149
0.1%
Donations
$100
< 0.1%
Posts for signs
$97
< 0.1%
Parade candy
$78
< 0.1%
Postage
$54
< 0.1%
Post office box
$31
< 0.1%
Ties and strap for signs
$28
< 0.1%
Grade stakes for sign posts
$20
< 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
Wsil
2018-08-15
$26,060
Television advertising
Spectrum Reach
2018-09-24
$24,989
Television advertising
River Radio
2018-09-13
$20,010
Radio advertising
Creative Logic Communications LLC
2018-08-08
$14,000
Online advertising
Withers Broadcasting
2018-09-13
$9,261
Radio advertising
Creative Logic Communications LLC
2018-09-11
$6,000
Online advertising
Union Signs & Printing
2018-08-29
$2,538
Signs
B & D Signs
2018-07-12
$2,250
Signs
Wsil
2018-09-04
$2,121
Television advertising
B & D Signs
2018-07-05
$2,000
Signs
Silkworm
2018-07-27
$1,914
Promotional items
Union Signs & Printing
2018-09-19
$1,790
Signs
Webq
2018-08-23
$1,350
Radio advertising
Hill Printing
2018-09-25
$1,096
Brochures
Wggh
2018-08-21
$1,020
Radio advertising
Hill Printing
2018-07-25
$917
Printing of walk cards
Oxford Graphic T's
2018-08-03
$837
Promotional items
Abbey Ridge LLC
2018-09-10
$823
Food
Hill Printing
2018-09-10
$807
Walk cards
US Postal Service
2018-09-25
$700
Stamps
Sunspots Productions, Inc.
2018-08-16
$690
Television advertising
Metropolis Planet
2018-08-13
$520
Newspaper advertising
Oxford Graphic T's
2018-07-19
$400
T-shirts
Southern Illinois Fair Association
2018-08-23
$325
Purchase at jr livestock auction
Oxford Graphic T's
2018-07-31
$291
T-shirts
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