Finnie's committee spent the most on media expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($620,576) going to Buying Time, LLC in Washington. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Finnie's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Media expenses
$620,576
77.9%
Campaign work
$44,076
5.5%
Robo calls
$30,634
3.9%
Postage
$23,120
2.9%
Printing
$17,995
2.3%
Yard signs
$15,795
2%
Tv production
$12,700
1.6%
Consulting
$7,700
1%
Rent
$3,450
0.4%
Mileage expenses
$3,229
0.4%
Bonus
$2,750
0.4%
Events
$2,450
0.3%
Donations
$2,450
0.3%
Food and beverage - event
$2,393
0.3%
Office supplies
$1,515
0.2%
Office equipment
$1,461
0.2%
Campaign services
$1,050
0.1%
Telephone expenses
$967
0.1%
Ads
$752
< 0.1%
Training
$723
< 0.1%
Utilities
$428
< 0.1%
Bank charges
$298
< 0.1%
Food
$200
< 0.1%
Copies
$2
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-26
$247,889
Media expenses
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-18
$126,989
Media expenses
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-12
$110,039
Media expenses
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-15
$80,000
Media expenses
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-26
$30,000
Media expenses
Buying Time, LLC
2018-10-10
$25,659
Media expenses
Devine Mulvey Longabaugh
2018-10-10
$12,700
Tv production
Winning Connections
2018-11-08
$11,000
Robo calls
Girls in the Garage
2018-10-01
$9,720
Yard signs
Winning Connections
2018-12-07
$7,200
Robo calls
Winning Connections
2018-11-08
$7,094
Robo calls
Girls in the Garage
2018-10-23
$6,075
Yard signs
US Postmaster
2018-10-01
$5,921
Postage
R House
2018-10-02
$5,109
Printing
Winning Connections
2018-11-08
$4,900
Robo calls
Lynne Chambers
2018-10-03
$4,250
Consulting
R House
2018-11-28
$3,304
Printing
US Postmaster
2018-10-05
$3,225
Postage
US Postmaster
2018-10-02
$3,225
Postage
US Postmaster
2018-10-09
$3,225
Postage
US Postmaster
2018-10-15
$3,225
Postage
Hill Printing
2018-11-05
$3,225
Printing
Natalie Phelps Finnie
2018-11-07
$3,020
Mileage expenses
Shannon Ewald
2018-11-09
$2,795
Campaign work
Chambers and Associates
2018-11-09
$2,450
Events
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