Caffrey's committee spent the most on polling in the quarter, with all those payments ($11,308) going to Margin of Era Research, LCC in Darien. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Caffrey's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Polling
$11,308
39.6%
Consulting
$9,375
32.9%
Printing
$4,450
15.6%
Website expenses
$1,300
4.6%
Donation processing fees
$638
2.2%
Principal payment, caffrey
$505
1.8%
Social media assistance
$230
0.8%
Postage
$225
0.8%
Office supplies
$209
0.7%
Newspaper advertising
$195
0.7%
Donation processing fee
$51
0.2%
Post office box
$51
0.2%
Table 2 below shows the top 24 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Margin of Era Research, LCC
2018-08-20
$10,308
Polling
Alliance Printing
2018-09-21
$2,340
Printing
Tom Walsh
2018-08-05
$1,875
Consulting
Tom Walsh
2018-08-18
$1,875
Consulting
Tom Walsh
2018-09-02
$1,875
Consulting
Tom Walsh
2018-09-16
$1,875
Consulting
Tom Walsh
2018-09-30
$1,875
Consulting
Morgan Nunan
2018-09-21
$1,300
Website expenses
Margin of Era Research, LCC
2018-08-04
$1,000
Polling
Alliance Printing
2018-08-06
$850
Printing
Alliance Printing
2018-08-30
$800
Printing
Jim Caffrey
2018-08-01
$505
Principal payment, caffrey
Alliance Printing
2018-07-11
$460
Printing
ActBlue
2018-09-28
$325
Donation processing fees
Spinutech
2018-08-04
$230
Social media assistance
Elmhurst Post Office
2018-07-19
$225
Postage
Amazon.com
2018-09-28
$209
Office supplies
Rock Vally Publishing, LLC
2018-08-08
$195
Newspaper advertising
ActBlue
2018-08-17
$128
Donation processing fees
ActBlue
2018-08-31
$95
Donation processing fees
ActBlue
2018-09-24
$61
Donation processing fees
ActBlue
2018-07-19
$51
Donation processing fee
Elmhurst Post Office
2018-09-25
$51
Post office box
ActBlue
2018-07-31
$28
Donation processing fees