Scherer's committee spent the most on poll survey in the quarter, with all those payments ($15,000) going to Tulchin Research in San Francisco. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Scherer's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Poll survey
$15,000
42.9%
Campaign work
$9,615
27.5%
Postage
$3,340
9.6%
Printing
$900
2.6%
Mailer & postage
$761
2.2%
Job fair
$715
2.1%
Advertising
$625
1.8%
Ad & table
$500
1.4%
Email letters
$487
1.4%
Cell phones
$446
1.3%
Gasoline
$366
1.1%
Office supplies
$365
1%
Ad & dinner ticket
$345
1%
Membership dues
$275
0.8%
Printing labels
$250
0.7%
Tickets
$240
0.7%
Gala tickets
$175
0.5%
Equipment - purchase
$165
0.5%
Parade candy
$153
0.4%
Pies for event
$75
0.2%
Equipment - purchase cell phones
$54
0.2%
State fair breakfast
$40
0.1%
Donations
$35
0.1%
Telephones
$27
< 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
Tulchin Research
2018-08-17
$15,000
Poll survey
United States Post Office
2018-08-07
$3,000
Postage
Rachel Devereux
2018-08-13
$1,305
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-08-25
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-09-03
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-09-24
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-09-10
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-09-17
$750
Campaign work
Workforce Investment Solutions
2018-07-19
$715
Job fair
Frye-Williamson Press
2018-09-26
$646
Printing
African-America History
2018-08-31
$500
Advertising
Central Lodge #3
2018-09-20
$500
Ad & table
Constant Contact
2018-08-21
$487
Email letters
Joshua Majors
2018-09-24
$372
Campaign work
Staples
2018-08-21
$365
Office supplies
Faith Coalition for the Common Good
2018-09-25
$345
Ad & dinner ticket
Frye-Williamson Press
2018-09-26
$340
Postage
Joshua Majors
2018-09-10
$318
Campaign work
Joshua Majors
2018-08-13
$312
Campaign work
Joshua Majors
2018-09-17
$288
Campaign work
Greater Decatur Chamber of Commcerce
2018-09-08
$275
Membership dues
Mike Anderson
2018-09-10
$270
Campaign work
Mike Anderson
2018-09-24
$270
Campaign work
Joshua Majors
2018-08-25
$264
Campaign work
Frye-Williamson Press
2018-08-06
$253
Mailer & postage