Scherer's committee spent the most on campaign work in the quarter, with 30.1% of this total ($5,350) going to Rachel Devereux in Decatur. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Scherer's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign work
$17,786
43%
Radio advertising
$12,161
29.4%
Printing
$3,575
8.7%
Postage
$1,890
4.6%
Newspaper advertising
$1,872
4.5%
Subscriptions
$592
1.4%
Cell phones
$445
1.1%
Membership dues
$440
1.1%
Table at banquet
$400
1%
Fund raising (food)
$305
0.7%
Gasoline
$296
0.7%
Office supplies
$271
0.7%
Website expenses
$254
0.6%
Flowers
$214
0.5%
Meals
$202
0.5%
Membership
$175
0.4%
Supplies
$170
0.4%
Candidate lodging
$156
0.4%
Election day expenses
$73
0.2%
Dinner ticket
$50
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
Neuhoff Media
2018-10-18
$4,160
Radio advertising
Capitol Radio Group
2018-10-16
$3,348
Radio advertising
ABC Compuprint
2018-11-18
$3,080
Printing
Doug Soebbing
2018-11-16
$3,000
Campaign work
Cromwell Radio
2018-10-16
$2,130
Radio advertising
Neuhoff Media
2018-10-18
$2,043
Radio advertising
United States Post Office
2018-11-18
$1,500
Postage
Rachel Devereux
2018-10-01
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-10-15
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-10-22
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-10-29
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-11-05
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-10-08
$750
Campaign work
Rachel Devereux
2018-11-18
$750
Campaign work
State Journal Register
2018-10-16
$675
Newspaper advertising
Illinois Times
2018-10-16
$640
Newspaper advertising
Melverta Wilkins
2018-10-28
$600
Campaign work
Melverta Wilkins
2018-11-16
$600
Campaign work
Joshua Majors
2018-10-08
$572
Campaign work
Pam Blazer
2018-11-18
$500
Campaign work
Melverta Wilkins
2018-10-06
$500
Campaign work
Frye-Williamson Press
2018-11-18
$495
Printing
Pam Blazer
2018-11-18
$432
Campaign work
Mike Anderson
2018-11-18
$400
Campaign work
Decatur Human Relations Commission
2018-12-10
$400
Table at banquet
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