Severin's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with 41.6% of this total ($136,318) going to Wsil in Carterville. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Severin's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$328,099
73.6%
Production media expenses
$44,855
10.1%
Media - radio
$42,847
9.6%
Phone bank expenses
$11,886
2.7%
Printing
$4,883
1.1%
Fund raising (food)
$3,486
0.8%
Newspaper advertising
$2,793
0.6%
Social media advertisement
$2,694
0.6%
Food
$1,682
0.4%
Social media advertisment
$740
0.2%
Bank charges
$437
0.1%
Office supplies
$396
< 0.1%
Utilities
$380
< 0.1%
Internet access
$310
< 0.1%
Equipment - purchase
$53
< 0.1%
Phones
$47
< 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
Wsil
2016-10-25
$46,877
Television media
Wsil
2016-11-01
$45,611
Television media
Kfvs
2016-11-01
$37,901
Television media
Kfvs
2016-10-25
$36,622
Television media
Kfvs
2016-10-18
$29,248
Television media
Strategic Media Services
2016-10-25
$28,025
Production media expenses
Wsil
2016-10-18
$24,301
Television media
Wsil
2016-10-11
$19,528
Television media
Wpsd
2016-10-25
$18,092
Television media
Wpsd
2016-11-01
$17,994
Television media
Kfvs
2016-10-11
$16,808
Television media
Victory Phones
2016-11-02
$11,764
Phone bank expenses
Wpsd
2016-10-11
$10,051
Television media
Wpsd
2016-10-18
$9,804
Television media
Strategic Media Services
2016-10-18
$9,415
Production media expenses
Spectrum sys 1074,1075
2016-11-01
$7,692
Media - radio
Spectrum sys 1074,1075
2016-10-25
$7,692
Media - radio
Spectrum sys 1074,1075
2016-10-11
$7,692
Media - radio
Spectrum sys 1074,1075
2016-10-18
$7,692
Media - radio
Strategic Media Services
2016-10-11
$7,415
Production media expenses
Kbsi
2016-11-01
$5,168
Television media
Kbsi
2016-10-25
$5,083
Television media
Henry Printing
2016-10-27
$4,883
Printing
Walkers Bluff
2016-10-12
$3,486
Fund raising (food)
Kbsi
2016-10-18
$2,520
Television media