Simpson's committee spent the most on lawn signs in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,410) going to Vance Printing in Beloit. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Simpson's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Lawn signs
$4,410
51%
Gasoline
$1,603
18.5%
Palm cards
$773
8.9%
Printing
$773
8.9%
T-shirts
$605
7%
Computer - printer
$244
2.8%
Promotional items
$100
1.2%
Fund raising advertisement
$87
1%
Office supplies
$28
0.3%
Bank charges
$13
0.2%
Fax machine
$12
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
Vance Printing
2018-08-24
$4,410
Lawn signs
Minuteman Press
2018-07-11
$773
Palm cards
Minuteman Press
2018-08-09
$773
Printing
Union signs and printing
2018-08-14
$458
T-shirts
Office Max
2018-09-19
$244
Computer - printer
Union signs and printing
2018-08-14
$147
T-shirts
Vance Printing
2018-07-30
$100
Promotional items
BPJohnson Oil STRE #67
2018-09-28
$70
Gasoline
Casey's General Store
2018-09-26
$70
Gasoline
Casey's General Store
2018-07-03
$69
Gasoline
Casey's general store #1320
2018-09-04
$69
Gasoline
Casey's General Store
2018-08-28
$68
Gasoline
Casey's General Store
2018-08-14
$67
Gasoline
Minuteman Press
2018-07-11
$67
Fund raising advertisement
Casey's General Store
2018-07-12
$66
Gasoline
BPJohnson Oil STRE #67
2018-07-24
$66
Gasoline
Casey's general store #1320
2018-09-11
$65
Gasoline
Casey's General Store
2018-07-17
$64
Gasoline
Casey's General Store
2018-07-09
$64
Gasoline
Casey's General Store
2018-08-19
$63
Gasoline
Casey's General Store
2018-09-05
$59
Gasoline
Casey's General Store
2018-09-27
$57
Gasoline
BPJohnson Oil STRE #67
2018-07-06
$57
Gasoline
BPJohnson Oil STRE #67
2018-08-22
$56
Gasoline
Casey's General Store
2018-07-27
$55
Gasoline