Cifaldi's committee spent the most on production media expenses in the quarter, with 70.2% of this total ($25,971) going to Hodas & Associates in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cifaldi's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Production media expenses
$36,996
71.2%
Television advertising
$7,055
13.6%
Online advertising
$4,591
8.8%
Signs
$962
1.9%
Printing
$873
1.7%
Lawn signs
$646
1.2%
Mailing
$548
1.1%
Postage
$269
0.5%
Table 2 below shows the top 18 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Hodas & Associates
2016-02-25
$25,971
Production media expenses
Hodas and Assoc
2016-02-06
$11,024
Production media expenses
Hodas and Assoc
2016-02-08
$6,215
Television advertising
Facebook
2016-01-29
$1,375
Online advertising
Paul Wilson
2016-02-10
$962
Signs
Hodas and Assoc
2016-02-06
$873
Printing
Facebook
2016-02-17
$840
Television advertising
Google Adwords
2016-01-28
$800
Online advertising
Google Adwords
2016-01-12
$710
Online advertising
Paul Wilson
2016-03-18
$646
Lawn signs
Facebook
2016-03-01
$526
Online advertising
Alexander Drummond
2016-03-08
$479
Mailing
Google Adwords
2016-03-10
$425
Online advertising
Google Adwords
2016-03-14
$270
Online advertising
Alexander Drummond
2016-03-09
$269
Postage
Google Adwords
2016-03-09
$250
Online advertising
Google Adwords
2016-01-05
$235
Online advertising
Alexander Drummond
2016-02-02
$69
Mailing