Clinton campaign spending: Jan-Sep, 2007

Clinton campaign spent nearly $38 million (see the note at end) in nearly 1200 zipcode area in over 600 cities across the lower 48 states. The five states ranked in terms of the highest spending are:
1. DC $7.8 million
2. VA $6.5 million
3. NJ $3.9 million
4. UT $3.3 million
5. CA $2.9 million
These five states together account for nearly 64% of the spending.
Iowa with $1.7 million comes in at 7th after New York ($2.0 million) and New Hampshire is 10th (more than $900 thousand).

The five services totaling over $18 million (47% of the total funds spent)
for which the most money was spent:
1. Payroll $7.2 million
2. Payroll taxes $3.9 million
3. Postage $2.5 million
4. Travel $2.4 million
5. Event/Catering $2.1 million

The top five cities again account for 47% spending and they are are:
1. Washington, D.C $7.7 million (Salary and sundry expenses)
2. Ogden, UT $3.3 million (Payroll service/taxes)
3. Alexandria, VA $2.6 million (Salary)
4. Springfield, VA $2.3 million (Postage)
5. Newark, NJ $2.1 million (Credit card payments).

DeMoine, IA with just over $1 million and Concord, NH ($358 thousand) are
ranked 9th and 13th respectively.

Clinton campaign spending: Jan-Sep, 2007

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Note: Campaign spending $ amounts are based on Line SB23s from the quarterly campaign finance reports filed by each candidate with the Federal Election Commission where Line SB23 lists each and every item/service costing few pennies to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The data was downloaded the week following 15th Oct, 2007 when it was published by FEC. Campaigns are known to update these reports to reflect modified records.