Obama campaign spending: Jan-Sep, 2007

Obama campaign has spent well over $44.5 million in the first nine months of 2007 in over 600 cities and 1200 zipcode areas across the lower 48 states. The top five states account for nearly 64% of the money spent. These are:
1. IL $11.9 million
2. MA $3.9 million
3. PA $3.6 million
4. WI $3.2 million
5. NC $3.1 million
6. DC $2.5 million

The first-in-the-nation caucus state Iowa ranks 7th with $2.4 million spent, while the-first-in-the-nation primary state New Hampshire ranks 10th with $1.3 million spending while the first-in-the-south primary state South Carolina is 15th with over $730 thousand.

The top five services cost them 52% of their spending and these are:
1. Payroll $7.9 million
2. Travel/Lodging $5.0 million
3. Payroll Taxes $3.7 million
4. Telemarketing $3.4 million
5. Media Buy $3.3 million

Thefive cities where they spent the most money are:
1. Chicago, IL $6.4 million (Payroll, office etc)
2. Elk Grove, MA $3.8 million (Payroll taxes)
3. Philadelphia, PA $3.6 million (Media buy)
4. Cambridge, MA $3.4 million (Telemarketing)
5. Milwaukee, WI $3.2 million (Mailing, Printing, Postage etc)
These five cities account for 45% of the total spending. Des Moines, IA with just over $1.3 million and Manchester, NH with $816 thousand rank 9th and 12th respectively.

Obama campaign spending

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Obama campaign spending: Jan-Sep, 2007, originally uploaded by rajkulkarni63.

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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.