Where does the money go?
• Ads that began airing Jan. 23 in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah: more than $1.6 million
• Telephone expenses, paid to Verizon on Nov. 27: $14,279.55
• Printing costs for the last three months of 2007: about $1.3 million
• Postage expenses for the last three months of 2007: $332,001.22
• Office equipment expense, paid to US21 Computers Inc. on Dec. 19: $50,236.12
• Event expense at Morton's steakhouse in Chicago, paid on Oct. 3: $18,551.80
• Travel in the last three months of 2007: about $4.1 million
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• A 30-second Super Bowl ad: $250,000
• Telephone expenses, paid to Verizon on Nov. 29: $70,308.48
• Printing costs for the last three months of 2007: $709,579.47
• Postage expenses for the last three months of 2007: about $1 million
• Website hosting expenses, paid to Blue State Digital LCC on Oct. 3: $71,527.56
• Payments to Dunkin' Donuts during the last three months of 2007: $352.69
• Travel and lodging in the last three months of 2007: about $5.7 million.
Source: Federal Election Commission
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