Great Lakes Wire

The campaign committee of Democratic Party candidate Rachel Marie Hood, the Committee to Elect Rachel Hood, paid $42 to Google on August 1.

According to quarterly campaign statements filed with Michigan’s Secretary of State, the following reason was given for the expenditure: 'email fees'.

The committee has spent about $13,152 total since the beginning of the year, 2 percent of which has gone to Google.

The following table lists the 77 payments the committee has made this year.

Rank	Payee	Reason	Amount	Date
1	Michigan House Democratic Fund	Contribution	$2,500	2019-04-18
2	Michigan House Democratic Fund	Contribution	$1,000	2019-07-17
3	NGP Services	Database subsciption	$960	2019-05-15
3	NGP Services	Database fee	$960	2019-01-27
5	Diem Designs	Pins	$825	2019-03-13
6	Curtis Audette	Reimbursement	$811	2019-07-16
7	Honey Baked HamCo.	Catering	$561	2019-03-19
8	Diem Designs	Pins	$515	2019-02-19
9	Strengthening Michigan Fund	Contribution	$500	2019-01-04
10	Asana	Project management app	$375	2019-04-01
11	Costco	Food/office supplies	$260	2019-07-30
12	Grand Rapids Public Schools	Town hall room rental	$250	2019-06-26
12	Michigan Licensed Beverage Association	Room fee	$250	2019-03-01
14	National Conference of Environmental	Conference fee	$245	2019-06-07
15	Amaad Hardy	Stipend	$200	2019-01-04
16	Literary Center of West Michigan	Contribution	$118	2019-02-25
17	Costco	Office supplies	$108	2019-04-10
18	Hispanic Center of West Michigan	Ticket	$106	2019-05-01
19	Costco	Food	$102	2019-01-08
20	Hoadley for Congress	Contribution	$100	2019-05-26
20	Grand Valley State University	Ticket	$100	2019-04-19
20	Kent County Democratic Party	Contribution	$100	2019-03-17
20	WMCAT	Contribution	$100	2019-03-07
20	Grand Rapids Community College	Ticket	$100	2019-02-21
25	City Built Brewing Co.	Food	$90	2019-04-27
26	City Built Brewing Co.	Food	$80	2019-02-09
27	West Michigan Action Council	Ticket	$75	2019-04-10
27	Ywca West Central Michigan	Contribution	$75	2019-03-20
27	West Michigan Action Council	Ticket	$75	2019-03-06
30	Gazelle Girl	Contribution	$69	2019-04-05
31	Mailchimp	Email services	$68	2019-07-26
31	Mailchimp	Email services	$68	2019-06-26
31	Mailchimp	Email services	$68	2019-05-26
31	Mailchimp	Email services	$68	2019-04-26
31	Staples	Supplies	$68	2019-04-23
31	Mailchimp	Email services	$68	2019-03-26
31	Mailchimp	Email services	$68	2019-02-26
31	Mailchimp	Subscription	$68	2019-01-27
39	Meijer	Food	$65	2019-01-09
40	Schuler Bookstore	Reading month books	$57	2019-03-05
41	La Huasteca Mexican	Team lunch	$53	2019-05-04
42	Meijer	Food	$49	2019-01-07
43	Meijer	Food	$47	2019-07-10
44	Google	Email fees	$42	2019-08-01
44	Google	Email services	$42	2019-07-02
44	Google	Email services	$42	2019-05-02
47	Google	Email services	$35	2019-04-01
47	Google	Email services	$35	2019-03-01
47	Omelette Shoppe	Coffee hour	$35	2019-02-22
47	Google	Email fees	$35	2019-02-01
47	Google	Email fees	$35	2019-01-02
52	Meijer	Office supplies	$34	2019-01-27
53	Arnies Restaurant	Coffee hour	$32	2019-03-02
54	Arnies Restaurant	Coffee hour	$30	2019-03-06
55	Omelette Shoppe	Coffee hour	$28	2019-06-28
55	Arnies Restaurant	Coffee hour	$28	2019-02-02
57	Omelette Shoppe	Coffee hour	$26	2019-04-26
58	Fat Boy Burger	Food	$21	2019-04-13
59	Whitepages	Donor research	$20	2019-06-18
59	Whitepages	Donor research	$20	2019-05-19
59	Whitepages	Donor research	$20	2019-04-18
59	Whitepages	Donor research	$20	2019-03-17
59	Whitepages	Donor research	$20	2019-02-17
59	Whitepages	Donor research	$20	2019-01-17
65	Fat Boy Burger	Food	$19	2019-05-11
66	Fat Boy Burger	Food	$18	2019-07-13
67	Costco	Food	$17	2019-06-06
68	United States Postal Service	Po box	$14	2019-04-03
69	Fat Boy Burger	Food	$11	2019-06-15
70	Fat Boy Burger	Coffee	$10	2019-06-15
71	Vantiv Ecommerce	Service fee	$6	2019-05-02
72	Vantiv Ecommerce	Service fee	$4	2019-06-03
72	Grand Rapids Community College	Parking	$4	2019-02-26
74	Vantiv Ecommerce	Service fee	$3	2019-07-01
75	Vantiv Ecommerce	Service fees	$2	2019-01-09
76	Vantiv Ecommerce	Service fee	$1	2019-02-11
77	Vantiv Ecommerce	Service fee	$0.50	2019-03-11