A Buyers Guide to
Alachua School Board District 5

Contributions Reported through October 31, 2002
Side-by-side Comparision of Candidates

Click on a candidate's name in any of the reports below to see their individual report. See also the Buyers Guide to Florida Candidates home page for more information.

Reports:

Notes:


Contribution cost per vote received:

Candidate Votes Votes-per-dollarCost-per-vote
Ginger Childs 32462 0.92 $ 1.09 faced a primary
Heather Danenhower 28908 0.78 1.28 faced a primary


Total amount, number and average amount of contributions:

Candidate Number Total Amount Mean Minimum Maximum
Ginger Childs 286 $ 29,888.72$ 104.51$ 10.00 $ 1,000.00
Heather Danenhower 476 22,593.36 47.47 1.00 500.00
 
Ginger Childs (adjusted) 236 $ 29,888.72$ 126.65$ 10.00 $ 2,108.59
Heather Danenhower (adjusted) 364 22,593.36 62.07 1.00 1,000.00


The zip code listed for each contribution was used to determine the county of origin.

Amount of contributions received from zip codes in Alachua County or elsewhere:

  Alachua County   Elsewhere
Candidate:   AmountPercent    AmountPercent
Ginger Childs $ 28,168.72 94.25$ 1,720.00 5.75
Heather Danenhower 19,250.36 85.20 3,343.00 14.80

Note: all contributions from zip codes that include any residents in Alachua County will be treated as coming from within Alachua County Some zip codes cover areas that are within and outside Alachua County


Contributions received from Florida or outside Florida:

Out-of-StateIn-State
Candidate:   Amount Percent    Amount Percent
Ginger Childs $ 145.00 0.49$ 29,743.72 99.51
Heather Danenhower 30.00 0.13 22,563.36 99.87


This may or may not not be a complete picture of PAC and CCE special interest contributions for each candidate. This report relies on the contribution having been identified as coming from a special interest group by finding the words "PAC", "CCE", or "Political" in the contributor's name or occupation. Some candidates did not properly identify all their special interest group contributions in this way. For a more complete picture of the special interest money each candidate has accepted, you should look at the individual detail report for the candidate and cross-check it against the the Buyers Guide to Florida Committee Expenditures Report to see where this candidate is listed as a payee.

Amount of contributions received from special interests [Political Action Committees (PACs) and Committees of Continuous Existence (CCEs)]:

from non-PAC/CCE from PAC/CCE
Candidate:   Amount Percent    Amount Percent
Ginger Childs $ 29,888.72100.00$ 0.00 0.00
Heather Danenhower 17,423.36 77.12 5,170.00 22.88


Percent of contribution $ by type:

CandidateCash/Check In-kind   Loan  Refund
Ginger Childs 78.02 18.63 3.35 0.00
Heather Danenhower 83.61 16.39 0.00 0.00


Percent of contribution $ by donor type:

Candidate  Individual  Business/Group  PAC/CCE  Political Party  Other
Ginger Childs 86.67 13.33 0.00 0.00 0.00
Heather Danenhower 77.08 0.04 22.88 0.00 0.00


Number of contributions by size:

under $100 $100-$250 $251-$499 $500 over $500
Candidate:   Number Percent   Number Percent    Number Percent   Number Percent   NumberPercent
Ginger Childs 140 48.95 121 42.31 15 5.24 9 3.15 1 0.35
Heather Danenhower 400 84.03 63 13.24 5 1.05 8 1.68 0 0.00
 
Ginger Childs (adjusted) 106 44.92 110 46.61 8 3.39 6 2.54 6 2.54
Heather Danenhower (adjusted) 295 81.04 51 14.01 7 1.92 6 1.65 5 1.37


Contributions at or over the Maximum Amount ($500):

There are 2 election periods (primary and general) in this race. Candidates may receive up to $500 in each period from a single contributor.

Candidate:Number % of Total
Number
% of Total
Amount
Ginger Childs 10 3.50 18.40
Heather Danenhower 8 1.68 17.70
 
Ginger Childs (adjusted) 12 5.08 31.66
Heather Danenhower (adjusted) 11 3.02 30.64


The above reports were derived from campaign contribution data retrieved from the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office or web site on the date I obtained it. This data had to be retyped from paper or the downloaded PDF files in order to be usable for statistical analysis. Retyping the data increases the risk of errors. I will be happy to make any needed corrections that are pointed out to me. Although much care was given to provide accurate statistics, I can provide no guarantee that the information reported above is without error. You can always run the numbers yourself and compare them to my reports. -Susan Wright



Last updated: November 6, 2002