A Buyers Guide to
Gainesville City Commission At-large District 1

Contributions Reported through April 25, 2003 : $ 53,275.75*
Candidate: Betsy Whitaker

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General Reports: Detailed Lists:

*Note: contributions that resulted from bank interest earned on the campaign account were excluded from the amounts and statistics reported here. This candidate had 0 contributions from interest totaling $ 0 that were not included in the calculations that produced this report.


The zip code listed for each contribution was used to determine the whether the contribution came from Gainesville. This report errs on the side of local Gainesville contributions. Some zip codes include areas within and outside the Gainesville limits. If a zip code includes Gainesville residents, all contributions from that zip code are considered as coming from within Gainesville

Amount of contributions received from zip codes in Gainesville or elsewhere:

Amount Percent
not specified $ 80.00 0.15
elsewhere 4,733.40 8.88
Gainesville 48,462.35 90.97

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Amount of contributions received from Florida or outside Florida:

Amount Percent
out-of-state contributions $ 250.00 0.47
in-state contributions 53,025.75 99.53


Amount of contributions received from special interest groups
[Political Action Committees and Committees of Continuous Existence]:

Amount Percent
contributions not from PAC/CCEs $ 52,575.75 98.69
contributions from PAC/CCEs 700.00 1.31

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Candidates may contribute any amount of their own money toward their own campaign. Party Executive Committees (such as the Democratic Party or Republican Party) may not contribute more than $50,000 total to any one candidate during any one election. Campaign contributions from any other individual or entity, including PACs and CCEs, may not exceed $500 total per election period. Note: there are 2 election periods (primary and general) in this election.

Average contribution: $132.86

Number of contributions by size:

Number Percent
under $100 105 26.18
$100-$250 272 67.83
$251-$499 6 1.50
$500 (maximum) 18 4.49
over $500 0 0.00

Note: because this candidate had multiple contributions that appeared to come from the same source, this report also includes the following alternate breakdown of contributions that results from my attempt to combine what appear to be multiple contributions made by the same individual into a single contribution.

Average contribution: $154.42

Number of contributions by size:

Number Percent
under $100 85 24.64
$100-$250 218 63.19
$251-$499 18 5.22
$500 (maximum) 18 5.22
over $500 6 1.74

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Amount of contributions by type:

Amount Percent
Cash/Check $ 51,877.00 97.37
In-kind 1,398.75 2.63
Loan 0.00 0.00
Refund 0.00 0.00

Note: Campaign contributions listed as loans are not required to be paid back.


Amount of contributions by type of donor:

Amount Percent
Business/group $ 20,668.07 38.79
PAC/committee 700.00 1.31
Individual 31,207.68 58.58
Other 700.00 1.31
Political party 0.00 0.00


The above reports were derived from campaign contribution data retrieved from the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections web site or office on the date I obtained it. Although much care was given to provide accurate statistics, I can provide no guarantee that the information reported above is accurate. You can always run the numbers yourself and compare them to my reports. -Susan Wright



Last updated: Saturday, April 26, 2003