A Buyers Guide to
Alachua City Commission Seat 5

Contributions Reported through April 3, 2003
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:


Total amount, number and average amount of contributions:

Candidate Number Total Amount Mean Minimum Maximum
Eileen McCoy 41 $ 3,130.80$ 76.36$ 20.00$ 250.00
James Lewis 55 7,025.00 127.73 25.00 500.00
 
Eileen McCoy (adjusted)32 $ 3,130.80$ 97.84$ 20.00$ 350.00
James Lewis (adjusted)53 7,025.00 132.55 25.00 500.00


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

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

  City of Alachua   Elsewhere
Candidate:   AmountPercent    AmountPercent
Eileen McCoy $ 2,675.80 85.47$ 455.00 14.53
James Lewis 4,425.00 62.99 2,600.00 37.01

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


Contributions received from Florida or outside Florida:

Out-of-StateIn-State
Candidate:   Amount Percent    Amount Percent
Eileen McCoy $ 0.00 0.00$ 3,130.80100.00
James Lewis 0.00 0.00 7,025.00100.00


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
Eileen McCoy $ 3,130.80100.00$ 0.00 0.00
James Lewis 7,025.00100.00 0.00 0.00


Percent of contribution $ by type:

CandidateCash/Check In-kind   Loan  Refund
Eileen McCoy 88.12 11.88 0.00 0.00
James Lewis 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


Percent of contribution $ by donor type:

Candidate  Individual  Business/Group  PAC/CCE  Political Party  Other
Eileen McCoy 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
James Lewis 66.55 33.45 0.00 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
Eileen McCoy 26 63.41 15 36.59 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
James Lewis 7 12.73 46 83.64 1 1.82 1 1.82 0 0.00
 
Eileen McCoy (adjusted) 17 53.13 14 43.75 1 3.13 0 0.00 0 0.00
James Lewis (adjusted) 6 11.32 44 83.02 2 3.77 1 1.89 0 0.00


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

Candidate:Number % of Total
Number
% of Total
Amount
Eileen McCoy 0 0.00 0.00
James Lewis 1 1.82 7.12


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: Sunday, April 6, 2003