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:

• Total amount, number and mean size of contributions
• Special interest (PAC & CCE) contributions
• Amount from Gainesville or elsewhere
• Number by size of contribution
• Maximium contributions
• Amount from in-state/out-of-state
• Percent of contributions by type
• Percent of contributions by type of donor
• Cost per vote: the end result

Notes:

• contributions that resulted from bank interest earned on the campaign account were excluded from the amounts and statistics reported below.
• when candidates had multiple contibutions that appeared to come from the same source, adjusted reports are included for those candidates where significant. The adjusted report results from my attempt to combine what appear to be multiple contributions made by the same individual into a single contribution.
• click on any graph below to enlarge it.

Cost per vote in contributions raised:

Candidate	Votes Received	Votes per $	Cost  per vote	Result
Warren Nielsen	5336	0.20	$ 5.04	won
Betsy Whitaker	3967	0.07	$ 13.43	lost

Total amount, number and average amount of contributions:

Candidate	Number	Total Amount	Mean	Minimum	Maximum
Warren Nielsen	537	$ 26,876.40	$ 50.05	$ 5.00	$ 500.00
Betsy Whitaker	401	53,275.75	132.86	5.00	500.00
Warren Nielsen (adjusted)	402	$ 26,876.40	$ 66.86	$ 5.00	$ 1,000.00
Betsy Whitaker (adjusted)	345	53,275.75	154.42	5.00	750.00

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

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

	Gainesville		Elsewhere
Candidate:	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Warren Nielsen	$ 25,286.40	94.08	$ 1,590.00	5.92
Betsy Whitaker	48,462.35	90.97	4,733.40	8.88

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

Contributions received from Florida or outside Florida:

	Out-of-State		In-State
Candidate:	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Warren Nielsen	$ 200.00	0.74	$ 26,676.40	99.26
Betsy Whitaker	250.00	0.47	53,025.75	99.53

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
Warren Nielsen	$ 26,776.40	99.63	$ 100.00	0.37
Betsy Whitaker	52,575.75	98.69	700.00	1.31

Percent of contribution $ by type:

Candidate	Cash/Check	In-kind	Loan	Refund
Warren Nielsen	95.47	1.93	1.86	0.00
Betsy Whitaker	97.37	2.63	0.00	0.00

Percent of contribution $ by donor type:

Candidate	Individual	Business/Group	PAC/CCE	Political Party	Other
Warren Nielsen	92.37	1.12	0.37	1.86	4.28
Betsy Whitaker	58.58	38.79	1.31	0.00	1.31

Number of contributions by size:

	under $100		$100-$250		$251-$499		$500		over $500
Candidate:	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Warren Nielsen	453	84.36	78	14.53	0	0.00	6	1.12	0	0.00
Betsy Whitaker	105	26.18	272	67.83	6	1.50	18	4.49	0	0.00
Warren Nielsen (adjusted)	308	76.62	84	20.90	3	0.75	4	1.00	3	0.75
Betsy Whitaker (adjusted)	85	24.64	218	63.19	18	5.22	18	5.22	6	1.74

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

Note: there are 2 elections in this race, therefore donors may contribute up to $500 in each election.

Candidate:	Number	% of Total Number	% of Total Amount
Warren Nielsen	6	1.12	11.16
Betsy Whitaker	18	4.49	16.89
Warren Nielsen (adjusted)	7	1.74	15.57
Betsy Whitaker (adjusted)	24	6.96	24.86

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