A Buyers Guide to
Gainesville Commission At-large District 2

Contributions Reported through April 25, 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:


Cost per vote in contributions raised:

Candidate Votes
Received
  Votes
per $
Cost
 per vote 
  Result
Rob Brinkman 3815 0.28$ 3.53  lost
Rick Bryant 5269 0.15$ 6.57  won


Total amount, number and average amount of contributions:

Candidate Number Total Amount Mean Minimum Maximum
Rob Brinkman 184 $ 13,448.87$ 73.09$ 0.51$ 2,500.00
Rick Bryant 274 34,638.92 126.42 2.30 4,899.95
 
Rob Brinkman (adjusted) 142 $ 13,448.87$ 94.71$ 0.51 $ 3,017.00
Rick Bryant (adjusted) 223 34,638.92 155.33 4.60 4,899.95


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:   AmountPercent    AmountPercent
Rob Brinkman $ 12,008.87 89.29$ 1,440.00 10.71
Rick Bryant 31,143.92 89.91 3,495.00 10.09

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-StateIn-State
Candidate:   Amount Percent    Amount Percent
Rob Brinkman $ 0.00 0.00$ 13,448.87100.00
Rick Bryant 500.00 1.44 34,138.92 98.56


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
Rob Brinkman $ 13,448.87100.00$ 0.00 0.00
Rick Bryant 34,288.92 98.99 350.00 1.01


Percent of contribution $ by type:

CandidateCash/Check In-kind   Loan  Refund
Rob Brinkman 72.75 5.32 21.93 0.00
Rick Bryant 80.68 17.16 2.17 0.00


Percent of contribution $ by donor type:

Candidate  Individual  Business/Group  PAC/CCE  Political Party  Other
Rob Brinkman 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Rick Bryant 52.05 32.80 1.01 14.15 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
Rob Brinkman 140 76.09 43 23.37 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.54
Rick Bryant 114 41.61 145 52.92 3 1.09 11 4.01 1 0.36
 
Rob Brinkman (adjusted) 100 70.42 37 26.06 4 2.82 0 0.00 1 0.70
Rick Bryant (adjusted) 87 39.01 113 50.67 10 4.48 7 3.14 6 2.69


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

Candidate:Number % of Total
Number
% of Total
Amount
Rob Brinkman 1 0.54 18.59
Rick Bryant 12 4.38 30.02
 
Rob Brinkman (adjusted) 1 0.70 22.43
Rick Bryant (adjusted) 13 5.83 35.05


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. 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: April 30, 2003