Due to illness I was not able to run reports on the Fall 2004 races beyond the primary. For that reason, I have removed any reports pertaining to the Alachua County Commission races as they were not complete pictures of the money those candidates accepted.

Until I began the Buyers Guide I knew alot about the platforms but little about the financial backing of the candidates for whom I voted. In May 2000 I decided to try a new approach to elections: as if I were buying a used car. I should know how many miles my candidates have been driven and by whom; how well they have been taken care of and by whom; whether they have remained around town or have taken on long distance milage. A Buyers Guide would have been helpful, but one did not exist. Now one does.

The above reports contain the following information:

• the end result (cost per vote)
• amount by location
• amount by district county
• list of contributions from out-of-district
• number by size of contribution
• amount by occupation
• amount from amount from PAC & CCE special interests
• list of PAC & CCE contributions
• list of maximum ($500) contributions
• amount from in-state/out-of-state
• list of names that occur in multiple contributions (recent reports only)
• amount by type of contribution
• amount by type of donor (new report)

Buyers Guide pages are updated approximately every 2 weeks in the last months of the election.

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These reports were derived from campaign contribution data retrieved from the Florida Division of Elections web site, Alachua County Supervisor of Elections web site, and the official governmental offices designated to collect these reports on the date I obtained it. Although much care was given to provide accurate statistics, I give no guarantee that the information reported is without error. You can always run the numbers yourself and compare them to my reports.
- Susan Wright