A Buyers Guide to
Gainesville City Commission District 2

Contributions Reported through March 25, 2005 : $ 25,667.00*
Candidate: Ed Braddy

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*Notes: 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.

Due to time and health constraints, there are NO ADJUSTED amounts or GRAPHICs included in my reports for this race. Without the adjusted reports, the effect of multiple donations from a single source are not relected in the stats below. Candidate Braddy's statistics in particular would be quite different if an adjusted report had been included because he has accepted $850 from seven business contributions which appear to be the same interest. They were received on the same day, share the same street or PO Box address, and are known to me to be interrelated corporations. The stats in my report show these as seven smaller donations rather than the single large donation that would be reported in an adjusted report. This should be taken into consideration when interpreting any of the numbers reported below.


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 any 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 $ 150.00 0.58
elsewhere 5,975.00 23.28
Gainesville 19,542.00 76.14

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Amount of contributions received from Florida or outside Florida:

Amount Percent
out-of-state contributions $ 250.00 0.97
in-state contributions 25,417.00 99.03


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

Amount Percent
contributions not from PAC/CCEs $ 24,667.00 96.10
contributions from PAC/CCEs 1,000.00 3.90

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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. Candidates may accept up to $500 from a single contributor.

Average contribution: $142.59

Number of contributions by size:

Number Percent
under $100 62 34.44
$100-$250 101 56.11
$251-$499 4 2.22
$500 (maximum) 13 7.22
over $500 0 0.00

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Amount of contributions by type:

Amount Percent
Cash/Check $ 24,170.00 94.17
In-kind 1,497.00 5.83
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 $ 7,025.00 27.37
PAC/Committee 1,000.00 3.90
Individual 16,842.00 65.62
Other 800.00 3.12
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 on the date I obtained it. Some of this data had to be retyped from paper in order to be usable for statistical analysis. This 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 accurate. You can always run the numbers yourself and compare them to my reports. -Susan Wright



Last updated: Friday, March 25, 2005