US Senate Federal Election Commission reports

Now for pointers to the candidates for US Senate. These will presented in alphabetic order. The candidates name will be a link to a list of available reports at the Federal Election Commission. Donations will link to a list of individual and PAC contributors. According to this page, the Senate files all reports in paper, so links to a PDF of the candidates’s pre-primary will be given. Will be unable to give links to its contents, such as the ever interesting list of campaign expenses.

The numbers come from the FEC’s summary pages which cover all activity from January 1, 2007 to May 14, 2008.

Earl Mack Gavin has recieved $12,145 in unitemized individual donations, none from individuals, none from PACs. He has donated $3,286 to his campaign and refunded $100. He has spent $15,381 and is -$237 in on hand cash. His pre-primary report is available.

Vivian Figures has recieved $159,970 in individual donations, $12,947 in unitemized donations, and $18,600 from PACs. She has disbursed $182,300, refunded $1,190 and has “other” disbursements of $675. As of May 14, 2008, she had $14,006 cash on hand.PDF of her pre-primary report is available.

Jeff Sessions reports $1,819,954 in individual donations, $331,092 in unitemized contributions, $757,929 from PACs, $835,932 from “other authorized committees”, $9,202 in “Operating Expenditures Offsets”, “Other Receipts” of $98,710 for a total of $4,004,237. Outgo was $1,362,757 for operating expenses, $3800 in refunds for a total expenditure of $1,366,757. His cash on hand as of May 14 was $4,066,886. His 6MB PDF pre-primary report is here.

Johnny Swanson reports cover the period January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008 individual contributions of $280, nonitemized contributions of $2200, loaning his campaign $15,000 and contributing $55,174. He spent $69,199 and is left with $2,598 cash on hand.

While it is highly likely Ms Figures will win her party’s nomination, she, possibly like the tortoise, has been slow off the mark in this race.

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