The State Ethics Commission's Web site provides the tools to analyze campaign funds for candidates for state office:

1) Click “Search by Expenditure” and enter a name in “Individual or Entity.” (This will find donations from political action committees or other candidates.)  Print the results or download them into Excel.

2) Click “Search by Name” to view a candidate’s reports of donations received. These can also be downloaded.

3) Compare the results from steps 1 and 2 to match up donors’ names, dates and amounts.

4) To compare contributions made before 2006, visit  the Georgia Secretary of State’s Web site. Most campaign reports here cannot be searched electronically. They must be printed out and compared visually.

Stephenson

Where did the money go?

   March 23, 2009 -- State Rep. Pam Stephenson has failed to report more than $27,000 in political donations from special-interest groups since 2003, records show.
   A pending state ethics complaint alleges the DeKalb County Democrat apparently failed to disclose about $20,000 in contributions.
   The complaint did not specify the source of the donations. But a records search by AtlantaUnfiltered turned up $27,437 that donors said they gave her but that her campaign has not disclosed.
   About $10,000 of the unreported donations occurred in the second quarters of 2006 and 2008. For both periods, Stephenson reported no contributions.
    The State Ethics Commission has not scheduled a hearing on Stephenson’s case.
   Georgia’s Ethics in Government Act requires that candidates for elective office report every campaign contribution of $101 or more. Each violation can incur a $1,000 fine.

Unreported Donations to Pam Stephenson

Committee Name                                     Date          Amount
Genentech Inc.                                          06/26/03         $250
Georgia Chiropractic Association              06/21/03         $250
Hospital Corporation of America               06/23/03         $250
Coca-Cola Enterprises                              06/24/03         $250
Georgia Fund for Healthcare                     06/26/03         $250
Georgia Optometric Association                08/09/03        $500
Medicare Association of Georgia              10/13/03         $500
Service Employees International Union    12/17/03         $200
Georgia Chiropractic Association              06/07/04      $1,000
Civil Justice PAC                                       06/08/04      $2,000
Georgia Industrial Loan Association          06/11/04         $300
Georgia Association of Educators             06/14/04         $600
Georgia Association of Community

   Care Providers                                       06/17/04     $1,000
Genentech Inc.                                          06/25/04        $500
Georgia Emergency Medicare                   07/07/04        $500
Eli Lilly Co.                                                 09/15/04        $500
Georgia Association of Educator               09/30/04        $700
Georgia Dental Association                       05/16/06        $500
Georgia Assoc. of Convenience Stores     05/30/06        $200
Vote Choice (Planned Parenthood)           06/08/06        $500
Georgia's Win List Inc.                               06/09/06     $1,000
MAG Mutual Insurance Company              06/09/06        $250
Georgia Hospital Association                     06/13/06        $500
Georgia Association of Realtor                   06/20/06       $500
Comm. for Responsible Health Care Policy 06/21/06      $250
Georgia State AFL CIO                               06/22/06       $200
Georgia Association of Educators               06/23/06    $1,200
Communications Workers of America         06/28/06       $500
Georgia Forestry Association                      07/07/06       $350
Ga. Soc. of Ambulatory Surgery Centers    07/10/06      $350
Georgia Association of Realtors                  07/11/06       $500
Anheuser-Busch Companies                       08/02/06       $250
Georgia Hospital Association                       09/29/06      $250
Georgia Industrial Loan Association            10/18/06       $500
Georgia Medical Eye PAC                           10/19/06       $500
Georgia Chiropractic Association                11/02/06        $500
Resurgens PC                                             12/12/06       $250
Wholesale Distributors for Good Govt.       12/15/06        $159.32 (in-kind)
Ga. Obstetrical and Gynecological Society  05/16/07      $250
Pfizer Inc.                                                    06/22/07        $500
Ga. Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers     09/12/07  $500
Georgia Hospital Association                     10/29/07         $750
Resurgens                                                  12/07/07         $750
MAG Mutual Insurance Company              12/11/07         $250
Wholesale Distributors for Good Govt.       12/15/07        $177.57 (in-kind)
Genentech Inc.                                           04/25/08        $250
Friends of Stacey Y. Abrams                      05/06/08        $250
Georgia Dental Association                        05/06/08        $250
Eric Johnson for Senate                             05/19/08     $1,000
Georgia Industrial Loan Association           06/04/08        $500
Civil Justice PAC                                         06/09/08     $1,800
Georgia Association of Realtors                  06/13/08        $500
Troutman Sanders LLP                               06/25/08        $250
Georgia State AFL CIO                               06/30/08        $200
Troutman Sanders LLP                               07/21/08        $250
Georgia Dental Association                        08/04/08        $250

Source: analysis of data available online from the State Ethics Commission and Georgia Secretary of State.