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Barbara Cooper — 2006 Tennessee House, District 86 campaign

Tennessee House, District 86 Democratic

2006 Tennessee House, District 86

Final This campaign’s election cycle is closed — no further reports for it are due, so these totals are settled rather than mid-race. They cover every filing we hold for the campaign; if the source archive later adds one, we load it. Full definition → · 7 filings · Supplemental 2005 2005–Q4 2006

Ended With What was left in the campaign’s account when its reporting closed — the ending balance on its final report for this race. It is a leftover, not a war chest: money still to be spent, refunded, given away, or carried into the next campaign. Full definition →
$2,860
as of the Q4 report
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$18,620
includes $1,120 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
In-Kind Received Goods or services donated to the campaign instead of cash — say, free printing or donated consulting — reported at fair-market value. Counted toward the same $200 disclosure threshold as cash gifts. Full definition →
$1,531
goods or services
Total Spent
$19,760
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
106.1%
$19,760 spent of $18,620 raised (cash) · opened with $985
Donors
45
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
9%
$1,800 from outside TN
Why this number?

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filing listed below.

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The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2006 Amendment $2,860 filing-stated

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received. Excludes $129.86 the filer reported on Schedule A as a refund or reimbursement — money paid back to the committee, not money it raised, so it is not counted here. It remains in the filing's own totals.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $17,500
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,120
Raised (cash) $18,620
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Amendment $2,960 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,850 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $110 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2006 Amendment $3,400 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $3,200 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $200 filing-stated
  • Q3 2006 Amendment $3,200 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Amendment $4,610 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $4,100 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $510 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2006 Amendment $500 derived
  • Supplemental 2005 2005 Amendment $3,950 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $3,650 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $300 filing-stated

Total spent adds together the amounts listed below.

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Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $17,267
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,494
Total spent $19,760
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Amendment $4,628 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,756 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $872 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2006 Amendment $2,321 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,052 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $269 filing-stated
  • Q3 2006 Amendment $6,014 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,067 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $948 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Amendment $3,934 derived
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  • Q2 2006 Amendment $911 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $829 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $82 filing-stated
  • Supplemental 2005 2005 Amendment $1,953 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,630 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $323 filing-stated

Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $1,800 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $20,151
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,800
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$20,151
Spent
$19,760

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. Gift-size and location figures cover itemized contributions only. Aggregates count everyone who gave, including donors below the $200 disclosure floor — a share across all donors identifies no one. Full definition →

Individuals gave 34%; organizations and PACs gave 59%; other sources made up 8%.

Individuals $7K · 34% Organizations & PACs $12K · 59% Other sources $2K · 8%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $6,820 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $20,151
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $6,820
From organizations and PACs $11,800
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $1,531
Source filings:

Gift size Each individual donor’s total giving to this campaign this cycle. Organizations, PACs, and the candidate’s own money are excluded (this is about people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. A donor named on the page can still sit in a small bucket — these are cycle totals, not “unnamed donors.” Full definition →

$335average gift
$200median gift
17individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
29%
9%
$200–1K
65%
56%
$1K–5K
6%
35%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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Every individual donor's total contributions to this campaign, divided by the number of individual donors. Organizations and PACs are excluded (this measures people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. The median and the gift-size buckets are computed over the same individual-donor totals. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Total from individual donors: $5,700 ÷ Individual donors: 17
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $5,700
Median gift $200
Individual donors 17
Source filings:

Where the money comes from Shares of itemized dollars, by the contributor’s state and city as filed. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it or it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into “elsewhere.” Shown only when at least 80% of dollars carry a usable state. Full definition →

90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).

Tennessee $15,700 Out of state $1,800
  • Nashville $9K50%
  • Memphis $5K28%
  • Covington $1K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $1K
  • Other out-of-state $2K
Why this number?

Out-of-state share of located dollars compares itemized money from outside tennessee with itemized money with a known state.

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Itemized contribution dollars from outside Tennessee, divided by all itemized dollars whose contributor state is known. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it OR it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into elsewhere-in-Tennessee and other-out-of-state. Shown only above 99% state coverage. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $1,800 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $17,500
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,800
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Oct 2005 – Jan 2007. Peak $4,100 in Jul 2006. Spending peaked at $5,215 in Jul 2006.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $500 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 48 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Federal Express 2 $2,000.00
Memphis-PACE PAC 1 $1,000.00
The Speaker S Fund PAC 1 $1,000.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 1 $1,000.00
Gary Odom Legislative Committee 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee Includes In-Kind 2 $968.71
A F S C M E People 2 $800.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 2 $750.00
Tennessee Professional Firefighters PAC In-Kind 2 $750.00
Tennessee Democratic Women S PAC 1 $600.00

Expenditures

33 vendors 48 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Native Graphix 2 $2,128.67 12%
RWP Associates 2 $2,000.00 12%
Lace 2 $1,400.00 8%
Campbell, Ulysses 4 $1,100.00 6%
Barbara Cooper for Senate 1 $985.14 6%
American National Techology 1 $928.63 5%
Rhone, Ron 3 $900.00 5%
United States Post Office 2 $866.50 5%
Booker, Raymond 3 $700.00 4%
White, Kerry 2 $700.00 4%

Where the money went Each expenditure carries a short description of what it was for, written by the campaign. We sort those descriptions into a fixed set of categories; one expenditure goes in one category, so the amounts add up to Barbara Cooper’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $5,450 32%
  • Other $3,815 22%
  • Advertising & media $2,605 15%
  • Fundraising & events $1,310 8%
  • Consulting & professional services $1,100 6%
  • Contributions & donations $1,085 6%
  • Office & operations $1,067 6%
  • Field & voter contact $835 5%

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2006 Amended $4,397.82 $2,859.80 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 Amended $3,318.38 $4,397.82 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended $6,132.79 $3,318.38 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Amended $5,456.56 $6,132.79 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Amended $5,867.06 $5,456.56 Source ↗
Q1 2006 $2,982.06 $5,867.06 Source ↗
Supplemental 2005 2005 Amended $985.14 $2,982.06 Source ↗