Barbara Cooper — 2008 Tennessee House, District 86 campaign
2008 Tennessee House, District 86 · totals since Jan 16, 2007
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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2007–Q4 2008
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 →
$3,526
as of the Q4 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$24,734
includes $990 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $362. The report totals above govern this headline.
Itemized in-kind 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. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$860
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$23,738
less $32 in refunds & credits → $23,706 net disbursements
Donors
45
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down the receipts the headline adds up, by the lines of each report behind it; its parts add up to the headline. Open its “Why this number?” for each report’s lines. 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 →
Largest part: organizations and PACs, itemized, 62% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $8K · 33%Organizations and PACs, itemized $15K · 62%Unitemized contributions $990 · 4%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $362 · 1%
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 →
$543average gift
$500median gift
15individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
92% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (8% from out of state).
Tennessee $21,482 Out of state $1,900
- Nashville $11K46%
- Memphis $4K19%
- Covington $2K9%
- Cordova $2K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
- Other out-of-state $2K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2007 – Jan 2009. Peak $5,275 in Oct 2008. Spending peaked at $3,539 in Sep 2007.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 46 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| The Speaker S Fund PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Gary Odom | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 3 | $1,000.00 |
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Charles Curtiss | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Federal Express | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee In-Kind | 1 | $860.00 |
| Memphis-PACE PAC | 2 | $850.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native Graphix | 5 | $5,704.40 | |
| Rhone, Ron | 4 | $1,460.00 | |
| C D Wrap | 1 | $1,420.00 | |
| Postmaster | 2 | $1,049.18 | |
| Diamond Printing | 1 | $819.38 | |
| Felix Way Advertising | 2 | $800.00 | |
| Authenic Print Shop | 1 | $685.00 | |
| Boston Marriott | 1 | $637.59 | |
| A-1 Printing | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Booker, Raymond | 3 | $600.00 | |
| Shipp, Arthur | 2 | $595.00 | |
| NBCSL | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Carpenter, Ernestine | 1 | $500.00 | |
| White, Kerry | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Target Marketing | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Houston, Eddie | 1 | $385.00 | |
| Bowers, Kathryn | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Black, Clifford | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Nobel/Women | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Tubelite Company | 1 | $244.72 | |
| King, Martez | 1 | $230.00 | |
| Exxon Mobile Card | 1 | $227.73 | |
| Young, Elijah | 1 | $201.00 | |
| Carter, Lexie | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Downtown Association | 1 | $186.00 | |
| Sam's Club | 1 | $168.89 | |
| Sanders, Jessie | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Bolton, Julian | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Memphis Shelby County Democratic Party | 1 | $150.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$361.59 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Barbara Cooper) | Candidate loan | Jul 7, 2008 | $361.59 | $0.00 | $361.59 |
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 $7,433 38%
- Other $6,008 31%
- Office & operations $2,965 15%
- Advertising & media $1,296 7%
- Field & voter contact $765 4%
- Contributions & donations $450 2%
- Fundraising & events $319 2%
- Travel $228 1%
Loans
| Lender | Amount | Date Received | Outstanding | Repaid |
|---|
Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2008 | $7,719.05 | $3,525.90 | Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 25777 |
| Pre-General 2008 Amended | $2,594.05 | $7,719.05 | Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 25608 |
| Q3 2008 Amended | $3,747.85 | $2,594.05 | Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 25594 |
| Pre-Primary 2008 Amended | $3,459.43 | $3,747.85 | Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 23476 |
| Q2 2008 | $3,358.83 | $3,459.43 | Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21668 |
| Q1 2008 | $3,358.83 | $3,358.83 | Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20381 |
| Year-End 2007 Amended | $967.20 | $3,358.83 | Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 15137 |
| Mid-Year 2007 | $2,859.80 | $967.20 | Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13606 |