Barbara Cooper — 2020 Tennessee House, District 86 campaign

Tennessee House, District 86 Democratic

2020 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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Q4 2020

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 →
$3,147
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2022 TN House 86
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 →
$38,000
includes $595 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$45,224
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 →
119.0%
$45,224 spent of $38,000 raised (cash) · opened with $4,405
Donors
54
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
26%
$9,750 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 2020 Amendment $3,147 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 $6,166.26 the filer reported on Schedule A as an accounting adjustment — a correction to its books, 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 $37,405
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $595
Raised (cash) $38,000
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Amendment $2,650 derived
  • Pre-General 2020 Initial $5,500 derived
  • Q3 2020 Initial $6,660 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,235 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $425 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Initial $15,140 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $15,120 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $20 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2020 Amendment $2,600 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,500 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Q1 2020 Amendment $950 derived
  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $4,250 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $4,200 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $50 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Supplemental $250 derived

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 $32,066
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $13,158
Total spent $45,224
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Amendment $8,438 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,300 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $5,138 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2020 Initial $3,916 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,846 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $70 filing-stated
  • Q3 2020 Initial $7,049 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,699 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,350 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Initial $13,676 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,626 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $4,050 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2020 Amendment $4,100 derived
  • Q1 2020 Amendment $1,746 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,596 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $150 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $3,746 derived
  • Mid-Year 2019 Supplemental $2,553 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,153 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $400 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: $9,750 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $38,000
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $9,750
Raised incl. in-kind
$38,000
Spent
$45,224

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 28%; organizations and PACs gave 72%.

Individuals $11K · 28% Organizations & PACs $27K · 72%
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: $10,630 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $38,000
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $10,630
From organizations and PACs $27,370

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 →

$418average gift
$268median gift
24individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
13%
3%
$200–1K
71%
57%
$1K–5K
17%
40%
$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: $10,035 ÷ Individual donors: 24
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $10,035
Median gift $268
Individual donors 24

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 →

74% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (26% from out of state).

Tennessee $27,655 Out of state $9,750
  • Nashville $15K41%
  • Memphis $8K21%
  • Washington, DC $7K19%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $4K
  • Other out-of-state $3K
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: $9,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $37,405
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $9,750

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $18,870 in Jul 2020. Spending peaked at $11,880 in Jul 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $350 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 63 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $3,000.00
Cwa Cope PCC PAC 1 $3,000.00
D R I V E Dc PAC 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 5 $1,750.00
Memphis Fire Fighters Association PAC 1 $1,500.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $1,000.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 2 $1,000.00
Tennessee Assn of Nurse Anesthetists PAC 2 $1,000.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 2 $1,000.00
Raumesh Akbari 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

34 vendors 51 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Walker, Felix 8 $7,500.00 23%
Hatton, Bob 5 $4,250.00 13%
Howell Advertising 1 $2,400.00 7%
Target Marketing 1 $1,900.00 6%
Patterson, Wendell 1 $1,800.00 6%
Shipp, Arthur 1 $1,400.00 4%
Direct F X 1 $1,170.00 4%
Tennessee General Assembly 1 $994.76 3%
Best Choice Printing 2 $939.00 3%
Tankley, Lee 3 $900.00 3%

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 $12,589 39%
  • Other $10,810 34%
  • Field & voter contact $4,329 14%
  • Advertising & media $1,956 6%
  • Office & operations $1,083 3%
  • Fundraising & events $700 2%
  • Contributions & donations $600 2%

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 2020 Amended $2,769.41 $3,147.29 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 $1,185.41 $2,769.41 Source ↗
Q3 2020 $1,574.42 $1,185.41 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 $110.24 $1,574.42 Source ↗
Q2 2020 Amended $1,610.24 $110.24 Source ↗
Q1 2020 Amended $2,606.31 $1,610.24 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 $2,102.38 $2,606.31 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 $4,405.42 $2,102.38 Source ↗