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Howard D Cotter — 2006 Tennessee House, District 27 campaign

Tennessee House, District 27 Republican

2006 Tennessee House, District 27 · totals since Jan 16, 2006

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 → · 4 filings · Pre-Primary 2006–Q3 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 →
$0
as of the Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$22,617
includes $4,900 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $2,467. 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 →
$3,432
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$20,150
Donors
29
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

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:

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q3 2006 reported receipts $0
Pre-Primary 2006 reported receipts $1,950
Q2 2006 reported receipts $9,147
Q1 2006 reported receipts $11,520
Reported receipts $22,617
From each filing:

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 $19,133
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,017
Total spent $20,150
From each filing:
  • Q3 2006 Initial $251 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Amendment $4,545 derived
  • Q2 2006 Amendment $14,392 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $14,008 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $384 filing-stated
  • Q1 2006 Amendment $962 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $580 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $382 filing-stated
Receipts
$22,617
Spent
$20,150

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: individuals, itemized, 61% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $14K · 61%Organizations and PACs, itemized $2K · 7%Unitemized contributions $5K · 22%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2K · 11%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Individuals, itemized: $13,750 ÷ Reported receipts: $22,617
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $13,750
Organizations and PACs, itemized $1,500
Unitemized contributions $4,900
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2,467
From each filing:

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 →

$529average gift
$500median gift
26individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
12%
3%
$200–1K
62%
46%
$1K–5K
27%
51%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $13,750 ÷ Individual donors: 26
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $13,750
Median gift $500
Individual donors 26
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 $13,750 Out of state $1,500
  • Chattanooga $6K39%
  • Signal Mountain $5K30%
  • Nashville $1K8%
  • Lookout Mountain $1K8%
  • Lookout Mountain, GA $1K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $750
  • Other out-of-state $500

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: $1,500 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $15,250
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,500
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2006 – Jul 2006. Peak $8,900 in Mar 2006. Spending peaked at $6,660 in May 2006.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 29 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $450 and their names are withheld.

29 named donors 32 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Lawyers Involved for TN PAC 1 $1,000.00
Jo Ann Yates 1 $1,000.00
William Cotter 1 $1,000.00
Edward E Brown Jr 1 $1,000.00
Ida Cotter 1 $1,000.00
Huxley Brown 1 $1,000.00
Allen Brown 1 $1,000.00
Idenia Greesen 1 $1,000.00
Wilburn Ricketts In-Kind 1 $1,000.00
Charles Hunt In-Kind 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

11 vendors 20 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Sign-A-Rama 1 $5,631.84 29%
Fairway Outdoor Advertising 2 $3,140.00 16%
Postmaster 3 $3,027.48 16%
Mbna (Wgow) Radio 1 $2,033.20 11%
Chattanooga Times Free Press 1 $2,000.00 10%
Artistic Color Graphics 3 $1,005.11 5%
Diversified Mailing Service 2 $783.10 4%
Page Innovations 2 $580.12 3%
The Home Depot 3 $482.97 3%
Paragon Printing 1 $298.91 2%

Loans

$2,467.33 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $2,467
Loan principal shown $2,467
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Howard D Cotter) Candidate loan Jun 28, 2006 $2,467.33 $0.00 $2,467.33

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 Howard D Cotter’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $10,650 56%
  • Advertising & media $4,782 25%
  • Other $3,700 19%

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q3 2006 $2,718.60 $0.00 Source: Q3 2006 filing Report 10215
Pre-Primary 2006 Amended $5,313.17 $2,718.60 Source: Pre-Primary 2006 filing Report 9465
Q2 2006 Amended $10,557.77 $5,313.17 Source: Q2 2006 filing Report 8719
Q1 2006 Amended $0.00 $10,557.77 Source: Q1 2006 filing Report 7011