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James B Cobb — 2006 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign

Tennessee House, District 31 Republican

2006 Tennessee House, District 31

6 filings · Pre-General 2006–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 →
$5,877
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2008 TN House 31
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 →
$163,258
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 →
$1,636
goods or services
Total Spent
$48,826
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 →
30%
$48,826 spent of $163,258 raised (cash)
Donors
58
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
49%
$81,000 of $164,895 raised, including in-kind · campaign loans
Out-of-State
0.2%
$200 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 $5,877 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. Note: a separate cross-filing check found a loan-balance carryforward discontinuity in the filings behind this figure. The reports have not been reconciled to determine the cause of the unexplained balance change.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $21,823
Loans received $141,435
Raised (cash) $163,258
From each filing: Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $100,435 derived

Borrowing that no filing dates to its own reporting period — a balance carried forward from an earlier period, or a loan reported without a date. The rest is shown against the filing that reported borrowing it.

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 $47,448
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,378
Total spent $48,826
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Amendment $4,512 derived
  • Pre-General 2006 Amendment $5,430 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,149 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $282 filing-stated
  • Q3 2006 Amendment $9,335 derived
  • Q2 2006 Amendment $29,549 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $28,452 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,096 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: $200 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $164,895
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $200
Source filings:

Totals exclude 1 filing pending review (the filer reported $6,990 on it).

Raised incl. in-kind
$164,895
Spent
$48,826

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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 49% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 8%, organizations and PACs 5%, with 38% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $81K · 49% Individuals $14K · 8% Organizations & PACs $8K · 5% Other sources $62K · 38%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money 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 the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $81,000 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $164,895
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $81,000
From individuals $13,798
From organizations and PACs $8,025
Loans other than the candidate's $60,435
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $1,636
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 →

$363average gift
$200median gift
38individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
11%
0.9%
$50–200
34%
9%
$200–1K
45%
46%
$1K–5K
11%
45%
$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: $13,798 ÷ Individual donors: 38
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $13,798
Median gift $200
Individual donors 38
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 →

99.0% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (1.0% from out of state).

Tennessee $21,623 Out of state $200
  • Spring City $6K29%
  • Dayton $5K23%
  • Nashville $4K20%
  • Chattanooga $2K9%
  • Memphis $1K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
  • Other out-of-state $200
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: $200 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $21,823
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $200
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2006 – Jan 2007. Peak $8,632 in Oct 2006. Spending peaked at $15,425 in May 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 $1,320 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 53 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Jim Cobb 7 $3,178.04
House Republican Caucus In-Kind 1 $1,400.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 1 $1,000.00
William Hilliary 1 $1,000.00
Juanita Owensby 2 $1,000.00
Hazel Roberson 1 $1,000.00
Rhea County Republican Party 1 $1,000.00
Bo Watson 3 $650.00
Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC 1 $500.00

Expenditures

23 vendors 101 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Keener Marketing 15 $24,519.05 52%
Here's Your Sign 7 $7,830.68 17%
Herald News 9 $3,947.50 8%
Southeast Bank & Trust 9 $2,077.85 4%
Tim's Tees 5 $1,962.96 4%
Chatt.Times/Free Press 3 $1,550.70 3%
Shaver, Joe 4 $1,471.66 3%
Ace 20 $1,310.39 3%
Aerie Design 5 $816.94 2%
Diversified Sign Supplies 4 $563.79 1%

Loans

$141,435.11 in loan principal 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.

Why this number?

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 $81,000
Other lenders $60,435
Loan principal shown $141,435
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Principal Repaid Outstanding
Self (James B Cobb) Candidate loan — $81,000.00 $76,058.73 $4,941.27
Southeast Bank & Trust Other lender Apr 24, 2006 $49,845.15 $44,903.88 $4,941.27
Southeast Bank and Trust Other lender Aug 1, 2006 $10,589.96 $0.00 $10,589.96

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 James B Cobb’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $24,579 52%
  • Printing & mail $17,140 36%
  • Other $2,345 5%
  • Loan & debt repayment $2,061 4%
  • Office & operations $972 2%
  • Field & voter contact $200 0.5%
  • Contributions & donations $100 0.3%
  • Consulting & professional services $50 0.2%

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
Q4 2006 Amended $7,373.58 $5,877.44 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 Amended $4,172.15 $7,373.58 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended $446.86 $4,172.15 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Amended Figures pending review — — Source ↗
Q2 2006 Amended $0.00 $8,036.36 Source ↗
Q1 2006 $0.00 $0.00 Source ↗