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James B Cobb — 2008 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign

Tennessee House, District 31 Republican

2008 Tennessee House, District 31

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 →
$3,153
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 →
$183,297
includes $624 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 →
$1,206
goods or services
Total Spent
$48,973
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 →
27%
$48,973 spent of $183,297 raised (cash)
Donors
158
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
30%
$55,831 of $184,503 raised, including in-kind · $2,000 donated, $53,831 loaned
Out-of-State
2%
$4,450 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 2008 Amendment $3,153 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 $82,495
Candidate's own contributions $2,000
Loans received $98,178
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $624
Raised (cash) $183,297
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2008 Initial $5,300 derived
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $51,294 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $48,670 derived
    • Candidate's own contributions $2,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $624 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2007 Amendment $4,500 derived
Not attributable to a single filing:
Loans $91,462 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 $48,857
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $116
Total spent $48,973
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2008 Initial $15,523 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $15,408 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $116 filing-stated
  • Q1 2008 Amendment $1,614 derived
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $2,417 derived
  • Mid-Year 2007 Amendment $3,760 derived

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: $4,450 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $184,503
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $4,450
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$184,503
Spent
$48,973

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 30% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 35%, organizations and PACs 10%, with 25% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $56K · 30% Individuals $64K · 35% Organizations & PACs $19K · 10% Other sources $46K · 25%
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: $55,831 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $184,503
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $55,831
From individuals $63,769
From organizations and PACs $19,350
Loans other than the candidate's $44,347
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $1,206
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 →

$490average gift
$200median gift
129individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
2%
0.2%
$50–200
40%
7%
$200–1K
28%
18%
$1K–5K
29%
66%
$5K+
0.8%
9%
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: $63,145 ÷ Individual donors: 129
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $63,145
Median gift $200
Individual donors 129
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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $78,045 Out of state $4,450
  • Dayton $31K37%
  • Spring City $16K19%
  • Nashville $12K14%
  • Soddy Daisy $2K3%
  • Hixson $2K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $15K
  • Other out-of-state $4K
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: $4,450 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $82,495
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $4,450
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2007 – Jan 2009. Peak $18,000 in Jul 2007. Spending peaked at $16,469 in Jul 2008.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $4,427 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 173 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Jim Cobb Includes In-Kind 26 $6,520.50
Tennessee Dental PAC 2 $3,500.00
Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC 1 $3,000.00
Alvin B Cobb Self 2 $2,000.00
Jim Edwards 2 $2,000.00
William Hilliary 3 $2,000.00
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Anesthesiologists PAC 3 $1,500.00
Juanita Owensby 2 $1,500.00
Bradley Varner 2 $1,500.00

Expenditures

67 vendors 352 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Herald News 32 $5,933.03 12%
Dayton Post Office 3 $4,323.76 9%
Shaver, Joe 15 $3,829.39 8%
Shell 34 $2,480.35 5%
Fairway Outdoor Advertising 10 $2,462.00 5%
Southeast Bank & Trust 12 $2,370.43 5%
TN Valley Sign 3 $2,234.50 5%
Ace Printing 18 $2,204.60 5%
Chattanooga Times Free Press 2 $2,140.43 4%
Lafoy Outdoor Adv. 2 $1,847.07 4%

Loans

$98,178.05 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 $53,831
Other lenders $44,347
Loan principal shown $98,178
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Principal Repaid Outstanding
Self (James B Cobb) Candidate loan Jul 2, 2008 $53,830.84 $49,115.00 $4,715.84
Southeast Bank & Trust Other lender — $39,757.25 $39,757.25 $0.00
Southeast Bank and Trust Other lender — $4,589.96 $209.57 $4,380.39

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 $16,912 35%
  • Printing & mail $16,092 33%
  • Travel $5,391 11%
  • Other $3,477 7%
  • Loan & debt repayment $2,370 5%
  • Office & operations $1,799 4%
  • Contributions & donations $1,410 3%
  • Fundraising & events $739 2%
  • Field & voter contact $668 1%

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 2008 Amended $2,227.12 $3,153.09 Source ↗
Pre-General 2008 Amended $861.01 $2,227.12 Source ↗
Q3 2008 Amended $2,155.94 $861.01 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2008 Amended $70.89 $2,155.94 Source ↗
Q2 2008 $8,533.31 $70.89 Source ↗
Q1 2008 Amended $10,147.28 $8,533.31 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 Amended $4,310.40 $10,147.28 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Amended $5,877.44 $4,310.40 Source ↗