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James B Cobb — 2010 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign

Tennessee House, District 31 Republican

2010 Tennessee House, District 31 · totals since Jan 16, 2009

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 2009–Q4 2010

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 →
$20,428
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 →
$32,780
Loan entries in filing detail: $4,716. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$13,964
less $500 in refunds & credits → $13,464 net disbursements
Donors
102
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:
  • Q4 2010 Initial $20,428 filing-stated

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
Q4 2010 reported receipts $1,550
Pre-General 2010 reported receipts $2,400
Q3 2010 reported receipts $2,400
Pre-Primary 2010 reported receipts $1,000
Q2 2010 reported receipts $0
Q1 2010 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2009 reported receipts $25,430
Mid-Year 2009 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $32,780
From each filing:
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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 $13,940
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $24
Total spent $13,964
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  • Q2 2010 Initial $3,372 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,348 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $24 filing-stated
  • Q1 2010 Initial $2,404 derived
  • Year-End 2009 Amendment $968 derived
  • Mid-Year 2009 Supplemental $100 derived
Receipts
$32,780
Spent
$13,964

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, 69% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2K · 5%Individuals, itemized $23K · 69%Organizations and PACs, itemized $9K · 26%

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: $22,770 ÷ Reported receipts: $32,780
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,500
Individuals, itemized $22,770
Organizations and PACs, itemized $8,510
From each filing:
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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 →

$285average gift
$200median gift
80individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
4%
0.4%
$50–200
39%
11%
$200–1K
49%
58%
$1K–5K
9%
31%
$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: $22,770 ÷ Individual donors: 80
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $22,770
Median gift $200
Individual donors 80
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 →

97% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (3% from out of state).

Tennessee $30,280 Out of state $1,000
  • Dayton $9K30%
  • Nashville $7K23%
  • Spring City $5K15%
  • Hixson $1K4%
  • Chattanooga $9303%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $7K
  • Other out-of-state $1K

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: $1,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $31,280
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,000
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2009 – Dec 2012. Peak $7,185 in Oct 2009. Spending peaked at $2,840 in Jun 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 70 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 34 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,520 and their names are withheld.

70 named donors 74 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 1 $1,250.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $1,000.00
Beth Harwell 1 $1,000.00
Alvin B Cobb Self 1 $1,000.00
James Dill 1 $1,000.00
Jim Edwards 1 $1,000.00
William Hilliary 1 $1,000.00
Dick Kinzalow 1 $1,000.00
Everett Roberson 1 $1,000.00
Gary Drinkard 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

38 vendors 74 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 3 $2,500.00 18%
Wirgau, Timothy 2 $2,000.00 14%
Herald News 17 $1,357.58 10%
Tricor 5 $1,057.88 8%
Cobbcommitteeman, Jim 1 $1,000.00 7%
Lafoy Outdoor Adv. 2 $600.00 4%
Haslam Inaugural 2011 1 $520.00 4%
Gotto, Jim 1 $500.00 4%
Powers, Dennis 1 $500.00 4%
Cobb, James ↺ donor $500.00 1 $500.00 4%

Loans

$4,715.84 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 $4,716
Loan principal shown $4,716
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (James B Cobb) Candidate loan — $4,715.84 $0.00 $4,715.84

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.

  • Contributions & donations $7,975 57%
  • Other $3,164 23%
  • Advertising & media $2,203 16%
  • Printing & mail $529 4%
  • Fundraising & events $50 0.4%
  • Office & operations $19 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 2010 $20,043.19 $20,427.99 Source: Q4 2010 filing Report 35289
Pre-General 2010 Amended $19,230.79 $20,043.19 Source: Pre-General 2010 filing Report 34753
Q3 2010 $19,187.92 $19,230.79 Source: Q3 2010 filing Report 32960
Pre-Primary 2010 $20,850.78 $19,187.92 Source: Pre-Primary 2010 filing Report 32020
Q2 2010 $24,222.96 $20,850.78 Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 30825
Q1 2010 $26,626.66 $24,222.96 Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 29726
Year-End 2009 Amended $2,165.09 $26,626.66 Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 32021
Mid-Year 2009 $3,265.09 $2,165.09 Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 27626