James B Cobb — 2014 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign

Tennessee House, District 31 Republican

2014 Tennessee House, District 31 · totals since Jan 16, 2013

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 → · 7 filings · Mid-Year 2013–Q4 2014

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 →
$245
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 →
$12,831
Loan entries in filing detail: $8,487. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$24,803
less $534 in refunds & credits → $24,270 net disbursements
Donors
18
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 2014 Initial $245 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 2014 reported receipts $0
Q3 2014 reported receipts $4,831
Pre-Primary 2014 reported receipts $1,800
Q2 2014 reported receipts $6,200
Q1 2014 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2013 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2013 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $12,831
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 $24,803
Total spent $24,803
From each filing:
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Receipts
$12,831
Spent
$24,803

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, 58% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1K · 8%Individuals, itemized $7K · 58%Organizations and PACs, itemized $600 · 5%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $4K · 29%

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: $7,460 ÷ Reported receipts: $12,831
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,000
Individuals, itemized $7,460
Organizations and PACs, itemized $600
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $3,771
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 →

$439average gift
$300median gift
17individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
29%
5%
$200–1K
47%
41%
$1K–5K
24%
54%
$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: $7,460 ÷ Individual donors: 17
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $7,460
Median gift $300
Individual donors 17

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 →

88% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (12% from out of state).

Tennessee $7,060 Out of state $1,000
  • Dayton $2K21%
  • Rockwood $1K15%
  • Knoxville $1K12%
  • Ringgold, GA $1K12%
  • Graysville $96012%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K

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: $8,060
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,000

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2013 – Nov 2014. Peak $3,000 in Jun 2014. Spending peaked at $5,535 in Jul 2014.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 14 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 5 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $400 and their names are withheld.

14 named donors 15 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Sharon Pryse 1 $1,000.00
Curtis Manuel 1 $1,000.00
Alvin B Cobb Self 1 $1,000.00
James Dill 1 $1,000.00
Dorothy Cobb 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC 1 $600.00
Kay Thurman 2 $560.00
Felix Wilkey 1 $500.00
Kelly Keisling 1 $500.00
Boig 1 $500.00

Expenditures

61 vendors 108 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Elevation Outdoor Advertising 10 $3,547.00 14%
R & R Outdoor 5 $2,385.00 10%
R&R Hospitality,Llc 3 $2,250.00 9%
Vistaprint 6 $1,957.34 8%
Fairway Outdoor Advertising 4 $1,325.00 5%
Paragon 3 $973.29 4%
Rhea Republican Party 2 $900.00 4%
Dayton Post Office 1 $875.00 4%
Pikeville Post Office 1 $790.30 3%
Dunlap Post Office 1 $719.95 3%

Loans

$8,486.87 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 $8,487
Loan principal shown $8,487
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (James B Cobb) Candidate loan Sep 30, 2014 $8,486.87 $0.00 $8,486.87

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 $10,304 42%
  • Printing & mail $5,707 23%
  • Contributions & donations $4,023 16%
  • Other $2,208 9%
  • Office & operations $1,040 4%
  • Consulting & professional services $821 3%
  • Fundraising & events $700 3%

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 2014 $770.00 $245.00 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 58457
Q3 2014 Amended $896.76 $770.00 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 58456
Pre-Primary 2014 $3,136.11 $896.76 Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 53632
Q2 2014 Amended $8,006.54 $3,136.11 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 58455
Q1 2014 Amended $9,251.54 $8,006.54 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 58451
Year-End 2013 $10,653.54 $9,251.54 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 48557
Mid-Year 2013 $11,683.54 $10,653.54 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47127

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2015.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

5 filings · Mid-Year 2015–Mid-Year 2017

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2017 $250.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71081
Year-End 2016 $250.00 $250.00 Source: Year-End 2016 filing Report 69873
Mid-Year 2016 $245.00 $250.00 Source: Mid-Year 2016 filing Report 64599

As filed on this report: cash beginning $245.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $250.00.

Year-End 2015 $245.00 $245.00 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 61491
Mid-Year 2015 $245.00 $245.00 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60290