James Cooper — 2010 U.S. Representative, District 5 campaign
2010 U.S. Representative, District 5 · totals since Jan 1, 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 → · 11 filings · Q1 2009–YE 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 →
$144,152
as of the Year-End report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$1,044,042
includes $76,187 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,000 refunded
Total disbursed
$1,173,955
Donors
787
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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 →
11% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 89%.
Itemized $604K · 89% Small unitemized gifts $76K · 11%
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 59% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $612K · 59%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $76K · 7%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $348K · 33%
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 →
54% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (46% from out of state).
Tennessee $519,678 Out of state $439,200
- Nashville $379K40%
- Washington, DC $138K14%
- New York, NY $41K4%
- Brentwood $25K3%
- Franklin $23K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $92K
- Other out-of-state $260K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2009 – Dec 2010. Peak $149,716 in Oct 2010. Spending peaked at $714,060 in Oct 2010.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 772 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 15 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,541 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Intl Brotherhood of Elec Workers PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Brown Forman Comm for A Respon Govt PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Federal Express Corporation PAC | 3 | $10,000.00 |
| Caterpillar Employees PAC | 4 | $10,000.00 |
| Blue Dog PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Build PAC National Ass Home Builders | 3 | $9,500.00 |
| Realtors PAC | 5 | $8,000.00 |
| Uaw V Cap PAC | 2 | $7,500.00 |
| United Association Political Education Committee | 2 | $7,500.00 |
| Christina Cressey ↺ paid $2,400.00 | 3 | $7,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media Strategies | 3 | $476,200.00 | |
| Dixon/Davis Media Group | 2 | $63,334.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 43 | $43,860.67 | |
| Davidson, Haley | 34 | $41,901.51 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 6 | $37,000.00 | |
| Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc. | 2 | $35,000.00 | |
| Wilson Bank & Trust | 49 | $34,558.02 | |
| Mma Creative, Inc. | 15 | $31,956.77 | |
| Winning Connections, Inc. | 3 | $30,730.00 | |
| Davidson, Golden & Lundy | 34 | $26,571.00 | |
| Barclay, Krissa | 9 | $20,232.70 | |
| Mailsource, Inc. | 8 | $20,174.28 | |
| Advanced Network Strategies, LLC | 15 | $20,165.45 | |
| Jive! A Digital Print Factory | 11 | $19,752.91 | |
| Horne Properties | 25 | $16,500.00 | |
| Sweeney, Cara | 12 | $16,456.89 | |
| Campaign Fundamentals, Inc. | 11 | $15,002.44 | |
| NGP Software, Inc. | 13 | $14,860.00 | |
| Alberts-Marigza, Robin | 18 | $13,754.42 | |
| Cabana | 2 | $11,641.57 | |
| Visa | 21 | $9,694.06 | |
| Joslin and Son Signs | 8 | $8,221.18 | |
| Hataway, Breanne | 12 | $8,142.57 | |
| Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel | 2 | $7,965.01 | |
| Verizon | 25 | $6,903.00 | |
| At&T | 44 | $6,036.51 | |
| Hartley, Cody | 10 | $5,758.59 | |
| Voter Activation Network | 6 | $4,782.03 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Party | 3 | $4,250.00 | |
| David L. Andrukitis, Inc. | 7 | $4,210.35 | |
| The Hutton Hotel | 2 | $4,121.00 | |
| Neal, Melissa | 7 | $4,001.53 | |
| Shmerling, Mike Mr. | 2 | $3,317.65 | |
| Paychex | 26 | $3,159.33 | |
| Sunset Grill | 1 | $3,025.14 | |
| Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee | 12 | $3,015.69 | |
| Tennessee Performing Arts Center | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Express Merchant Processing Solutions | 19 | $2,814.31 | |
| B2B Financial Advantage, Inc. | 1 | $2,740.00 | |
| McDonald, Catherine W | 5 | $2,674.15 | |
| Cressey, Christina ↺ donor $7,000.00 | 1 | $2,400.00 | |
| Premiere Political Communications | 1 | $2,342.67 | |
| National Democratic Club | 2 | $2,018.86 | |
| Northwest Ymca | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Bean for Congress | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Dean Dixon Photography | 1 | $1,950.00 | |
| Central Parking System | 15 | $1,918.50 | |
| Table 2 Grille | 1 | $1,834.36 | |
| Cunningham, Gary ↺ donor $2,200.00 | 1 | $1,600.00 | |
| Johnny's Half Shell | 1 | $1,572.35 | |
| BB&T Insurance | 4 | $1,504.00 | |
| Barclay & Williams Communications | 6 | $1,439.41 | |
| Kingsmill Resort | 1 | $1,375.00 | |
| 116, Inc. | 1 | $1,371.10 | |
| Gannett Tennessee | 1 | $1,279.20 | |
| Tennessee Campaign Basics | 1 | $1,225.28 | |
| Bna Technology Solutions | 5 | $1,221.52 | |
| Tennessee Tribune | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Bellevue Chamber of Commerce | 8 | $1,161.00 | |
| Madison/Rivergate Chamber of Commerce | 5 | $1,160.00 | |
| Harvard Club of Ny | 2 | $1,127.38 | |
| Nashville Womens Political Caucus | 4 | $1,100.00 | |
| Sylvester Management | 2 | $1,100.00 | |
| Cherokee Country Club | 1 | $1,067.00 | |
| Copper Kettle | 2 | $1,004.37 | |
| Lincoln Davis for Congress | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Fontanel | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Henry for Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Brett Carter for Congress | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| George McDonald for State Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Lowe Finney for Tennessee State Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Friends of Roy Herron ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Rayburn, Randy ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| John Lewis for Congress | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Clement Railroad Museum | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Fisher House Foundation, Inc. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Naacp | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Mei Wah Restaurant | 2 | $968.17 | |
| Pride Publishing | 1 | $960.00 | |
| Puhalo, Sanja | 2 | $959.50 | |
| Hyatt Regency Chicago | 2 | $948.74 | |
| Hackney, Johnny | 4 | $882.88 | |
| 4Imprint | 1 | $869.30 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 3 | $840.30 | |
| Monocle Restaurant | 2 | $835.07 | |
| Hoster, Rodd L. | 1 | $760.00 | |
| Al Tiramisu | 1 | $750.36 | |
| Office Depot | 12 | $741.76 | |
| Adams, Paige | 2 | $700.00 | |
| Southcomm | 1 | $700.00 | |
| Kiwanis Club of Madison TN | 2 | $700.00 | |
| Chef Geoff's | 1 | $650.98 | |
| Thenews | 1 | $650.00 | |
| The Mad Platter | 1 | $548.44 | |
| Global Crossing Conferencing | 4 | $537.72 | |
| Best Buy | 4 | $525.42 | |
| Friends of Phillip Pinion ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| James Hale for State Representative | 1 | $500.00 | |
| David Smith for Juvenile Court Clerk | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Wilson County Democratic Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| McLendon Minority Foundation | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Goodson, Inc. ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Nashville Predators Foundation | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Wilson County Young Democrats | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Friends of Jim Langevin | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Nashville Cash & Carry | 2 | $498.44 | |
| Budget Rentals | 1 | $496.58 | |
| Majors, Don E. Jr. | 3 | $477.59 | |
| Lebanon/Wilson County Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Tish Lyndsey Full Entertainment | 1 | $447.49 | |
| American Airlines | 3 | $446.40 | |
| Sitemason, Inc. | 4 | $438.40 | |
| Jimmy Kelly's Restaurant | 1 | $426.32 | |
| Bud's Liquors | 1 | $406.68 | |
| The Land Trust for Tennessee | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Wolf Camera | 7 | $393.01 | |
| The Next Door | 2 | $380.00 | |
| Hp Home Store | 2 | $360.50 | |
| Hawk & Dove | 1 | $351.17 | |
| Nashville Oic | 1 | $350.00 | |
| 1808 Grille | 1 | $347.16 | |
| Mt. Juliet/W. Wilson Chamber of Commerce | 5 | $345.00 | |
| Revive Cafe | 1 | $327.75 | |
| Jstreetpac ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 3 | $323.60 | |
| Maryland Farms Wine & Spirits | 1 | $312.41 | |
| Rumours Wine & Art Bar | 1 | $307.00 | |
| Fedex | 5 | $291.26 | |
| Nelson Ministry Services | 1 | $262.20 | |
| Tennessee Young Democrats | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Lipscomb University | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Historic Germantown Nashville, Inc. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Donelson-Hermitage Exchange Club | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Nashville Firefighters Association | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Sam Hatcher for State Senate | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Women In Numbers | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Cheatham County Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $250.00 | |
| Nashville Downtown Partnership | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Charlie Cardwell Campaign Committee ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Mt. Juliet Breakfast Rotary | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Doubletree Hotel | 2 | $223.87 | |
| Whitts Barbecue | 1 | $200.51 | |
| Friends of Ac Wharton ↺ donor $200.00 | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Harris Hillman School | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Walmart | 5 | $171.66 | |
| Blackman, Walter | 1 | $153.20 | |
| The College Trust Fund | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Harris Teeter | 5 | $142.74 | |
| Kroger | 2 | $96.01 | |
| Dunkin Donuts | 1 | $78.56 | |
| Office Max | 1 | $66.59 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Cooper’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $560,578 48%
- Staff & payroll $146,802 13%
- Printing & mail $127,944 11%
- Other $84,184 7%
- Consulting & professional services $77,412 7%
- Fundraising & events $56,746 5%
- Contributions & donations $49,100 4%
- Office & operations $44,310 4%
- Field & voter contact $15,490 1%
- Travel $7,193 0.7%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE 2010 | $172,589.33 | $144,152.14 | Source: YE 2010 filing |
| 30G 2010 | $439,666.68 | $172,349.44 | Source: 30G 2010 filing |
| 12G 2010 | $751,795.31 | $439,666.68 | Source: 12G 2010 filing |
| Q3 2010 | $677,789.24 | $751,795.31 | Source: Q3 2010 filing |
| 12P 2010 | $665,046.06 | $677,789.24 | Source: 12P 2010 filing |
| Q2 2010 | $518,631.39 | $665,046.06 | Source: Q2 2010 filing |
| Q1 2010 | $440,784.03 | $518,631.39 | Source: Q1 2010 filing |
| YE 2009 | $353,477.34 | $440,784.03 | Source: YE 2009 filing |
| Q3 2009 | $317,506.12 | $353,477.34 | Source: Q3 2009 filing |
| Q2 2009 | $272,137.29 | $317,506.12 | Source: Q2 2009 filing |
| Q1 2009 | $273,824.93 | $272,137.29 | Source: Q1 2009 filing |