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James T. (Bubba) Cobb — 2024 Tennessee House, District 77 campaign

Tennessee House, District 77 Republican

2024 Tennessee House, District 77 · totals since Apr 1, 2024

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 → · 4 filings · Pre-Primary 2024–Q4 2024

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 →
$0
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 →
$19,505
Total Spent
$19,505
Donors
49
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:

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 2024 reported receipts $0
Q3 2024 reported receipts $1,675
Pre-Primary 2024 reported receipts $5,230
Q2 2024 reported receipts $12,600
Reported receipts $19,505
From each filing:

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 $19,505
Total spent $19,505
From each filing:
Receipts
$19,505
Spent
$19,505

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, 84% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $16K · 84%Organizations and PACs, itemized $3K · 16%

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: $16,405 ÷ Reported receipts: $19,505
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $16,405
Organizations and PACs, itemized $3,100
From each filing:

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 →

$349average gift
$250median gift
47individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
2%
0.2%
$50–200
38%
12%
$200–1K
47%
46%
$1K–5K
13%
42%
$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: $16,405 ÷ Individual donors: 47
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $16,405
Median gift $250
Individual donors 47
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 →

94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).

Tennessee $18,255 Out of state $1,250
  • Dyersburg $10K50%
  • Nashville $3K17%
  • Obion $2K8%
  • Gates $1K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
  • 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: $1,250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $19,505
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,250
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2024 – Aug 2024. Peak $5,400 in Apr 2024. Spending peaked at $7,500 in Jul 2024.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $17,855 of $19,505 in itemized contributions. The other $1,650 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 30 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 19 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,925 and their names are withheld.

30 named donors 31 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 1 $3,000.00
Martha Lannom 1 $1,400.00
John Lannon 1 $1,400.00
Chris Young ↺ paid $2,540.94 1 $1,150.02
Chris Young Companies 1 $1,000.00
Judy Rainey 1 $1,000.00
Harry Stanley 1 $1,000.00
Ronnie Cole 1 $500.00
James Boyd 2 $500.00
Jamie Fox 1 $500.00

Expenditures

16 vendors 34 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Abbotts 3 $6,754.02 35%
Thunderbolt Broadcasting 1 $4,035.00 21%
Young, Chris ↺ donor $1,150.02 1 $2,540.94 13%
Amazon 1 $1,411.82 7%
Pip Printing 3 $968.54 5%
Messenger 2 $646.00 3%
Paxton News Service 1 $600.00 3%
Burke Broadcasting 1 $500.00 3%
Facebook 7 $480.81 2%
The Farms 1 $456.00 2%

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 T. (Bubba) Cobb’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $8,883 46%
  • Other $8,643 44%
  • Printing & mail $1,412 7%
  • Fundraising & events $456 2%
  • Office & operations $111 0.6%

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 2024 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q4 2024 filing Report 119759
Q3 2024 Amended $1,125.46 $0.00 Source: Q3 2024 filing Report 117294
Pre-Primary 2024 $3,135.73 $1,125.46 Source: Pre-Primary 2024 filing Report 115184
Q2 2024 Amended $0.00 $3,135.73 Source: Q2 2024 filing Report 114853