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Jerome Cochran — 2004 Tennessee House, District 04 campaign

Tennessee House, District 04 Republican

2004 Tennessee House, District 04 · totals since 2003

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 → · 5 filings · Early Supplemental 2003 2003–Pre-Primary 2004

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 →
$10,914
as of the Post-Primary 2004 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$58,108
includes $7,943 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Itemized in-kind 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. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$800
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$52,685
Donors
74
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). Another report, Post-General 2004 2004, gives the same end date and states $7,695.41.

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
Post-Primary 2004 2004 reported receipts $2,970
Post-General 2004 2004 reported receipts $509
Pre-General 2004 reported receipts $1,357
Pre-Primary 2004 reported receipts $34,972
Early Supplemental 2003 2003 reported receipts $18,300
Reported receipts $58,108
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 $41,119
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $11,566
Total spent $52,685
From each filing:
  • Post-Primary 2004 2004 Initial $14,097 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $11,757 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,340 filing-stated
  • Post-General 2004 2004 Initial $2,720 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $785 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,936 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2004 Initial $2,364 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,272 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,092 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2004 Initial $27,311 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $24,230 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,081 filing-stated
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  • Early Supplemental 2003 2003 Supplemental $6,193 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,075 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,118 filing-stated
Receipts
$58,108
Spent
$52,685

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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 56% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $18K · 31%Organizations and PACs, itemized $32K · 56%Unitemized contributions $8K · 14%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $32,350 ÷ Reported receipts: $58,108
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $17,750
Organizations and PACs, itemized $32,350
Unitemized contributions $7,943
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $65
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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 →

$480average gift
$500median gift
37individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
3%
0.9%
$200–1K
78%
60%
$1K–5K
19%
39%
$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: $17,750 ÷ Individual donors: 37
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $17,750
Median gift $500
Individual donors 37
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 $47,700 Out of state $2,400
  • Nashville $18K35%
  • Johnson City $5K10%
  • Blountville $5K10%
  • Bluff City $5K10%
  • Elizabethton $3K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $12K
  • Other out-of-state $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: $2,400 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $50,100
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $2,400
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2003 – Dec 2004. Peak $15,800 in Jun 2004. Spending peaked at $20,504 in Jul 2004.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 74 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $150 and their names are withheld.

74 named donors 92 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Conservative PAC 1 $5,000.00
Lawyers Involved for TN PAC 2 $5,000.00
State of Franklin PAC 2 $5,000.00
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 3 $2,000.00
Equal Opportunity In Education Project PAC 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $1,000.00
Daniel Eldridge 1 $1,000.00
Joe Laporte 2 $1,000.00
Friends of Tre Hargett 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

46 vendors 99 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Mailworks, Inc. 4 $9,474.60 23%
Elizabethton Newspapers 15 $5,322.65 13%
McGrafx, LLC 3 $4,312.10 10%
Foster Signs 3 $4,144.58 10%
Johnson City Press 6 $3,877.26 9%
Verizon 16 $2,432.89 6%
Wbej 4 $1,354.00 3%
Walmart 6 $887.02 2%
Campus Chalet 1 $655.50 2%
Cochran, Jerome 2 $600.00 1%

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 Jerome Cochran’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $18,102 44%
  • Advertising & media $10,445 25%
  • Contributions & donations $4,400 11%
  • Other $4,390 11%
  • Office & operations $3,013 7%
  • Fundraising & events $769 2%

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
Post-Primary 2004 2004 $22,040.96 $10,914.04 Source: Post-Primary 2004 2004 filing Report 676
Post-General 2004 2004 $9,906.65 $7,695.41 Source: Post-General 2004 2004 filing Report 2540
Pre-General 2004 $10,914.04 $9,906.65 Source: Pre-General 2004 filing Report 1777
Pre-Primary 2004 $14,379.73 $22,040.96 Source: Pre-Primary 2004 filing Report 404
Early Supplemental 2003 2003 $2,272.98 $14,379.73 Source: Early Supplemental 2003 2003 filing Report 186