Jerry Cooper — 2004 Tennessee Senate, District 14 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 14 Democratic

2004 Tennessee Senate, District 14

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 →
$210,609
as of the Post-General 2004 report
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$133,425
includes $50 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$43,799
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
33%
$43,799 spent of $133,425 raised (cash)
Donors
221
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
12%
$15,650 from outside TN
Why this number?

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). Note: 2 filings covering periods that end on the same day state different ending balances — Post-General 2004 2004 states $210,608.50, Post-Primary 2004 2004 states $198,547.26. The figure shown is Post-General 2004 2004's; the reports have not been reconciled against each other.

Reported on this filing:

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $133,375
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $50
Raised (cash) $133,425
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 $43,652
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $147
Total spent $43,799
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Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $15,650 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $133,425
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $15,650
Raised incl. in-kind
$133,425
Spent
$43,799

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

Individuals gave 23%; organizations and PACs gave 77%.

Individuals $30K · 23% Organizations & PACs $103K · 77%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $30,325 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $133,425
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $30,325
From organizations and PACs $103,100

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 →

$237average gift
$100median gift
128individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
4%
0.5%
$50–200
52%
21%
$200–1K
38%
48%
$1K–5K
6%
31%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $30,275 ÷ Individual donors: 128
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $30,275
Median gift $100
Individual donors 128

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 $117,725 Out of state $15,650
  • Nashville $62K46%
  • Memphis $18K14%
  • McMinnville $7K5%
  • Washington, DC $5K4%
  • Murfreesboro $3K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $27K
  • Other out-of-state $11K
Why this number?

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: $15,650 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $133,375
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $15,650

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2003 – Dec 2004. Peak $19,600 in Jan 2004. Spending peaked at $6,133 in Aug 2004.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $133,125 of $133,375 in itemized contributions. The other $250 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 donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $6,475 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 195 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Federal Express PAC 7 $15,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $4,500.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 2 $4,500.00
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $4,000.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $3,500.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 3 $3,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 3 $3,000.00
Att Tennessee PAC 3 $2,700.00
Insurors of TN PAC 2 $2,500.00

Expenditures

51 vendors 78 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Visa 5 $6,971.36 16%
Barber, Christina 2 $3,500.00 8%
Amoco Oil Co 4 $3,353.01 8%
Grissom, Holly 2 $3,000.00 7%
Verizon Wireless 2 $2,163.75 5%
Graves, Jo Ann 1 $2,000.00 5%
Wilder, John 1 $2,000.00 5%
Bredesen, Phil 1 $2,000.00 5%
Kathy's Flowers 1 $1,721.32 4%
McMinnville Flower Shop 4 $1,619.48 4%

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-General 2004 2004 Amended $205,055.38 $210,608.50 Source ↗
Post-Primary 2004 2004 Amended $197,205.08 $198,547.26 Source ↗
Pre-General 2004 Amended $198,547.26 $205,055.38 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2004 Amended $180,835.17 $197,205.08 Source ↗
Early Supplemental 2003 2003 $114,505.39 $180,835.17 Source ↗