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Jerry Cooper — 2008 Tennessee Senate, District 14 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 14 Democratic

2008 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 → · 8 filings · Supplemental 2005 2005–Year-End 2008

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 →
$116,869
as of the Year-End 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 →
$16,050
Why this number?
Total Spent
$116,664
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 →
726.8%
$116,664 spent of $16,050 raised (cash) · opened with $216,461
Donors
At least 26 named
full total unavailable for this combined term
Out-of-State
35%
$5,600 from outside TN
Why this number?

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filings listed below.

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The ending cash balances the campaign's 2 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed).

Source filings:

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 $16,050
Raised (cash) $16,050
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 $18,341
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $98,322
Total spent $116,664
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2008 Amendment $2,325 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,500 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $825 filing-stated
  • Q2 2008 Amendment $95,004 filing-stated
  • Q1 2008 Amendment $600 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $2,163 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $803 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,360 filing-stated
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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: $5,600 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $16,050
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $5,600
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$16,050
Spent
$116,664

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 19%; organizations and PACs gave 81%.

Individuals $3K · 19% Organizations & PACs $13K · 81%
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: $3,000 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $16,050
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $3,000
From organizations and PACs $13,050
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 →

65% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (35% from out of state).

Tennessee $10,450 Out of state $5,600
  • Nashville $5K33%
  • Memphis $2K9%
  • Tullahoma $1K7%
  • Washington, DC $1K6%
  • Boca Raton, FL $1K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
  • Other out-of-state $4K
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: $5,600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $16,050
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $5,600
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2005 – Mar 2008. Peak $6,000 in Dec 2005. Spending peaked at $2,865 in Dec 2005.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 26 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Federal Express PAC 1 $500.00

Expenditures

22 vendors 34 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Verizon Wireless 8 $3,831.89 21%
Amoco Oil Co 2 $3,081.83 17%
Visa 1 $2,648.68 14%
Motlow College Foundation 2 $1,900.00 10%
Barber, Christina 1 $1,500.00 8%
Greenwoods Collection 2 $953.40 5%
Gee, Loudene 2 $675.00 4%
Jencolie Consulting 1 $556.94 3%
Harold Ford for US Senate 1 $500.00 3%
Lincoln Davis for Congress 2 $500.00 3%

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

  • Office & operations $4,640 25%
  • Contributions & donations $4,175 23%
  • Other $3,260 18%
  • Fundraising & events $3,082 17%
  • Travel $3,082 17%
  • Printing & mail $101 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
Year-End 2008 Amended $119,194.45 $116,869.45 Source ↗
Q2 2008 Amended $214,198.45 $119,194.45 Source ↗
Q1 2008 Amended $214,798.45 $214,198.45 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 Amended $216,461.03 $214,798.45 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 $216,461.03 $216,461.03 Source ↗
Year-End 2006 Amended $211,402.85 $216,461.03 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2006 $209,971.18 $211,402.85 Source ↗
Supplemental 2005 2005 $210,608.50 $209,971.18 Source ↗