Mark Cochran — 2018 Tennessee House, District 23 campaign
2018 Tennessee House, District 23 · totals since Jan 16, 2018
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 → · 6 filings · Pre-General 2018–Q4 2018
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 →
$10,651
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 →
$61,301
includes $4,515 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $3,235. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$7,516
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$50,874
less $224 in refunds & credits → $50,650 net disbursements
Donors
119
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 →
Largest part: individuals, itemized, 61% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $38K · 61%Organizations and PACs, itemized $16K · 26%Unitemized contributions $5K · 7%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $3K · 5%
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 →
$417average gift
$200median gift
90individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 $51,075 Out of state $2,476
- Athens $19K35%
- Nashville $7K14%
- Englewood $5K10%
- Knoxville $5K9%
- Riceville $2K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $14K
- Other out-of-state $2K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2018 – Jan 2019. Peak $8,100 in Oct 2018. Spending peaked at $13,366 in Jul 2018.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 93 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 32 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,200 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Cochran Self In-Kind | 4 | $3,186.53 |
| Jason Zachary | 4 | $3,000.00 |
| Flex PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Bobby Mizer | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Macey Garkovich | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Kimberly Cochran Graham | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Erik Garkovich | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Todd Graham | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Ashley Miller | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Stephen Miller | 1 | $1,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 Politics | 4 | $10,750.00 | |
| Hart Graphics ↺ donor $589.95 | 2 | $5,164.12 | |
| East West Media | 3 | $4,190.00 | |
| Hacker Sign Company ↺ donor $1,380.00 | 5 | $4,182.88 | |
| Vertical Media Group | 2 | $4,140.00 | |
| The Dw Design | 7 | $3,463.50 | |
| Direct Mail | 3 | $3,397.23 | |
| 1 | $3,234.85 | ||
| Balach, Gil | 2 | $2,390.00 | |
| Daily Post Athenian | 1 | $2,038.25 | |
| Wyxi | 4 | $823.50 | |
| Athens Movie Palace | 2 | $770.00 | |
| Monroe County Buzz | 1 | $681.00 | |
| WJSQ | 2 | $569.50 | |
| Bingram Group | 2 | $525.00 | |
| Lee, Bill | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Israel Church | 1 | $438.00 | |
| Calhoun Umc Food Pantry | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Keep McMinn Beautiful | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Choate Printing | 2 | $220.18 | |
| Cochran, Nancy ↺ donor $972.82 | 1 | $215.82 | |
| McMinn Central Basketball | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Cage | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Marsha Blackburn for Senate | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Cockrell, Robby ↺ donor $200.00 | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Monroe County Health Council | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Habitat for Humanity | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Belcher, Monica | 1 | $125.00 | |
| Samantha Coleman Photography | 1 | $115.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$3,234.85 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Mark Cochran) | Candidate loan | Sep 27, 2018 | $3,234.85 | $0.00 | $3,234.85 |
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 Mark Cochran’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $32,719 66%
- Consulting & professional services $10,900 22%
- Printing & mail $3,965 8%
- Contributions & donations $1,750 4%
Loans
| Lender | Amount | Date Received | Outstanding | Repaid |
|---|
Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2018 | $6,549.92 | $10,650.51 | Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82695 |
| Pre-General 2018 Amended | $5,313.65 | $6,549.92 | Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 82693 |
| Q3 2018 Amended | $6,939.62 | $5,313.65 | Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 81177 |
| Pre-Primary 2018 Amended | $10,708.93 | $6,939.62 | Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 82892 |
| Q2 2018 | $8,618.01 | $10,708.93 | Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 75820 |
| Q1 2018 | $0.00 | $8,618.01 | Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74510 |