Steve Cohen — 2006 U.S. Representative, District 9 campaign
2006 U.S. Representative, District 9 · totals since Apr 1, 2006
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 · 12G 2006–YE 2006
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 →
$128,939
as of the Year-End report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$748,878
includes $54,806 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total disbursed
$619,938
Donors
700
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 →
11% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 89%.
Itemized $463K · 89% Small unitemized gifts $55K · 11%
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 63% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $472K · 63%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $55K · 7%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $217K · 29%
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 →
64% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (36% from out of state).
Tennessee $444,646 Out of state $244,863
- Memphis $354K51%
- Washington, DC $135K20%
- Nashville $31K5%
- Germantown $20K3%
- Alexandria, VA $16K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $39K
- Other out-of-state $94K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2006 – Dec 2006. Peak $158,768 in Sep 2006. Spending peaked at $212,316 in Jul 2006.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 689 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 11 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,132 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| The Nea Fund for Children Public Education | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee Unite | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Build PAC National Ass Home Builders | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Realtors PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Co | 3 | $7,500.00 |
| Bico Associates A Belz Partnership | 6 | $6,200.00 |
| Air Line Pilots Association PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Ac | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| National Air Traffic Controllers Association Polit | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| American Federation of State County and Municipal | 2 | $5,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Coverage: we hold 98% of the itemized contributions this committee reported to the FEC for the 2006 cycle — about $9,600 is not in the FEC bulk file we load.
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mundy Katowitz Media, Inc. | 12 | $305,807.24 | |
| Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, LLC | 6 | $45,358.39 | |
| Diamond Printing | 17 | $33,362.53 | |
| Winning Connections, Inc. | 2 | $27,735.18 | |
| Kevin Gallagher | 22 | $27,418.04 | |
| Commercial Bank & Trust Company | 25 | $19,064.41 | |
| Liz Rincon | 18 | $15,880.91 | |
| Malcolm Levi | 22 | $11,567.27 | |
| Internal Revenue Service | 5 | $8,663.63 | |
| Kieloch Consulting | 3 | $8,500.00 | |
| Street-Rushing Associates | 1 | $7,170.00 | |
| NGP Software Inc. | 3 | $6,350.00 | |
| Api Photographers Inc. | 1 | $6,000.00 | |
| Bruce Kieloch | 2 | $6,000.00 | |
| Visa | 18 | $5,065.00 | |
| Aaron Rents | 7 | $4,528.32 | |
| Bell South | 8 | $4,368.00 | |
| WMC-TV | 1 | $4,250.00 | |
| Dabney Roberts | 12 | $3,571.89 | |
| Champion Awards ↺ donor $900.00 | 3 | $3,501.00 | |
| Belz Realty | 7 | $3,500.00 | |
| Office Max | 47 | $3,495.81 | |
| Cooper Systems | 2 | $3,459.00 | |
| National Committee for An Effective Congress ↺ donor $3,000.00 | 2 | $3,000.00 | |
| Marek, John | 7 | $2,930.41 | |
| Markowitz, Barry ↺ donor $1,950.00 | 3 | $2,600.00 | |
| Wade, Randy | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| U S Post Office | 19 | $2,410.61 | |
| WRVR | 2 | $2,219.97 | |
| Tri-State Defender | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Peck Signs Specktacular Graphics | 2 | $1,950.00 | |
| Diversified Products | 7 | $1,736.00 | |
| Ad-Craft Products Company | 1 | $1,679.00 | |
| Sonoma Restaurant | 1 | $1,496.00 | |
| Lyle Caldwell | 2 | $1,425.00 | |
| McCormick Business Products | 2 | $1,371.00 | |
| Wreg Tv | 1 | $1,351.50 | |
| Nancy Clayton | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| Carole Thornton | 1 | $1,180.00 | |
| W T Emerson | 1 | $1,100.00 | |
| Cohen, Steve | 4 | $1,079.00 | |
| Steve Hirsh | 1 | $1,065.00 | |
| Turley, Henry ↺ donor $3,100.00 | 1 | $1,050.00 | |
| Cooper, Pace ↺ donor $1,500.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Bytemail | 1 | $957.60 | |
| Memphis Flyer | 2 | $950.00 | |
| Cheapspirititems.Com | 1 | $950.00 | |
| Ballin, Leslie ↺ donor $950.00 | 1 | $950.00 | |
| Api Photography | 1 | $930.00 | |
| Calipari, John ↺ donor $900.00 | 1 | $900.00 | |
| James Netters | 1 | $800.00 | |
| The Creative Group | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Forward | 1 | $720.00 | |
| Le Chardonnay Wine Bistro | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Ken Dunn | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Wxmx-Fm | 1 | $578.00 | |
| The Beauty Shop Restaurant | 1 | $557.00 | |
| Shelby County Democratic Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Best Times | 1 | $445.00 | |
| Flamingo Graphics | 1 | $430.00 | |
| Time Warner Cable | 4 | $405.25 | |
| Fm 100 | 1 | $399.50 | |
| Penn National Insurance | 1 | $396.00 | |
| The University of Memphis | 1 | $360.00 | |
| Rayburn, Randy ↺ donor $345.00 | 1 | $345.00 | |
| Recording Industry Assoc/America INC Political Act ↺ donor $1,332.75 | 1 | $332.75 | |
| Costco | 1 | $307.66 | |
| Lit | 2 | $306.60 | |
| Off the Dock Fresh Seafood, Inc. | 3 | $304.80 | |
| Lamplighter Newspaper | 1 | $275.00 | |
| The Home Depot | 9 | $273.01 | |
| Conte's Italian Restaurant | 1 | $271.00 | |
| Silver Streak News | 1 | $250.00 | |
| The English Garden Florist | 2 | $240.00 | |
| Ike's | 5 | $235.54 | |
| Clarke's Quick Print | 1 | $202.00 | |
| Comcast | 2 | $155.00 | |
| Ibr Payroll Services | 3 | $122.25 | |
| The Hebrew Watchman | 1 | $95.00 | |
| Northwest Airlines | 2 | $60.00 | |
| Fedex Kinko's | 3 | $50.16 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Steve Cohen’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $335,135 54%
- Consulting & professional services $67,000 11%
- Other $50,520 8%
- Printing & mail $47,914 8%
- Staff & payroll $35,290 6%
- Office & operations $29,667 5%
- Field & voter contact $29,235 5%
- Travel $12,889 2%
- Fundraising & events $10,364 2%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE 2006 | $141,607.66 | $128,939.35 | Source: YE 2006 filing |
| 30G 2006 | $221,080.74 | $141,607.66 | Source: 30G 2006 filing |
| 12G 2006 | $201,222.30 | $221,080.74 | Source: 12G 2006 filing |
| Q3 2006 | $111,129.00 | $201,222.30 | Source: Q3 2006 filing |
| 12P 2006 | $0.00 | $111,129.63 | Source: 12P 2006 filing |