Steve Cohen — 2008 Tennessee Senate, District 30 campaign
2008 Tennessee Senate, District 30 · totals since 2005
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 → · 7 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 →
$183,006
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 →
$49,081
includes $395 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$156,352
Donors
24
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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 68% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $4K · 9%Organizations and PACs, itemized $11K · 23%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $33K · 68%
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 →
$354average gift
$400median gift
12individual 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 →
98% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (2% from out of state).
Tennessee $15,050 Out of state $250
- Nashville $6K39%
- Memphis $4K24%
- Bartlett $2K13%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
- Other out-of-state $250
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2005 – Jan 2009. Peak $4,900 in Dec 2005. Spending peaked at $13,414 in Jul 2006.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 22 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Fedex Corporation PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Friends of the University of Memphis PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Manufactured Housing Assn PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| PAC-ABLE Tennessee | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Utilities PAC | 1 | $500.00 |
| George Hitt | 1 | $500.00 |
| Butch Woodard | 1 | $500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Memphis Foundation | 3 | $11,500.00 | |
| Byte Mail | 3 | $9,918.00 | |
| Internal Revenue Service | 4 | $7,548.00 | |
| House Senate Democratic Caucus | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Naacp | 4 | $4,200.00 | |
| Levi, Malcolm | 3 | $4,000.00 | |
| University of Memphis Athletic Dept. | 6 | $3,970.00 | |
| Diamond Printing | 3 | $3,366.18 | |
| Lemoyne Owen College | 5 | $3,100.00 | |
| April Fourth Foundation | 3 | $3,000.00 | |
| SCLC | 3 | $2,950.00 | |
| Memphis Humane Society | 5 | $2,550.00 | |
| Mifa | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| American Red Cross | 2 | $2,050.00 | |
| Natl Civil RTS Museum | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Marrero for Senate | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Memphis Police Dept | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Memphis Jewish Federation | 3 | $1,950.00 | |
| Campaign To Eradiucate Duchenees Disease | 2 | $1,660.00 | |
| Deberry, John | 2 | $1,250.00 | |
| Temple Isreal | 2 | $1,155.00 | |
| Camp, Randy | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Alzheimers Day Care | 3 | $1,000.00 | |
| Aka Sorority | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Cheyene Johnson for Assessor | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Gallagher for Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Rochelle for Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| L Finney for Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Marek, John | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Baron Hirsh Synogogue | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Memphis Zoological Society | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Acheivers Awards | 1 | $900.00 | |
| Memphis Park Service | 2 | $864.00 | |
| Memphis College of Art | 2 | $850.00 | |
| Civil Rights Museum | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Visa | 2 | $794.00 | |
| Dabney Roberts | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Herb Kosten Charitable Fund | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Duckc Unlimited | 1 | $650.00 | |
| St. Judes Hospital | 1 | $650.00 | |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 1 | $549.00 | |
| Gridiron Show,Inc | 1 | $520.00 | |
| New Years Day Prayer Breakfast | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Douglas High School | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Youth Engineered Success | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Greater Hope Baptist | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Unification Music Arts Assoc | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Shelby Farms | 1 | $500.00 | |
| S.P.E.C.A.L | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Africa In April | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Christian Chapel Baptist Church | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Berke, Andrew | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Lit, Lester | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Desi Franklin for Council | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Foundation Duchenne Disease | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Strickland for Council | 1 | $500.00 | |
| University of Memphis YD's | 1 | $500.00 | |
| C.R.'s Moving SVC | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Flanagan, Mark | 1 | $500.00 | |
| First Methodist Church | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Beth Sholom Synagogue | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Melrose High Marching Band | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Mulroy for Commission | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Aipac | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Nickens, Jeremy | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Newman for Judge | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Bowers, Kathryn | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Dulniak, Craig | 1 | $500.00 | |
| MLK Memorial Foundation | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Links,Inc. | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Kappa Alpha Psi Frat. Alum Service | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Diversity Memphis | 2 | $400.00 | |
| Miss Blvd Christian Church | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Int.Teamsters | 1 | $400.00 | |
| American Airlines | 1 | $377.00 | |
| Ben Jones Law Foundation | 1 | $375.00 | |
| Opera Memphis | 2 | $370.00 | |
| Angel Ministries | 1 | $360.00 | |
| South Central Bell | 1 | $339.00 | |
| State Farm | 2 | $326.00 | |
| Sickle Cell Walk-Med | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Pentecostal Temple Cogic | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Lambert Cogic | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Hoops for Life | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Beyond the Clouds Community Church | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Funn | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Ronald McDonald House | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Yearwood, Micki | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Mountain Top All Souls Outreach Church | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Memphis Links | 2 | $250.00 | |
| Jabril World Inst | 1 | $250.00 | |
| War Eagles | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Corinthian Baptist Church | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Chickasaw Council Boy Scouts | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Aau | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Mothers of Nile | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Mem Symphony | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Karl Dean for Mayor | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Maternal League | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Harold Collins for Council | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Dance Workshops. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Gatewood for Council | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Barbara Ware for Council | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Mem. Urban League | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Geeter Middle School | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Southern Professional Basketball Assoc. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Springdale Baptist Church | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Memphis Nat'l Business League,Inc. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Adam Stein Foundation | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Springdale School Pta | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Carl Johnson for Scool Bd | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Mid South Golf Association | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Shelby Co. Democratic Party | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Coleman for Judge | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Kevin Gallagher for Clerk | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Greater Community Tabernacle | 1 | $240.00 | |
| Healing Words Counseling | 1 | $235.00 | |
| Orange Mound Ministries | 1 | $225.00 | |
| Memphis City Schools | 1 | $220.00 | |
| No. Mem Civic League | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Above the Clouds Comm Church | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Raineshaven Pta | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Oak Grove Baptist Church | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Tate Senior Center | 1 | $200.00 | |
| McCormick for Council | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Community Meeting Outreach SVC | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Mt. Vernon Church | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Brittenum for Council | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Nat'l Ms Society | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Joe Young for Clerk | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Burgess, Melvin | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Circles of Success Learning Academy | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Teamstersnatl Black Caucus | 1 | $160.00 | |
| Friends for Life | 1 | $160.00 | |
| Ywca | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Beale Street Caravan | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Christian Center | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Church of the Living God Outreach Ministry | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Dixon Gallery | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Mem. Hebrew Academy | 1 | $150.00 | |
| New Hope Baptist Church | 1 | $120.00 |
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.
- Contributions & donations $91,954 72%
- Printing & mail $13,284 10%
- Office & operations $8,991 7%
- Other $6,822 5%
- Fundraising & events $5,729 4%
- Travel $871 0.7%
- Consulting & professional services $750 0.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year-End 2008 | $196,951.41 | $183,006.41 | Source: Year-End 2008 filing Report 26259 |
| Mid-Year 2008 Amended | $212,243.41 | $196,951.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2008 filing Report 26263 |
| Year-End 2007 Amended | $233,417.41 | $212,243.41 | Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 28634 |
| Mid-Year 2007 | $242,216.41 | $233,417.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13436 |
| Year-End 2006 Amended | $268,306.41 | $242,216.41 | Source: Year-End 2006 filing Report 12924 |
| Mid-Year 2006 | $290,552.59 | $268,306.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2006 filing Report 7131 |
| Supplemental 2005 2005 Amended | $290,277.59 | $290,552.59 | Source: Supplemental 2005 2005 filing Report 6050 |
After the election
Reports ending after Jan 15, 2009.
Contributions and spending
No contributions reported · Spent $184,480 16 filings · Mid-Year 2009–Year-End 2016
Includes $26,027 spent not itemized below.
| Payee | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes Foundation | CONTRIBUTION | $300.00 | 06/20/2016 |
| Memphis Are Womens Council | CONTRIBUTION | $250.00 | 06/20/2016 |
| Jerry Johnson Foundation | CONTRIBUTION | $200.00 | 06/20/2016 |
| Marrero, Beverly | CONTRIBUTION | $1,000.00 | 06/13/2016 |
| TN. Federation of Democratic Women | CONTRIBUTION | $150.00 | 05/04/2016 |
| Shelby Co. Democratic Party | CONTRIBUTION | $250.00 | 03/18/2016 |
| Naacp | CONTRIBUTION | $500.00 | 02/18/2016 |
| Kappa Alpha Psi Frat. Alum Service | CONTRIBUTION | $175.00 | 02/04/2016 |
| Rochelle Stevens Foundation | CONTRIBUTION | $500.00 | 01/30/2016 |
| Lemoyne Owen College | CONTRIBUTION | $500.00 | 01/01/2016 |
| 261 more expenditures not shown | |||
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year-End 2016 | $80.41 | $0.00 | Source: Year-End 2016 filing Report 70541 |
| Mid-Year 2016 | $3,405.41 | $80.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2016 filing Report 64760 |
| Year-End 2015 | $13,440.41 | $3,405.41 | Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62180 |
| Mid-Year 2015 | $18,585.41 | $13,440.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60460 |
| Year-End 2014 Amended | $35,758.41 | $18,585.41 | Source: Year-End 2014 filing Report 60462 |
| Mid-Year 2014 | $50,584.41 | $35,758.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2014 filing Report 53365 |
| Year-End 2013 | $62,577.41 | $50,584.41 | Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 48954 |
| Mid-Year 2013 | $76,767.41 | $62,577.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47728 |
| Year-End 2012 Amended | $86,820.41 | $76,767.41 | Source: Year-End 2012 filing Report 46395 |
| Mid-Year 2012 | $105,803.41 | $86,820.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2012 filing Report 41461 |
| Year-End 2011 | $117,038.41 | $105,803.41 | Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 38104 |
| Mid-Year 2011 | $128,271.41 | $117,038.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 37386 |
| Year-End 2010 | $139,410.41 | $128,271.41 | Source: Year-End 2010 filing Report 36303 |
| Mid-Year 2010 | $154,729.41 | $139,410.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2010 filing Report 31694 |
| Year-End 2009 Amended | $168,763.41 | $154,729.41 | Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 28778 |
| Mid-Year 2009 | $183,006.41 | $168,763.41 | Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 27800 |