Steve Cohen — 2008 Tennessee Senate, District 30 campaign
2008 Tennessee Senate, District 30
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 → · 4 filings · Mid-Year 2007–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
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 →
$0
Why this number?
Total Spent
$71,136
Why this number?
Donors
0
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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).
Reported on this filing:
- Year-End 2008 Supplemental $183,006 filing-stated
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.
Source filings:
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.
| Itemized expenditures | $63,318 |
| Stated spending not itemized (credited) | $7,818 |
| Total spent | $71,136 |
From each filing:
- Year-End 2008 Supplemental $17,269 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $14,735 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,534 filing-stated
- Mid-Year 2008 Amendment $18,920 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $16,970 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,950 filing-stated
- Year-End 2007 Amendment $21,174 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $18,835 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,339 filing-stated
- Mid-Year 2007 Supplemental $13,773 mixed
- Itemized expenditures $12,778 derived
- Stated spending not itemized (credited) $995 filing-stated
Contributions
No itemized contributions on record.
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Senate Democratic Caucus | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Internal Revenue Service | 2 | $4,689.00 | |
| Naacp | 3 | $3,900.00 | |
| April Fourth Foundation | 3 | $3,000.00 | |
| SCLC | 3 | $2,950.00 | |
| Lemoyne Owen College | 4 | $2,850.00 | |
| Mifa | 2 | $2,500.00 | |
| Memphis Humane Society | 3 | $2,150.00 | |
| Natl Civil RTS Museum | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Campaign To Eradiucate Duchenees Disease | 2 | $1,660.00 | |
| Memphis Jewish Federation | 2 | $1,450.00 | |
| Camp, Randy | 1 | $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 | |
| Acheivers Awards | 1 | $900.00 | |
| Memphis Park Service | 2 | $864.00 | |
| Civil Rights Museum | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Dabney Roberts | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Alzheimers Day Care | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Duckc Unlimited | 1 | $650.00 | |
| University of Memphis Athletic Dept. | 1 | $605.00 | |
| 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 | |
| Strickland for Council | 1 | $500.00 | |
| University of Memphis YD's | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Links,Inc. | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Kappa Alpha Psi Frat. Alum Service | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Miss Blvd Christian Church | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Ben Jones Law Foundation | 1 | $375.00 | |
| Opera Memphis | 2 | $370.00 | |
| Angel Ministries | 1 | $360.00 | |
| MLK Memorial Foundation | 1 | $300.00 | |
| 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 | |
| Mountain Top All Souls Outreach Church | 1 | $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 | |
| Diversity Memphis | 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 | |
| Foundation Duchenne Disease | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Circles of Success Learning Academy | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Teamstersnatl Black Caucus | 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 | |
| Memphis Links | 1 | $125.00 | |
| 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 $57,629 91%
- Other $3,383 5%
- Office & operations $1,306 2%
- Consulting & professional services $750 1%
- Fundraising & events $250 0.4%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.