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Ty Cobb — 2009 Tennessee House, District 62 campaign

Tennessee House, District 62 Democratic

2009 Tennessee House, District 62 · totals since 2009

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 → · 3 filings · Pre-General 2009–Q4 2009

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 →
$16,327
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 →
$110,170
includes $10,805 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$27,655
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$91,843
Donors
102
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:
  • Q4 2009 Amendment $16,327 filing-stated

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q4 2009 reported receipts $19,350
Pre-General 2009 reported receipts $77,020
Pre-Primary 2009 reported receipts $13,800
Reported receipts $110,170
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 $88,537
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,306
Total spent $91,843
From each filing:
  • Q4 2009 Amendment $21,074 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $19,324 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,750 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2009 Amendment $69,697 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $68,141 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,556 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2009 Initial $1,072 derived
Receipts
$110,170
Spent
$91,843

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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 46% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $47K · 42%Organizations and PACs, itemized $51K · 46%Unitemized contributions $11K · 10%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2K · 2%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $50,700 ÷ Reported receipts: $110,170
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $46,665
Organizations and PACs, itemized $50,700
Unitemized contributions $10,805
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2,000
From each filing:

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 →

$631average gift
$500median gift
74individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
7%
1%
$200–1K
66%
39%
$1K–5K
26%
49%
$5K+
1%
11%

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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Every individual donor's total contributions to this campaign, divided by the number of individual donors. Organizations and PACs are excluded (this measures people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. The median and the gift-size buckets are computed over the same individual-donor totals. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Total from individual donors: $46,665 ÷ Individual donors: 74
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $46,665
Median gift $500
Individual donors 74
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 →

88% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (12% from out of state).

Tennessee $85,865 Out of state $11,500
  • Nashville $36K37%
  • Sparta $11K11%
  • Washington, DC $10K10%
  • Shelbyville $6K6%
  • Cleveland $6K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $27K
  • Other out-of-state $2K

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: $11,500 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $97,365
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $11,500
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2009 – Nov 2009. Peak $37,765 in Sep 2009. Spending peaked at $55,404 in Sep 2009.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 99 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 5 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $475 and their names are withheld.

99 named donors 119 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
House Democratic Caucus In-Kind 10 $22,859.73
Curtiss PAC 2 $10,000.00
Tennessee Laborers PAC 1 $5,000.00
D R I V E Dc PAC 1 $5,000.00
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee 1 $5,000.00
Int L Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Education 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Professional Firefighters PAC 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Democratic Party In-Kind 2 $4,794.91
Odom PAC 1 $4,500.00
Tennessee State United Auto Workers PAC (UAW) 1 $2,500.00

Expenditures

73 vendors 153 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
E. Allan Brandon, LLC 9 $33,216.33 38%
U.S. Post Office 7 $10,529.65 12%
Capad Communications,Llc 3 $10,396.14 12%
Ketchum, Linda McFaden 4 $4,000.00 5%
Elk Valley Times 3 $2,162.16 2%
Shelbyville Times Gazette 3 $1,847.00 2%
The Exchange 1 $1,810.00 2%
McKinney, Tracy 6 $1,795.00 2%
Mailsource 1 $1,467.63 2%
J.R.'s Market 11 $1,396.86 2%

Loans

$2,000.00 in loan balances shown. $0.00 was borrowed in this campaign; $2,000.00 was carried into these filings from an earlier period. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $2,000
Loan principal shown $2,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Ty Cobb) Candidate loan Jul 9, 2009 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $0.00

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

  • Printing & mail $45,581 51%
  • Other $13,144 15%
  • Field & voter contact $8,843 10%
  • Advertising & media $6,098 7%
  • Contributions & donations $4,196 5%
  • Consulting & professional services $4,000 5%
  • Fundraising & events $3,490 4%
  • Travel $2,379 3%
  • Office & operations $807 1.0%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Of the $2,000 lent, $0 was borrowed during the filings shown here. The other $2,000 was drawn before them and is still listed because it has not been fully repaid — so it counts as debt this campaign owes, not as money it raised.

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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2009 Amended $18,050.97 $16,326.70 Source: Q4 2009 filing Report 29704
Pre-General 2009 Amended $12,728.03 $18,050.97 Source: Pre-General 2009 filing Report 29703
Pre-Primary 2009 $0.00 $12,728.03 Source: Pre-Primary 2009 filing Report 28369

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2010.

Contributions and spending

No contributions reported · Spent $15,547

30 filings · Mid-Year 2010–Year-End 2024

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
McCullough, Dee CONTRIBUTION $1,423.66 10/11/2024
Noel, Betsy CONTRIBUTION $1,423.66 10/11/2024
Matheny(For Coffee County Mayor), Judd DONATIONS $500.00 07/28/2022
Johnson(For Bedford Co. Commission) DONATIONS $400.00 07/28/2022
Crismon(For Rutherford Juvenile Judge), Andrae DONATIONS $200.00 07/28/2022
Ray, Eugene CAMPAIGN CONTIBUTION FOR COUNTY MAYOR $1,000.00 06/20/2018
Smith, Brent CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FOR COUNTY COMMISION $350.00 06/20/2018
Friends of Eric Stewart "for Congress" CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION ERIC STEWART FOR CONGRESS $500.00 12/30/2011
Underwood Jr. for City Mayor, John Ed CONTRIBUTION $250.00 10/28/2010
Tennessee Democratic Party CONTRIBUTION $6,000.00 09/29/2010
5 more expenditures not shown
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2024 $2,776.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2024 filing Report 120895
Mid-Year 2024 $2,776.00 $2,776.00 Source: Mid-Year 2024 filing Report 115256
Year-End 2023 $2,776.00 $2,776.00 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111776
Mid-Year 2023 Late $2,776.00 $2,776.00 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109952
Year-End 2022 $3,876.00 $2,776.00 Source: Year-End 2022 filing Report 108259
Mid-Year 2022 $4,376.00 $3,876.00 Source: Mid-Year 2022 filing Report 101745

As filed on this report: cash beginning $4,376.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $3,876.00.
Year-End 2021 $4,376.00 $4,376.00 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 97634
Mid-Year 2021 Late $4,376.00 $4,376.00 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95976
Year-End 2020 $4,376.00 $4,376.00 Source: Year-End 2020 filing Report 94415
Mid-Year 2020 Late $4,376.00 $4,376.00 Source: Mid-Year 2020 filing Report 89425
Year-End 2019 $4,376.00 $4,376.00 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86650
Mid-Year 2019 $4,376.70 $4,376.00 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 85009
Year-End 2018 $4,726.70 $4,376.70 Source: Year-End 2018 filing Report 83426

As filed on this report: cash beginning $4,726.70, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $4,376.70.
Mid-Year 2018 Late $6,076.70 $4,726.70 Source: Mid-Year 2018 filing Report 77415
Year-End 2017 $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73656
Mid-Year 2017 $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 72052
Year-End 2016 $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Year-End 2016 filing Report 70670
Mid-Year 2016 $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Mid-Year 2016 filing Report 65213
Year-End 2015 $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62763
Mid-Year 2015 $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60657
Year-End 2014 $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Year-End 2014 filing Report 59746
Mid-Year 2014 Late $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Mid-Year 2014 filing Report 53655
Year-End 2013 $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 49583
Mid-Year 2013 $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47795
Year-End 2012 $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Year-End 2012 filing Report 46575
Mid-Year 2012 Late $6,076.70 $6,076.70 Source: Mid-Year 2012 filing Report 41957
Year-End 2011 $6,576.70 $6,076.70 Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 38764
Mid-Year 2011 Late $6,576.70 $6,576.70 Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 37949
Year-End 2010 $15,326.70 $6,576.70 Source: Year-End 2010 filing Report 36316
Mid-Year 2010 $16,326.70 $15,326.70 Source: Mid-Year 2010 filing Report 31851