Our class project: By the numbers

1 source for campaign data - the Virginia Public Access Project

4 kinds of software used: a Web browser and MS Word, Access and Excel

10 students downloading and crunching data and writing stories

42 stories and lists included in this project

140 legislators - 100 House members and 40 senators

10,533 donors contributing during the 1999 election cycle

17,703,629 dollars contributed to General Assembly members