Who spent how much: a ranking of legislators

During 2001, members of the General Assembly spent about $7.3 million from their campaign accounts. Here is a list of legislators, ranked by how much they spent.

Legislator
Number of expenditures
Amount
Shuler, James M 295 $312,263
Wilkins Jr, S Vance 201 $278,348
Rust Jr, John H 153 $257,536
Amundson, Kristen 196 $203,522
Callahan Jr, Vincent F 165 $185,148
Griffith, H Morgan 216 $176,741
Black, Richard 197 $172,458
Pollard Jr, Albert 250 $172,379
Bolvin, Thomas M 90 $166,234
Hall, Franklin P 246 $165,282
Tate Jr, John H 230 $150,876
Rapp, Melanie 219 $143,744
Robinson, William P 131 $132,743
Devolites, Jeannemarie 162 $132,404
Keister, Benny 82 $129,562
Scott, James M 157 $121,901
Morgan, Harvey B 269 $119,816
Barlow, William K 84 $118,242
Hull, Robert D 175 $115,753
O'Bannon, John 173 $115,157
Albo, David B 144 $111,225
Armstrong, Ward L 247 $109,440
Byron, Kathy J 111 $108,108
Rollison III, J A 102 $103,059
Wardrup, Leo C 187 $102,126
Drake, Thelma S 200 $89,653
Wright, Tommy 69 $81,133
Saslaw, Richard L 70 $80,211
Norment Jr, Thomas K 228 $78,285
Christian, Mary T 121 $76,217
Moran, Brian J 139 $75,281
Couric, Emily 64 $72,551
Watts, Vivian E 101 $70,845
Woodrum, Clifton A 88 $70,473
Deeds, R Creigh 85 $68,160
Joannou, Johnny S 129 $67,285
McDonnell, Robert F 172 $66,010
Hamilton, Phillip A 106 $64,950
Jones, Chris 62 $64,152
Baskerville, Viola O 99 $62,876
Larrabee, Phil 80 $62,466
McQuigg, Michele 83 $61,874
Stosch, Walter A 159 $61,810
Plum, Kenneth R 121 $61,417
Abbitt Jr, Watkins M 190 $60,410
Suit, Terrie 206 $59,515
Williams, Martin E 132 $56,164
Howell, William J 67 $52,878
Darner, L Karen 79 $52,421
Marshall, Robert G 119 $51,794
Welch III, John J 114 $50,972
Reid, John S 29 $47,854
Louderback, Allen L 156 $47,651
Cranwell, C Richard 38 $47,103
Crittenden, Flora D 75 $44,239
Brink, Robert H 78 $43,401
Van Yahres, Mitchell 75 $42,822
Almand, James F 80 $42,172
Cox, M Kirkland 247 $41,690
Potts Jr, H Russell 112 $40,584
Puller, Linda T 109 $39,604
Van Landingham, Marian A 44 $38,091
Watkins, John C 73 $36,900
Kilgore, Terry G 112 $36,509
Stolle, Kenneth W 97 $34,801
Ware, Lee 64 $33,771
Moss, Thomas W 30 $33,681
Landes, R Steven 82 $32,977
Bolling, William T 90 $32,975
Mims, William C 73 $32,002
Marsh, Henry L 79 $31,637
Ingram, Riley Edward 98 $27,755
Martin, Stephen H 97 $27,506
Ruff, Frank 108 $27,045
Spruill Sr, Lionell 102 $26,954
Jones, Jerrauld C 38 $26,124
Rerras, D Nick 93 $25,927
Jackson, Thomas M 27 $25,169
Thomas, A Victor 78 $24,637
Clement, Whitt W 72 $24,410
Melvin, Kenneth R 42 $23,051
Wagner, Frank W 65 $23,051
Howell, Janet D 28 $22,920
Tata, Robert 41 $22,724
Puckett, Phillip 43 $21,242
May, Joe T 24 $21,139
Whipple, Mary M 36 $21,087
Harris, Paul 8 $19,513
Nixon, Samuel A 41 $19,163
O'Brien, James K 75 $19,147
Edwards, John S 45 $18,640
Purkey, Harry R 114 $18,627
Chichester, John H 12 $17,657
Sherwood, Beverly J 75 $15,715
Hawkins, Charles R 93 $15,686
Dillard II, James H 26 $15,516
Bryant Jr, L Preston 48 $15,419
Broman, George 75 $14,412
Ticer, Patricia S 35 $13,580
Reynolds, W Roscoe 16 $12,804
Miller, Yvonne B 23 $12,708
Quayle, Frederick M 40 $11,970
Dudley, Allen W 94 $11,453
Williams, Donald L 12 $11,254
Wampler, William C 28 $10,859
Grayson, George W 117 $10,712
Stump, Jackie T 48 $10,203
Dickinson, V Earl 29 $9,640
Bennett, WW "Ted" 35 $9,512
Colgan, Charles J 24 $9,418
Houck, R Edward 13 $9,118
Trumbo, MW "B" 40 $8,812
Putney, Lacey E 30 $8,675
Forbes, J Randy 23 $8,307
Weatherholtz, Glenn M 29 $8,240
Diamonstein, Alan A 44 $7,788
Maxwell, W Henry 22 $7,480
Newman, Stephen D 22 $7,371
Wardrup Jr, Leo C 24 $6,849
McEachin, A Donald 17 $6,543
Johnson Jr, Joseph P 25 $5,517
Hanger, Emmett W 57 $5,500
Parrish, Harry J 31 $5,115
Jones, Dwight C 14 $4,504
Lambert, Benjamin J 16 $4,428
Miller, Kevin G 7 $4,400
Blevins, Harry 14 $4,175
Orrock, Robert D 8 $4,079
Phillips, Clarence E 18 $3,208
McClure, Roger J 5 $3,000
Bloxom, Robert S 7 $2,204
Byrne, Leslie L 1 $2,000
Day, Barnie 17 $1,861
Hargrove Sr, Frank D 12 $1,112
Nixon Jr, Samuel A 2 $1,031
Pollard, Albert 1 $859
Councill, J Paul 3 $752
DeBoer, Jay W 2 $211
Tate, John H 2 $88
Katzen, Jay K 8 $46
Total 11,927 $7,251,956

Source: VCU students' analysis of data from the Virginia Public Access Project


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