A by-the-numbers look at what’s involved in the daily process of influencing your elected state representatives and senators:

$13.1 million

What lobbyists and the people they represent spent trying to influence lawmakers in 2003

170

Number of lawmakers in the General Assembly

$77,257

Amount spent by lobbyists and their clients per lawmaker in 2003

346

Number of lobbyists registered with the State Ethics Commission in 2003

470

Number of “lobbyist’s principals” — the companies or groups who hire lobbyists — registered with the Ethics Commission in 2003

SOURCE: The Center for Public Integrity