The following is a list of most Middle Georgia legislators, and some of the top leaders in the House and Senate, with the approximate amount that lobbyists have spent on them through March 31 of the ongoing legislative session. Some totals may be low, due to minor errors in lobbyist filings that make it difficult to collate records, such as misspelled names. Some totals may be high, because lobbyists sometimes overattribute the cost of a dinner for a large group of people to a particular elected official. The examples given are typically the largest single gift, trip or dinner.

Lobbyist reports, as well as campaign finance documents, are available from the Georgia State Ethics Commission at http://ethics.georgia.gov.

State Sen. Robert Brown, D-Macon Total spent: $50 Example: $2.77 for lunch from AAA Auto Club South

State Sen. Ronnie Chance, R-Tyrone Total spent: $504 Example: $135 ticket to a Hawks game from The Hudson Group LLC

State Rep. Jim Cole, R-Forsyth Total spent: $1,654 Examples: $191 plane ticket to Indiana from Mercer University, $174 dinner with spouse from Mercer University

State Rep. Bubber Epps, D-Dry Branch Total spent: $889 Example: $233 dinner from Mercer University

State Sen. Johnny Grant, R-Milledgeville Total spent: $1,238 Example: $500 ticket to Georgia Republican Presidents Day Dinner from the Georgia Optometric Association

State Rep. David Lucas, D-Macon Total spent: $214 Example: $5.50 for lunch from Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia

State Rep. Larry O’Neal, R-Warner Robins Total spent: $2,108 Example: $107 dinner with spouse from Georgia Power Co.

State Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon Total spent: $1,044 Example: $121 dinner from AT&T

State Rep. Jimmy Pruett, R-Eastman Total spent: $441 Example: $136.50 for Georgia Aquarium tickets from the aquarium

State Rep. DuBose Porter, D-Dublin Total spent: $177 Example: $63 for dinner from AT&T

State Rep. Nikki Randall, D-Macon Total spent: $872 Example: $169 dinner at Capital Grille from Mercer University

State Sen. Cecil Staton, R-Macon Total spent: $2,073 Example: $122.52 for dinner from Mercer University

State Sen. Ross Tolleson, R-Perry Total spent: $881 Example: $91.50 for dinner from Sprint

Speaker of the House David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge Total spent: $3,652

House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, R-Alpharetta Total spent: $2,496

House Appropriations Chairman Ben Harbin, R-Evans Total spent: $2,071

Senate President Pro Tem Tommie Williams, R-Lyons Total spent: $1,048 Senate Appropriations Chairman Jack Hill, R-Reidsville

Total spent: $1,890