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Liberal Democrats in Virginia’s General Assembly elections are proving that every dollar counts in a political campaign — or, in at least one case, every $1.43.

In a year in which both major parties are raking in large amounts to try to win November elections that will decide who controls the state legislature, “small dollar” donations are also on the rise, particularly among Democrats who have sworn against taking corporate money and are instead using social media to raise money, political analysts say.

Several candidates have relied heavily on donations of $100 or less since January, led by human rights activist Qasim Rashid with 1,296 small contributions in his effort to unseat Republican state Sen. Richard Stuart, according to the nonprofit Virginia Public Access Project. Democratic Del. Danica Roem was close behind with 1,224 such donations in her bid for a second term against Republican Kelly McGinn.

But the small donations human-rights attorney Yasmine Taeb has collected for her June 11 Democratic primary election against Senate Minority Leader Dick Saslaw of Fairfax show the greatest potential benefits of that type of fundraising, said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg.