Sean Tevis, an information architect, is running for State Representative in Kansas. He needed $26,000 by the end of July and knew a grand total of two people who could donate $500. But, as he relates, “This is the Internet!”

So he reckoned he could get 3,000 donors who would give $8.34 each. At time of writing he has 4,662 donors. (Hat tip Tom Steinberg via Google Reader.)