Self-financed candidates in congressional elections
By: Jennifer A. Steen.
Series: Contemporary political and social issues
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780472099030; 9780472069033
Subjects: United States. Congress -- Elections.; Self-financed political candidates -- United States.; Campaign funds -- United States.; Campaign funds -- United States -- Statistics.
Genres: Statistics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The distribution of self-financing : candidate quality, timing, and the local context; title: How self-financing shapes the field of competition; title: How much bang in a self-financed buck?; title: Self-financing and the electoral connection; title: Democracy, campaign reform, and politics.