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Campaign Finance Laws and Candidacy Decisions in State Legislative Elections

¹ Rice University
² Louisiana State University

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hamm{at}rice.edu.

	Abstract

This article examines the influence of campaign election laws on patterns of candidacy in state legislative elections. Previous studies demonstrate that restrictions on campaign contributions affect levels of campaign spending and competition, but do such legal conditions influence the likelihood that incumbents running for reelection are even challenged? How important is this effect relative to other factors, such as ballot access laws and district political variables, in influencing rates of contestation in primary and general elections? Analyses of state- and district-level features in 1994, 1996, and 1998 show that low contribution limits increase challenger emergence in general elections.

First published on March 20, 2008, doi:10.1177/1065912908314646

Political Research Quarterly 2008;61:458.

A more recent version of this article appeared on September 1, 2008


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