States of Campaign Finance Reform Book

	Tables and Figures
	Introduction
Ch. 1	A History of State Campaign Finance Reform	1
	State Campaign Finance Regulations in the Pre-Watergate Era	2
	State Campaign Finance Reform Efforts in the Post-Watergate Era	7
	Conclusions	11
Ch. 2	The Rhetoric of Reform	13
	Public Disclosure	18
	Contribution Limits	20
	Public Funding and Spending Limits	26
	Conclusions	31
Ch. 3	Patterns of Spending in Gubernatorial Elections	33
	Gubernatorial Spending: 1978 to 1998	34
	Yes, Size Does Matter	38
	Size and Gubernatorial, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House Elections	43
	Conclusions	45
Ch. 4	Explaining Candidate Spending in Gubernatorial Elections	46
	Campaign Costs and Finance Reform Proposals: A First Look	47
	Campaign Costs in Gubernatorial Elections: Multivariate Models	52
	Conclusions	59
Ch. 5	State Campaign Finance and Electoral Competition	62
	Competition in Gubernatorial Elections	63
	Explaining Patterns of Competition: The Importance of Money	65
	Electoral Competition and Campaign Finance Laws	69
	Conclusions	73
Ch. 6	State Campaign Finance and Electoral Outcomes	75
	The Incumbency Advantage and Campaign Finance Regulations	75
	Indirect Effects of Campaign Finance Regulations on Incumbents and Challengers	78
	The Partisan Consequences of Campaign Finance Regulations	79
	Conclusions	84
Ch. 7	State Campaign Finance and Voter Turnout	85
	Patterns of Turnout in Gubernatorial Elections	87
	Conclusions	94
Ch. 8	Campaign Finance Reform, Gubernatorial Elections, and the Political Process	96
	Size and Politics Still Matter	98
	Contribution Limits, Public Financing, and Spending Limits	99
	Looking to the Future	101
	Notes	105
	References	123
	Index	129