The effects of campaign spending in state supreme court elections

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 489-499

  Bonneau, Chris W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign finance; Judicial elections; Judicial selection; State supreme courts

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548858748     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907305680     Document Type: Article

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