Look who's coming to dinner: Direct versus brokered member campaign contributions to the NRCC

American Politics Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-450

  Heberlig, Eric S ^a   Larson, Bruce A ^b   Smith, Daniel A ^c   Soltis, Kristen L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Winston Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign contributions; Fundraising; Interest groups; Lobbying; National Republican Congressional Committee; Political campaigns; U.S. House of Representatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549136978     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X07309737     Document Type: Article

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