Campaign Finance Reform: Early Experiences Of Two States That Offer Full Public Funding For Political Candidates

The 2000 & 2002 elections in Maine & Arizona were the first instances in the nation's history where candidates seeking state legislature seats or certain statewide offices had the option to fully fund their campaigns with public monies. This study provides statistics showing the number of candidates who chose to use public funds to run for legislative seats or statewide offices in these two elections, the seats or offices for which they were candidates, whether they were incumbents or challengers, whether they were successful in their bids, & the number of races in which at least one candidate ran an election with public funds. Also describes the extent to which the goals of Maine's & Arizona's public financing programs were met in these elections.Norman J. Rabkin is the author of 'Campaign Finance Reform: Early Experiences Of Two States That Offer Full Public Funding For Political Candidates', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756739614 and ISBN 0756739616.