The Effects of Campaign Spending in State Supreme Court Elections
Author(s): Chris W. Bonneau
Source: Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Sep., 2007), pp. 489-499
Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. on behalf of the University of Utah
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4623847
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Conclusion is that spending more money helps the challenger, not the incumbent
The incumbent already has free publicity so spending more money doesn't help (as much)
Argument therefore that limiting campaign contributions (for state supreme court judges) would serve to increase incumbency advantage
