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Self-Financed Candidates in Congressional Elections

Jennifer A. Steen



Are our elections for sale?

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Praise for the Book

"...a very important contribution to the political science literature and a must read not only for political science scholars interested in the effects of money on elections but also for candidates for public office... For the sake of the American political system, it is important that qualified candidates learn from the lessons in this book."
---Walt Jatkowski III, Carl Albert Graduate Fellow, University of Oklahoma, January 2007 APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter

"Jennifer Steen's new book makes an original and important contribution to our knowledge of congressional campaign finance. Her comprehensive, nuanced analysis of self-financed candidates dispels common myths and puts our understanding of their role in the electoral process on a firm empirical footing for the first time."
---Gary Jacobson, University of California San Diego

“Steen deftly deploys sophisticated statistical analysis and uncommon political sense to explode the myths about how personal wealth influences elections.”
---Thomas E. Mann, W Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution