Competitiveness in 2007-2008 State Legislative Races

For all of the hype surrounding elections every other fall, a surprising number of state legislators faced little or no competition for their seats. One-third of legislative races across the nation in 2007-2008 were uncontested--there was only one name to vote for. Where there were two names, only one-third of the races were competitive, i.e., the two candidates raised roughly similar amounts of money.

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• state politics
• elections
• money in politics
• follow the money
• electoral competition