Money and Diversity: 2004 State Legislative Elections


 

Publication Date: March 2006

Publisher: National Institute on Money in State Politics (U.S.)

Author(s): Megan Moore

Research Area: Politics

Type: Report

Abstract:

Thirteen percent of the candidates elected to state legislatures in 2003 and 2004 were members of a racial minority. This new study looks at the fund-raising experiences of these winners and finds that they typically raised less campaign money than did white legislators.