David B. Magleby is a distinguished professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He has published thirteen books on campaign finance, including five in this series. He is also known for his work on direct democracy and party identification and is a coauthor of a leading text on the American government, Government by the People.

"In combing each chapter, I felt like I was reading the next installment of a serial novel, one in which I abhor the plot, but the way the message is crafted and conveyed is too important and interesting to put down….This volume is thorough and eloquently documents the latest escalation of the current arms race in campaign finance. For students, journalists, pundits, and practitioners, and for those citizens and reformers who are not faint of hear, this book will be a welcome read." —Eric Prier, Florida Atlantic University, White House Studies, 11/1/2003|"This book is important for several reasons.... The final two chapters, on judicial elections and on warnings to 'reformers', seem to me the strongest in the work, matching theoretical insight and a breadth of unusual and informative sources of data." —Michael C. Munger, Duke University, Political Studies Review, 1/1/2004

David B. Magleby is a distinguished professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He has published thirteen books on campaign finance, including five in this series. He is also known for his work on direct democracy and party identification and is a coauthor of a leading text on the American government, Government by the People.

"In combing each chapter, I felt like I was reading the next installment of a serial novel, one in which I abhor the plot, but the way the message is crafted and conveyed is too important and interesting to put down….This volume is thorough and eloquently documents the latest escalation of the current arms race in campaign finance. For students, journalists, pundits, and practitioners, and for those citizens and reformers who are not faint of hear, this book will be a welcome read." —Eric Prier, Florida Atlantic University, White House Studies, 11/1/2003|"This book is important for several reasons.... The final two chapters, on judicial elections and on warnings to 'reformers', seem to me the strongest in the work, matching theoretical insight and a breadth of unusual and informative sources of data." —Michael C. Munger, Duke University, Political Studies Review, 1/1/2004

David B. Magleby is a distinguished professor of political science at Brigham Young University. He has published thirteen books on campaign finance, including five in this series. He is also known for his work on direct democracy and party identification and is a coauthor of a leading text on the American government, Government by the People.

"In combing each chapter, I felt like I was reading the next installment of a serial novel, one in which I abhor the plot, but the way the message is crafted and conveyed is too important and interesting to put down….This volume is thorough and eloquently documents the latest escalation of the current arms race in campaign finance. For students, journalists, pundits, and practitioners, and for those citizens and reformers who are not faint of hear, this book will be a welcome read." —Eric Prier, Florida Atlantic University, White House Studies, 11/1/2003|"This book is important for several reasons.... The final two chapters, on judicial elections and on warnings to 'reformers', seem to me the strongest in the work, matching theoretical insight and a breadth of unusual and informative sources of data." —Michael C. Munger, Duke University, Political Studies Review, 1/1/2004