The Legislative Consequences of Out-of-State Donors in the Senate

• In Event: Special Interests and Distribution in Legislatures

Brief Overview

We use longitunidal data on the voting and co-sponsorship behavior of senators to investigate whether senators’ reliance upon out-of-state donors to finance their campaigns affects their decision making.

Authors

• Alex Keena, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Misty Knight-Finley, Rowan University