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JENNIFER M. JENSEN
University at Albany, SUNY
THAD BEYLE
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Of Footnotes,
Missing Data, and Lessons for
50-State Data Collection: The Gubernatorial Campaign Finance Data Project,
1977-2001
This article serves
three purposes. First, we present a new source of campaign finance data
for the 50 states. This includes annual data on candidate expenditures
in gubernatorial races from 1977 to 2001, as well as triennial and biennial
data on campaign finance laws affecting gubernatorial races during this
period. Second, we review the various sources of campaign finance data
for the 50 states. Third, we examine the challenges of collecting and
compiling data across the 50 states, since these data can vary so much
in availability and measurement. We hope to provide some general lessons
to researchers collecting or working with all types of cross-state data.
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