Tag: Legislative Professionalism
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Time Is Money: The Effect of Legislative Professionalization on Time Spent Fundraising
Despite the promise to increase the diversity of state legislatures through better pay, increased support staff, and longer legislative sessions, professionalization has failed to increase member diversity. However, these professionalization incentives to increase member diversity have unintentionally led to more electoral competition, an increase in the number of candidates, and higher campaign costs, which have…
Max Seeley 