garden stakes
running for judge the rising political financial and legal stakes of judicial elections
p across the country races for judgeships are becoming more and more politically contested . as a result several states and cities are now considering judicial election reform . running for judge examines the increasingly contentious judicial elections over the last twenty five years by providing a timely insightful analysis of judicial elections . the book ties together the current state of the judicial elections literature and presents new evidence on a wide range of important topics including the history of judicial elections ; an understanding of the types of judicial elections ; electoral competition during races ; the increasing importance of campaign financing ; voting in judicial elections ; the role interest groups play in supporting candidates ; party organizing in supposedly non partisan elections ; judicial accountability ; media coverage ; and judicial reform of elections . p running for judge is an engaging accessible empirical analysis of the major issues surrounding judicial elections with contributions from prominent scholars in the fields of judicial politics political behavior and law . p contributors lawrence baum chris w. bonneau brent d. boyea paul brace rachel p. caufield jennifer segal diascro brian frederick deborah goldberg melinda gann hall richard l. hasen david klein brian f. schaffner and matthew j. streb .