The Prosecutors and Politics Project: National Study of Campaign Contributions in Prosecutor Elections

Abstract

The Prosecutors and Politics Project has compiled a database that identifies who contributed to prosecutor elections and the amount of their donations. Campaign contribution information is often publicly available, but the format of that information varies from state to state, the information is often scattered across multiple sources and the information is sometimes incomplete. The Project has compile this fragmented data into a single nationwide database that will allow sustained study about who contributes to prosecutor campaigns and the amount of contributions. This report summarizes and analyzes that data.

Keywords: campaign finance, prosecutors, elections, criminal justice